Kennedy assassination documents released

Kennedy assassination documents released

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full screen President John F Kennedy next to his wife Jacqueline just minutes before he was shot to death in Dallas in 1963. File photo. Photo: AP/TT

The US has released thousands of previously classified documents relating to the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963.

According to the US National Archives, 13,173 documents have been made public, which means that 97 percent of the Kennedy documents, which are estimated to include nearly five million pages, have now been published.

US President Joe Biden says a limited number of documents remain classified at the request of unspecified authorities.

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