1000 of documents about the character assassination of President John F Kennedy have just been release by the US National Archives . It includes heaps of previously assort information about the CIA ’s elephantine probe into one of the biggest moments of post - war America and the man accused of his slaying , Lee Harvey Oswald .

In total,12,879 documentsare usable for the populace to read , around 97 percent of the total collection on theassassination .

JFKwas shoot from afar while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dallas , Texas ,   on November 22 , 1963 . To investigate the character assassination , the new Chief Executive Lyndon B Johnson issue the Warren Commission , which ultimately concluded that Oswald was responsible for for the shooting and he act alone . It then concluded that Jack Ruby acted alone when he killed Oswald two 24-hour interval after the incident .

While this remains the official narrative , there ’s been significant disbelief over the decision of the Warren Commission and the event is surrounded byconspiracy theory .

chieftain among those is that Oswald was either not responsible for for the character assassination or that he did not work alone . In 2013 , aGallup postfound that the bulk of Americans ( 61 pct ) trust more than one person was responsible for for JFK ’s death .

One of the prevalent theories is that Oswald , a self - declare Marxist , was working on behalf of the KGB , the ill-famed Soviet Union security bureau .

Within the newly released “ personality file ” that the CIA maintained on Oswald before and after Kennedy ’s execution , there’sreportedlyno reading that Oswald had known connexion to the KGB .

Overall , many independent investigator are uncertain whether the release of documents will contain any bombshells that will deeply shake the official narrative , although historians and researchers are hoping the trove contains a few hidden gems .

Larry Sabato , author ofThe Kennedy Half Century : The Presidency , Assassination , and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy , toldCNNhe trust that something suspicious went on with the JFK assassination , and it perhaps could have been prevented if the CIA and FBI were doing their Book of Job decently . However , he doubts the newly released documents will contain any gamey information that will challenge the prescribed story .

“ It ’s not extend to change the level , ” he said . “ It ’s not . I warrant you . ”