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Castro Cubans, so many conspiracy advocates have adopted a theory that elements of all
these groups conspired in the assassination. The panel took into account the Mafia-CIA
plots to assassinate Castro, but stopped short of concluded that the plots some how led
directly to a conspiracy to kill Kennedy.
The Committee chastised the FBI and CIA for failing “to provide [the Warren
Commission] with all relevant evidence and information.” 428 The CIA did not disclose
the assassination plots against Castro, and presumably, Commission member and former
CIA director Allen Dulles kept silent as well. According to the House report, “Virtually
all former Warren Commission members and staff contacted by the committee said they
regard the CIA-Mafia plots against Fidel Castro to be the most important information
withheld from the Commission,” and that information “would have led to significant new
areas of investigation and would have altered the general approach of the
investigation.” 429 In addition, the FBI did not involve its organized crime investigators in
the assassination probe, despite Ruby’s links to organized crime. FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover seemed determined, according to the Committee, to wrap up the investigation as
quickly as possible. He told President Johnson hours after Ruby killed Oswald on
November 24, 1963 that “The thing I am most concerned about…is having something
issued so we can convince the public that Oswald is the real assassin.” 430
While criticizing the FBI and CIA for withholding information and presuming
Oswald’s guilt, the Committee viewed these shortcomings as understandable and not part
428 House Report, 331.
429 House Report, 333.
430 House Report, 313.
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