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| Trump to allow release of classified JFK assassination files | Trump to allow release of classified JFK assassination files |
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| US President Donald Trump says he will allow the release of classified documents relating to the assassination of President John F Kennedy, shot dead while visiting Dallas, Texas in 1963. | US President Donald Trump says he will allow the release of classified documents relating to the assassination of President John F Kennedy, shot dead while visiting Dallas, Texas in 1963. |
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| The documents were due to be disclosed by the National Archives later this month, however there were some media reports that Trump would not approve the publication of all of the files. | The documents were due to be disclosed by the National Archives later this month, however there were some media reports that Trump would not approve the publication of all of the files. |
| In a tweet sent early Saturday, Trump indicated he will allow the release, “subject to the receipt of further information”. It’s not clear what “further information” the president is referring to. | In a tweet sent early Saturday, Trump indicated he will allow the release, “subject to the receipt of further information”. It’s not clear what “further information” the president is referring to. |
| In 1992, then-US President George H. W. Bush signed into law the John F Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, compelling the US National Archives to publish documents surrounding Kennedy’s death within 25 years. | |
| However, there was a get-out clause in the act which stated public disclosure could be delayed if it threatened “military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or conduct of foreign relations.” | |
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