House Select Committee on Assassinations

According to Mohrenschildt, the photograph was not found among his stored papers until he and his wife found it in February 1967. When analyzed by the HSCA in 1977, this photo turned out to be a first generation print of the backyard photo already known to the Warren Commission as "CE-133A" and which had probably been taken on March 31, 1963

Later HSCA records noted an allegation that Marcos Diaz Lanz invited Sturgis to take part in a proposed raid against Cuba; investigators treated it as an allegation.

HSCA records later noted an allegation that Marcos Diaz Lanz invited Sturgis to participate in a June 15, 1963, raid against Cuba.

Gonzalez was in President Kennedy's motorcade, he recalled rolling down the window as his car neared the Texas School Book Depository, then hearing three shots during the assassination.

Kennedy, and President Kennedy's sheet covered body. Gonzalez helped place Kennedy's casket in the hearse that transported Kennedy to Air Force One

Gonzalez's car proceeded to Parkland Memorial Hospital where upon seeing a blood-caked bouquet of roses in the rear of presidential limousine he initially believed Jackie Kennedy had been shot. There, he saw Lyndon Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Mrs.

The HSCA Report in 1979 agrees with the Warren Report's conclusion that two bullets caused all of President Kennedy's and Governor Connally's injuries

The HSCA also concluded that both bullets were fired by Oswald from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.

The HSCA Report in 1979 agrees with the Warren Report's conclusion that two bullets caused all of President Kennedy's and Governor Connallys injuries, The HSCA also concluded that both bullets were fired by Oswald from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.

Later investigations agree with the Warren Commission's conclusion Later official reviews, including the Clark Panel, Rockefeller Commission and HSCA, concluded that two shots struck Kennedy from the rear.

The HSCA Report in 1979 agrees with the Warren Report's conclusion that two bullets caused all of President Kennedy's and Governor Connally's injuries, The HSCA also concluded that both bullets were fired by Oswald from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository..

Later official reviews, including the Clark Panel, Rockefeller Commission and HSCA, concluded that two shots struck Kennedy from the rear.

Henry Barbosa Gonzalez was reported to be unsettled by the effect that the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. had on the nation, Gonzalez pushed in 1975 for a House committee study.

Thomas Nelms Downing becomes first chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

Thomas Nelms Downing sponsors the House resolution creating the assassination investigation committee.

Henry Barbosa Gonzalez supports the new committee investigation into the Kennedy and King assassinations.

The House created the Select Committee on Assassinations to conduct a new investigation of the Kennedy and King assassinations.

The House established the Select Committee on Assassinations after sustained congressional pressure for a new inquiry, including efforts led by Downing.

Downing is appointed the First chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations. First chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations..

Downing said that he was skeptical that Lee Harvey Oswald could accurately fire a bolt-action rifle within a short span of time..

Downing said that their statements raised the possibility that right-wing Cubans killed Kennedy.

He pushed for a House committee to investigate the assassination nearly two years before its formation.

Kennedy assassination and the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination, Downing is the first Chairman. Downing stated before and after the HSCA's investigation that he believed there was a conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy.

The House Select Committee on Assassinations concludes that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, probably as a result of a conspiracy. Established in 1976 to investigate the John F.

Thomas Downing said he believed film evidence showed Kennedy was struck from both the front and the rear.

Serves as the committee's first chief counsel.

House Select Committee receives authority to investigate the Kennedy and King assassinations.

House assassination investigators listed Frank Sturgis, also known as Frank Fiorini, among individuals whose records and activities warranted examination.

In 1976, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) was created to investigate the deaths of President Kennedy and King, and Gonzalez succeeded Thomas N. Downing as its chairman in January 1977..

Henry Barbosa Gonzalez succeeds Thomas Downing as chairman of the committee.

The House reauthorized the Select Committee on Assassinations, allowing the Kennedy investigation to continue in the new Congress.

The reconstituted committee created a Kennedy assassination subcommittee and staff task force to pursue conspiracy and agency-performance questions.

Mohrenschildt received a business card from Gaeton Fonzi, an investigator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, telling him that he would like to see him. The HSCA considered him a "crucial witness".

Mohrenschildt received a business card from Gaeton Fonzi, an investigator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, telling him that he would like to see him. The HSCA considered him a "crucial witness".

That afternoon, Mohrenschildt was found dead from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head in a house where he was staying in Manalapan Florida. The coroner's verdict was suicide

Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.

The Church Committee's unfinished business fell to the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

The committee was almost terminated before it got started, rescued only by the resignations of Gonzalez and Sprague, and the apparent suicide of key witness George de Mohrenschildt..

Mohrenschildt received a business card from Gaeton Fonzi, an investigator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, telling him that he would like to see him. The HSCA considered him a "crucial witness".

That afternoon, Mohrenschildt was found dead from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head in a house where he was staying in Manalapan Florida. The coroner's verdict was suicide

George de Mohrenschildt dies before the committee can question him in person.

Henry Barbosa Gonzalez resigns from the chairmanship after conflict with committee staff.

Richard Sprague resigns after disputes over committee procedure and secrecy rules.

Jeanne de Mohrenschildt gave the House Select Committee on Assassinations a photograph taken by Marina Oswald showing Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle.

Jeanne de Mohrenschildt gave the House Select Committee on Assassinations a previously unknown print showing Lee Harvey Oswald in his Dallas backyard holding two newspapers and a rifle.

Jeanne de Mohrenschildt gave the House Select Committee on Assassinations a previously unknown print showing Lee Harvey Oswald in his Dallas backyard holding two newspapers and a rifle.

and with a pistol on his hip - a photograph taken by Oswald's wife Marina. While similar to other prints which had been found among Oswald's effects on November 23, 1963, the existence of this particular print was previously unknown

Russell, who was Mohrenschildt's attorney, said "I definitely feel there was a conspiracy and that definitely was the opinion of George."

Willem Oltmans told the House Select Committee on Assassinations that Mohrenschildt had implicated himself in the conspiracy to kill President Kennedy. And Pat S.

"De Mohrenschildt told me that Oswald acted at his (De Mohrenschildt's) instructions and that he knew Oswald was going to kill Kennedy"

Oltmans testified for three hours behind closed doors and told the committee that Mohrenschildt had told him he had discussed the assassination of Kennedy with Oswald from A to Z.

Russell, who was Mohrenschildt's attorney, said "I definitely feel there was a conspiracy and that definitely was the opinion of George.".

Willem Oltmans told the House Select Committee on Assassinations that Mohrenschildt had implicated himself in the conspiracy to kill President Kennedy. And Pat S.

Russell, who was Mohrenschildt's attorney, said "I definitely feel there was a conspiracy and that definitely was the opinion of George."

Willem Oltmans told the House Select Committee on Assassinations that Mohrenschildt had implicated himself in the conspiracy to kill President Kennedy. And Pat S.

Louis Stokes was appointed 3rd Chairman of the HSCA.

Louis Stokes was appointed third chairman of the HSCA.

Louis Stokes becomes chairman and stabilizes the committee investigation.

G. Robert Blakey becomes chief counsel and staff director for the committee.

The Church Committee's unfinished business fell to the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.

The Church Committee's unfinished business fell to the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

The committee was almost terminated before it got started, rescued only by the resignations of Gonzalez and Sprague, and the apparent suicide of key witness George de Mohrenschildt..

Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.

The Church Committee's unfinished business fell to the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

The committee was almost terminated before it got started, rescued only by the resignations of Gonzalez and Sprague, and the apparent suicide of key witness George de Mohrenschildt..

The committee included possible Cuban government, pro-Castro, and anti-Castro connections within its renewed investigation of the Kennedy assassination.

HSCA Panel examines acoustical evidence later used in the probable conspiracy finding.

HSCA Panel reviews ballistic evidence connected with the assassination.

Gaeton Fonzi works as a committee investigator on Kennedy assassination leads.

The House Select Committee on Assassinations sought agency records concerning Sturgis, his aliases, Cuban activities, and associations.

House investigators sought agency records on Sturgis, his aliases, Cuban activities, and associations while reviewing anti-Castro leads.

HSCA Panel reviews autopsy, photographic and radiological evidence from the Kennedy case.

HSCA Panel reviews films and photographs related to Dealey Plaza evidence.

The committee requested access to prior Senate intelligence testimony, including material involving Frank Sturgis and Warren DeBruey.

The HSCA requested access to earlier Senate intelligence testimony involving Sturgis as part of its renewed Kennedy investigation.

The HSCA specifically requested CIA records concerning Carlos Bringuier, his DRE role, and his earlier testimony about Oswald.

The committee asked CIA for files on numerous anti-Castro Cuban activists and organizations relevant to its Kennedy investigation.

The HSCA requested CIA records concerning Bosch because of his leadership of the anti-Castro MIRR organization and its relevance to the committee's Cuban inquiry.

The HSCA requested CIA files concerning Orlando Bosch and his leadership of the anti-Castro MIRR organization.

CIA material supplied to the HSCA included references to Sergio Arcacha Smith within files dealing with the Garrison investigation and Cuban exile activity.

The committee took Bringuier's deposition and compared his account of Oswald's 1963 New Orleans contacts with Warren Commission evidence.

Bringuier gave a deposition to the House Select Committee on Assassinations concerning Oswald's New Orleans contacts and anti-Castro Cuban activity.

Joseph Dryer told the House Select Committee on Assassinations that he and Mohrenschildt were associated with Jacqueline Lancelot.

Dryer said that Lancelot told him shortly after the Kennedy assassination that a "substantial" sum of money, 200000 or 250000 dollars, had been deposited in Mohrenschildt's account.

Dryer said that Mohrenschildt had claimed he came to Haiti to scout for oil, but Dryer stated that "I could never figure out what he did. " Dryer expressed the belief that Mohrenschildt had "some intelligence connection"

Dryer's relationship with Lancelot included passing messages for her to people in the United States whom Dryer assumed were connected to the CIA.

Joseph Dryer told the House Select Committee on Assassinations that he and Mohrenschildt were associated with Jacqueline Lancelot.

Dryer said that Lancelot told him shortly after the Kennedy assassination that a "substantial" sum of money, 200000 or 250000 dollars, had been deposited in Mohrenschildt's account.

Dryer said that Mohrenschildt had claimed he came to Haiti to scout for oil, but Dryer stated that "I could never figure out what he did. " Dryer expressed the belief that Mohrenschildt had "some intelligence connection"

Dryer's relationship with Lancelot included passing messages for her to people in the United States whom Dryer assumed were connected to the CIA.

Joseph Dryer told the House Select Committee on Assassinations that he and Mohrenschildt were associated with Jacqueline Lancelot.

Joseph Dryer testifies about Lancelot and Mohrenschildt-related contacts.

Jacqueline Lancelot is discussed in testimony concerning George de Mohrenschildt contacts.

In the article Marchetti argued that the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) had obtained a 1966 CIA memo that revealed Hemming, E. Howard Hunt, and Frank Sturgis had been involved in the plot to kill Kennedy..

In the article Marchetti argued that the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) had obtained a 1966 CIA memo that revealed Hemming, E. Howard Hunt, and Frank Sturgis had been involved in the plot to kill Kennedy..

In the article Marchetti argued that the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) had obtained a 1966 CIA memo that revealed Hemming, E. Howard Hunt, and Frank Sturgis had been involved in the plot to kill Kennedy..

In the article Marchetti argued that the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) had obtained a 1966 CIA memo that revealed Hemming, E. Howard Hunt, and Frank Sturgis had been involved in the plot to kill Kennedy..

Victor Marchetti publishes an article about the assassination of John F. Kennedy in the Liberty Lobby newspaper, The Spotlight.

In the article Marchetti argued that the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) had obtained a 1966 CIA memo that revealed Hemming, E. Howard Hunt, and Frank Sturgis had been involved in the plot to kill Kennedy..

Victor Marchetti publishes an article about the assassination of John F. Kennedy in the Liberty Lobby newspaper, The Spotlight.

In the article Marchetti argued that the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) had obtained a 1966 CIA memo that revealed Hemming, E. Howard Hunt, and Frank Sturgis had been involved in the plot to kill Kennedy..

Victor Marchetti publishes an article about the assassination of John F. Kennedy in the Liberty Lobby newspaper, The Spotlight.

In the article Marchetti argued that the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) had obtained a 1966 CIA memo that revealed Hemming, E. Howard Hunt, and Frank Sturgis had been involved in the plot to kill Kennedy..

Victor Marchetti publishes an article about the assassination of John F. Kennedy in the Liberty Lobby newspaper, The Spotlight.

Gerry Patrick Hemming is named in allegations discussed around the committee investigation.

Everette Howard Hunt is named in allegations examined during the committee period.

Is named in allegations connected to Marchetti's article.

The committee's final findings stated that anti-Castro Cuban groups, as groups, were not involved in Kennedy's assassination.

The committee concluded from the available evidence that the Cuban Government was not involved in Kennedy's assassination.

House Select Committee investigates possible anti-Castro Cuban links to the assassination.

The committee conducted interviews and depositions concerning anti-Castro Cuban networks that had operated in New Orleans, Miami, and elsewhere.

The HSCA examined Sturgis within its broader inquiry into anti-Castro Cuban networks while distinguishing documented activity from assassination allegations.

The House Select Committee on Assassinations reviewed the authenticity and evidentiary value of Lee Harvey Oswald’s backyard photographs.

During its Cuba investigation, the committee directly raised with Fidel Castro the question of Cuban government involvement in Kennedy's assassination.

House Select Committee examines CIA handling of information connected to Oswald and Mexico City.

House Select Committee investigates whether the Cuban government was involved.

The committee reported that Cuban authorities supplied written material and made citizens available for interviews during the assassination inquiry.

House Select Committee reviews FBI investigative performance after the assassination.

Former Cuban consuls Eusebio Azcue and Alfredo Mirabal were permitted to testify publicly about the Mexico City consulate and Oswald's visa effort.

House investigators reviewed federal records on Frank Sturgis, his aliases, Cuban revolutionary service, and later anti-Castro activities.

House investigators examined Sturgis within a broader review of anti-Castro Cuban networks, exile operations, and possible individual involvement in the assassination.

The HSCA assembled and reviewed biographical material on Sturgis, including his Cuban revolutionary service and later anti-Castro activities.

House investigators examined CIA counterintelligence handling of Oswald and Cuba-related material as part of their assessment of agency performance.

DeBruey told House investigators that Oswald had not been his informant and denied ever knowingly meeting him before the assassination investigation.

Hosty told congressional investigators that Oswald had never been an FBI informant and that he would have known of any such Dallas relationship.

House investigators reviewed Lorenz's accounts concerning anti-Castro Cuban figures and alleged pre-assassination contacts while testing those claims against other evidence.

The HSCA evaluated Lorenz's statements concerning Sturgis and other anti-Castro activists rather than accepting her assassination allegations without corroboration.

The HSCA's final investigative work did not identify Sturgis as a proven participant in the assassination conspiracy it considered probable.

The House committee criticized aspects of testimony concerning the destroyed note and the omitted address-book entry while continuing its FBI review.

The House Select Committee on Assassinations examined why Hosty's information appeared in Oswald's address book and why it was omitted from an early FBI report.

The House Select Committee examined Hosty's destruction of Oswald's note and the conflicting accounts of who ordered it destroyed.

House investigators reviewed Hosty's November 1963 contacts with Ruth and Marina Oswald when assessing allegations of an Oswald-FBI relationship.

Reviews Jack Ruby's contacts and possible organized crime links.

House Select Committee reviews Marina Oswald testimony and related evidence from prior investigations.

House Select Committee investigates whether organized crime had a role in the assassination.

Studies Oswald's Mexico City visit and related agency records.

House Select Committee reviews Secret Service protection failures before the assassination.

House Select Committee reviews the single bullet theory and timing evidence.

House Select Committee investigates whether the Soviet government was involved.

Committee investigators traveled to Cuba to pursue allegations of Cuban involvement and to seek documents, witnesses, and official responses.

The committee submitted its final report, preserving its findings on Oswald, possible conspiracy, Cuba-related allegations, and the performance of federal agencies.

House Select Committee finds anti-Castro Cuban groups were not involved as groups.

The HSCA's final findings did not identify anti-Castro Cuban groups as organizational participants in Kennedy's assassination, despite reviewing militant networks that included MIRR.

House Select Committee finds the Cuban government was not involved in the assassination.

Concludes Oswald's third shot killed President Kennedy.

House Select Committee finds the FBI and CIA were not involved in the assassination.

Presents the committee's final findings to Congress.

The House Select Committee reported that it found no credible evidence that Oswald had been an FBI informant, despite unresolved concerns about record handling.

House Select Committee criticizes earlier investigation of possible conspiracy as inadequate.

House Select Committee finds organized crime as a group was not involved.

House Select Committee concludes Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at President Kennedy.

House Select Committee finds Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of conspiracy.

House Select Committee cites acoustical evidence suggesting a high probability of two gunmen.

House Select Committee finds the Secret Service was not involved in the assassination.

House Select Committee finds the Soviet government was not involved in the assassination.

The House Select Committee on Assassinations cited Howard Brennan in 1979 as support for its conclusion that the assassin shot at President Kennedy from the Book Depository Building..

Louis Stokes concludes 4 shots were fired, the fourth shot came from a second assassin located on the grassy knoll, but missed.

The House Select Committee on Assassinations cited Howard Brennan in 1979 as support for its conclusion that the assassin shot at President Kennedy from the Book Depository Building..

The HSCA agreed with the single bullet theory, but concluded that it occurred at a time point during the assassination that differed from any of the several time points the Warren Commission theorized it occurred..

Louis Stokes concludes 4 shots were fired, the fourth shot came from a second assassin located on the grassy knoll, but missed.

Louis Stokes concludes acoustical evidence establishes a high probability that at least two gunmen fired at the President. Other scientific evidence does not preclude the possibility of two gunmen firing at the President.

Kennedy, the second and third shots he fired struck the President, the third shot he fired killed the President. Concludes Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at Kennedy. The second and third shots Oswald fired struck the President.

Scientific acoustical evidence establishes a high probability that two gunmen fired at President John F. Kennedy. Concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at President John F.

The HSCA concluded the existence and location of this alleged fourth shot based on the later discredited Dallas Police Department Dictabelt recording analysis. Second chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations..

The House Select Committee on Assassinations concludes that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, probably as a result of a conspiracy. Second chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

The third shot he fired killed the President.

The HSCA agreed with the single bullet theory, but concluded that it occurred at a time point during the assassination that differed from any of the several time points the Warren Commission theorized it occurred..

The HSCA agreed with the single bullet theory, but concluded that it occurred at a time point during the assassination that differed from any of the several time points the Warren Commission theorized it occurred...

The HSCA agreed with the single bullet theory, but concluded that it occurred at a time point during the assassination that differed from any of the several time points the Warren Commission theorized it occurred..

The HSCA agreed with the single bullet theory, but concluded that it occurred at a time point during the assassination that differed from any of the several time points the Warren Commission theorized it occurred..

Dale Myers challenges the Dictabelt evidence used in the HSCA acoustics conclusion.

Used various films from the day of the shooting to plot the locations and speeds of the motorcycle police officers during the assassination, and concluded that no police motorcycles were anywhere near a microphone concluded by the HSCA..