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JFK files released: US declassifies majority of documents on assassination that has haunted America for 54 years JFK files released: US declassifies majority of documents on assassination that has haunted America for 54 years
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The Trump administration has released the majority of the JFK files, more than 50 years after the president was killed in Dallas. Donald Trump has ordered the release of 2,800 files relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy, but agreed to withhold hundreds of documents the US intelligence community still deems sensitive more than 50 years after the incident.
Just under 3,000 files were released by the US National Archives after a 1992 law ordered the government to release all of the remaining documents to the public. Six-hundred pages have still been withheld, and will be released after a six month delay.  Mr Trump had said he wanted to release all government material relating to the 1963 shooting of the 35th president, but had been persuaded to provide a six month exception for some material. Most of the files not being made public come from the CIA and FBI.
Asked if Mr Trump was angry that he had been unable to fulfill his underrating to release all the material - some had suggested the delay was a deliberate snub from the intelligence community after repeated clashes - a senior government official, speaking on background, told reporters: “The President wants to ensure full transparency and he thinks the agencies can do a better job at reducing any conflict within the redaction and get this information out as lucky as possible.”
Shortly after the government officials spoke, the White House issued a memorandum from the President that said the “American public expects - and deserves - it’s government to provide as much access as possible to the President John F Kennedy Assassination Records (records) so that the people may finally be fully informed about all aspects of this pivotal event”.
The memo said Mr Trump was ordering that the “that the veil finally be lifted”. 
It added: “At the same time, executive departments and agencies have proposed to me that certain information should continue to be redacted because of national security, law enforcement, and foreign affairs concerns.  I have no choice - today - but to accept those redactions rather than allow potentially irreversible harm to our Nation's security.” 
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