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Trafficante Testimony Released
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On a visit to the National Archives in late 2007, the MFF's Rex
Bradford discovered that immunized testimony given by organized crime
boss Santos Trafficante to the House Select Committee on
Assassinations was still withheld in full. After inquiries were made,
the National Archives has now declassified this testimony and a few
other similarly-withheld files from the HSCA Immunized Testimony
boxes.
The Mary Ferrell Foundation intends to continue efforts to obtain full
disclosure of JFK assassination records, and adding them to our online
archive.
The newly-released records include:
108-10118-10137: 14 Nov 1977 immunized testimony of Santos
Trafficante. The transcript is notable for Trafficante's lack of
candor, insisting for instance that his role in the plots to murder
Fidel Castro was merely that of an interpreter.
180-10118-10142: Written after the above interview, this document
describes general guidelines for interviewing Trafficante in public
session (done on 28 Sep 1978 and printed in HSCA Volume 5).
Other documents formerly withheld in full relate to the immunized
testimony of Carlos Hernandez Sanches (see 180-10131-10314,
180-10131-10313, and 180-10118-10136). Note that Hernandez's actual
testimony was already public.
Other new additions to the MFF's collection of HSCA files include:
HSCA Testimony of Priscilla Johnson-McMillan, 2 Feb 1978, Part 1.
Priscilla Johnson-McMillan is the journalist who interviewed Oswald in
1959 in Moscow and later wrote Marina and Lee. The HSCA questioned her
about many things, including CIA connections.
HSCA Testimony of Priscilla Johnson-McMillan, 2 Feb 1978, Part 2
HSCA Testimony of William Walter. Walter was the FBI file clerk who
told the HSCA of having seen a teletype on 17 Nov 1963 which warned
that "a militant revolutionary group" might attempt to assassinate
President Kennedy in Dallas.
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