A newly declassified file on the JFK assassination released on Tuesday by the President Donald Trump-led administration finds the mention of Gary Underhill, who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
The classified documents reveal new insights into the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy.
Newly released JFK files tell a story about how Gary Underhill, who worked for the CIA, was found dead after he revealed to friends that the CIA was responsible for JFK’s assassination.
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According to the document, Underhill was found dead days after he had alleged that the agency was responsible for Kennedy’s assassination.
The JFK files further reveal that Gary Underhill fled Washington in a hurry a day after Kennedy’s death.
“The day after the assassination, Gary Underhill left Washington in a hurry. Late in the evening, he showed up at the home of friends in New Jersey,” the unredacted document shows.
The document describes Gary Underhill’s behaviour as agitated, adding that he feared for his life.
“A small clique within the CIA was responsible for the assassination, he confided, and he was afraid for his life and probably would have to leave the country.”
“Less than six months later, Underhill was found shot to death in his Washington apartment. The coroner ruled it suicide.”
What did Gary Underhill Say?
As per the JFK files, the friends whom Gary Underhill went to described him as sober but ‘shook’.
“They say he attributed the Kennedy murder to a CIA clique which was carrying on a lucrative racket in gun-running, narcotics and other contraband, and manipulating political intrigue to serve its own ends.”
It further notes that Kennedy supposedly got “wind that something was going on” and was killed before he could “blow the whistle on it”.
He also voiced fears about his own safety, telling friends, “I know who they are. That’s the problem. They know I know. That’s why I’m here. I can’t stay in New York.”
Less than six months later, on May 8, 1964, Underhill was found dead in his Washington apartment with a gunshot wound to the head. “Less than six months later Underhill was found shot to death in his Washington apartment. The coroner ruled it suicide,” the memo noted.
