Why Russia Thought LBJ Killed JFK
November 22, 1963: gunshots in Dallas. The Soviet Union doesn't celebrate—it panics. The KGB already has a file on the shooter. Their verdict on Oswald: a neurotic nobody they rejected as an agent. But who did they think pulled the strings? Declassified documents reveal the KGB launched a full intelligence operation—and reached a stunning conclusion. FBI Director Hoover forwarded their finding directly to the White House: the KGB believed President Lyndon B. Johnson was responsible for Kennedy's assassination. That memo stayed classified for fifty years. This is the story the Warren Commission didn't want you to read.
Timeline:
00:00 THE PANIC IN MOSCOW
01:33 THE MAN THEY ALREADY KNEW
03:22 THE INVESTIGATION BEGINS
05:00 THE NAME IN THE FILE
06:52 HOOVER'S SECRET
08:51 WHAT THE FILES REVEAL
10:17 THE QUESTION THAT REMAINS
SOURCES:
J. Edgar Hoover memo, December 1, 1966: "Reaction of Soviet and Communist Party Officials to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy" — declassified 2017, National Archives
J. Edgar Hoover memo, November 24, 1963: "convince the public that Oswald is the real assassin" — declassified 2017, National Archives
Nicholas Katzenbach memo, November 25, 1963 — previously released
Former KGB officer George Lesnik: reviewed Oswald's file day of assassination, confirmed no KGB recruitment — CIA memo, March 11, 1964, declassified 2017
KGB description of Oswald: "neurotic maniac who was disloyal to his own country" — FBI source, cited in Hoover 1966 memo
Nikita Khrushchev statement to Drew Pearson, Cairo, May 1964 — declassified intelligence report
Soviet Communist Party assessment: assassination was "ultraright coup" — FBI intelligence memo, declassified 2017
KGB instruction to New York residency: develop all information on President Johnson — Hoover memo, 1966
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), 1979: "President Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy"
DISCLAIMER: This video is based on historical events, declassified documents, and public theories. It is intended for educational and documentary purposes only. The connections discussed are theories and should not be taken as established fact.
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