Kennedy files: Oswald not linked to CIA states 1975 memo

A memo dated 1975 says that a search of agency records in and outside the United States were conducted to determine if Oswald was used by the CIA in any way.

The connection between Lee Harvey Oswald and the CIA were totally unfounded newly released documents regarding John F Kennedy's assassination says.

A memo dated 1975 says that a search of agency records in and outside the United States were conducted to determine if Oswald was used by the CIA in any way. The search came up emtry and there is no indication that the any other US agency used Oswald as a source of recruitment, the memo further states.

The National Archives released another 676 government documents related to the assassination on Friday - the third public release so far this year. Most of the latest release comprises 553 records from the CIA that previously were withheld in their entirety. There also are records from the Justice and Defense departments, the House Select Committee on Assassinations and the National Archives.

Another record showed how the officials scrambled to round up information about Oswald after the assassination. Officials had wondered if Oswald was trying to get a visa to make a quick escape after the assassination of the President. A CIA message sent Nov. 24, 1963 - two days after Kennedy was killed - said an "important question" that remained unsolved was whether Oswald had been planning to travel right away or return to the US and leave later.

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