Donald Trump plans to allow the release of long-secret files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.<br /><br />In a Tweet on Saturday, the current US leader said he would let the classified documents be opened ‘subject to the receipt of further information’.<br /><br />“The president believes that these documents should be made available in the interests of full transparency unless agencies provide a compelling and clear national security or law enforcement justification otherwise,” a White House official said.<br /><br />Over the years, the National Archives has released most documents related to the case, but a final batch, amounting to tens of thousands of pages, remains and only Trump has the authority to decide whether some should continue to be withheld or released in redacted form.<br /><br />Scholars hope for more insight into Lee Harvey Oswald’s trip to Mexico City weeks before he shot President Kennedy https://t.co/tNT1aWhtEk— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) 21 octobre 2017<br /><br />The Nov. 22 1963 assassination cut short “Camelot,” as the 1,000 days of the Kennedy presidency became known.<br /><br />“Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened,” Trump wrote.<br /><br />Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 21 octobre 2017<br /><br />Surveys have shown that a majority of Americans still distrust official evidence pointing to Lee Harvey Oswald as the sole killer of JFK.<br /><br />More than half a century on, conspiracy theories abound over the fatal shooting in Dallas in November 1963.<br /><br />Oswald never stood trial. He was shot and killed two days later by nightclub owner Jack Ruby while in police custody.<br /><br />Thousands of books, articles, TV shows, movies and documentaries have been produced about the assassination.<br /><br />Kennedy, who was 46 when he died, remains one of the most admired US presidents.<br /><br />pic.twitter.com/TkQc5UvxcM— JFK Library (@JFKLibrary) 2 octobre 2017<br /><br />with Reuters<br />
