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19-03-2025
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Gary Underhill Memo in JFK Files Causes Stir
A memo about an alleged CIA agent named Gary Underhill is causing a stir online after thousands of pages of documents were newly released in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. His full name was John Garrett Underhill Jr. The memo was widely shared online after the White House released thousands of pages of documents never before seen by the public. It is available on the government's archival website. Underhill has been mentioned before in books relating to the assassination, though, and the accusations in the memo remain unproven. Still, it is being described as one of the "bombshells" in the trove of documents, which were released on May 18, 2025. Gary Underhill's "chilling story is hardly implausible. As a spy apparatus the CIA is honeycombed with self-contained cliques operating without any real central control," the memo alleges. The memo's subject is listed as Ramparts: John Garrett Underhill Jr., Samuel George Cummings, and Interarmco. Ramparts was a magazine in that era that did investigative exposes relating to the CIA. According to the memo, June 1967 documents say that '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. He was very agitated. 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.' J. Garrett Underhill "had been an intelligence agent during World War II and was a recognized authority on limited warfare and small arms. A researcher and writer on military affairs, he was on a first-name basis with many of the top brass in the Pentagon," the memo says. "He was also on intimate terms with a number of high-ranking CIA officials – he was one of the Agency's 'un-people' who perform special assignments. At one time he had been a friend of Samuel Cummings of Interarmco, the arms broker that numbers among its customers the CIA and, ironically, Klein's Sporting Goods of Chicago, from whence the mail order Carcano allegedly was purchased by Oswald.' Oswald is a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin and governmental described lone gunman in the death of Kennedy. The memo contains details of Underhill's death. "The friends whom Underhill visited say he was sober but badly 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," the memo alleges. "Kennedy supposedly got wind that something was going on and was killed before he could 'blow the whistle on it.' Although the friends had always known Underhill to be perfectly rational and objective they at first didn't take his account seriously. 'I think the main reason was,' explains the husband, 'that we couldn't believe that the CIA could contain a corrupt element every bit as ruthless – and more efficient – as the mafia.'" The verdict of suicide "in Underhill's death is by no means convincing. His body was found by a writing collaborator, Asher Brynes of the New Republic," the memo continues. "He had been shot behind the left ear, and an automatic pistol was under his left side. Odd, says Brynes, because Underhill was right-handed. Brynes thinks the pistol was fitted with a silencer, and occupants of the apartment building could not recall hearing a shot. Underhill obviously had been dead several days." A check of Agency records yielded information about John Garrett Underhill Jr. He was born Aug. 7, 1915, in Brooklyn, New York, attended high school in Brooklyn and graduated from Harvard in 1937 and died on May 8, 1964, the memo says. He worked as a pictorial journalist for Life Magazine from 1938 through 1942. He served in World War II as a second lieutenant, working on technical and photographic headings, evaluation of intelligence and enemy uniforms, insignia, and weapons. A CIA memo found that there was interest by the New York Office in 'using subject as a contact for foreign intelligence.' He was advised that contact should be developed with caution. A UP article written by Underhill for Esquire stated that the U.S. Army was shockingly weak and that Underhill served in military intelligence in World War II and Korea. He had contacts with a man named Herman Axelbank who was trying to sell photographs of Soviet military subjects, the memo alleges. Cummings was described in the memo as an alleged member of the CIA who traveled abroad extensively buying foreign weapons. The arms were being bought for the CIA and 'intended for resistance elements behind the Iron Curtain," it accuses, saying that Cummings was the principal agent of a CIA owned companies. It was noted that Underhill, Cummings, and Interarmco had not appeared to date in any press or classified reports of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans into the Kennedy assassination "with the tenuous exception of the Ramparts article cited at the outset of this memorandum."
Al Bawaba
19-03-2025
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
JFK files: Did the CIA request 'Israel' to be removed?
Published March 19th, 2025 - 08:16 GMT ALBAWABA - With the release of 63,000 pages of the long-awaited "top secret" JFK files after orders from US President Donald Trump, new claims from social media users recently swarmed the internet stating that the CIA has reportedly requested redacting any mention of "Israel" in the documents. Also Read JFK Jr. labels Joe Biden as traitor in declassified files The speculations in question garnered millions of views and thousands of likes on social media as users took to several platforms to debate the authenticity of the claims. A user on X (formerly known as Twitter) wrote, "Israel is literally the ONLY thing they're requesting to be redacted." Another added in response, "Please, you're gonna want to research this a bit more. For example, look at nearly EVERY document in the JFK dump and you'll notice they bracket each location to denote redactions." Take in mind that many of the files still lack proper annotations and factual content from credible sources. The CIA requested that any mention of ISRAEL be redacted in the JFK files. Israel is literally the ONLY thing they're requesting to be redacted. — Stew Peters (@realstewpeters) March 19, 2025 The JFK files dating back from 1954 to 1967 were stamped with, "CIA has no objection to declassification and/or release of CIA information in this document." However, written after the stamp was, "Except Brackets Lee 8-7-98" with several launching an investigation on the internet and highlighting every moment that Israel is mentioned in the documents. The documents also mention James Jesus Angleton, a former CIA agent who "almost singlehandedly" ran the "Israeli account" at the federal agency until 1974 with close ties to the Mossad, according to the CIA's official government website. He passed away due to suffering from cancer at the age of 69. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 during his visit to Dallas, Texas. According to AP, more than 63,000 out of 80,000 of the files in question were released on orders from current US President Donald Trump. 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. 'The day after the assassination, Gary Underhill left Washington in a hurry. Late in the… — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 19, 2025 According to Financial Express, the newly released files have allegedly shed light on several important figures including Gary Underhill who claimed that a "small clique" in the CIA had a hand in Kennedy's assassination. It also includes nightclub owner Jack Ruby who was responsible for killing assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. The documents further state that "Less than six months later Underhill was found shot to death in his Washington apartment. The coroner ruled it suicide." © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
