It housed more Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents between 1950 and 1960, according to more than 63,000 pages of documents relating to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy Jr., released Tuesday evening by the Trump administration.

CIA mission chiefs under diplomatic cover have more influence than ambassadors and even advocate policies that contradict official US diplomacy. June 10th, 1961, Notes. Kennedy was warned by historian Arthur Schlessinger Jr. in a document that CIA agents (the so-called “dominant American sources” (CAS)) pose as stated state department officials could risk outlawing US diplomacy.

“THis effect is to further infringe on the traditional functions of the nation,” he wrote.

The CIA mission chiefs often showed more power than top diplomats, and sometimes headed towards conflicting purposes, he said.

“On President Kennedy’s inauguration day, 47% of political offices serving at the US embassy were CAS,” reads the memo. “The CIA Mission Chief has been in the country for a long time, and has more influence than the ambassadors (and decorations) and often has direct access to the Prime Minister. [unreadable]) He pursues policies that are different from those of the ambassador. And he is generally well known locally as a representative of the CIA. ” (Related: Trump administration will release JFK assassination file)

Schlessinger’s note to the President on the 1961 CIA – he advocated for a reorganization of the institution – was interested in historians and independent researchers as Rosetta Stone to understand the hostility between the former president and the country’s foreign intelligence newsletter service.

However, one section of the note remains edited across around 1.5 pages and was revealed only on Tuesday night. This section discussed the widespread use of the CIA diplomatic cover and its risks. Diplomatic cover was cheaper than other methods and was faster and more appealing to agents, the memo said.

It is unclear why information has been hidden from the public for decades.

National Intelligence Director Tarshi Gabbard praised the release of around 2,182 files related to President Kennedy on Tuesday, indicating that more documents could be made public when released from the court.

“President Trump is in a new era of greatest transparency,” she said in a statement.

President Trump is entering a new era of greatest transparency. Today, following his instructions, the previously edited JFK assassination file is open to the public without editing. The promises and promises are kept. https://t.co/ung1vkgxjx pic.twitter.com/xbbkqfz4bx

– dni tulsi gabbard (@dnigabbard) March 18, 2025

Schlessinger listed the number of CIA agents or the number of embassies living abroad for “CAS personnel.”

“Of the 20 people listed in the political sector on the list of foreign services in October 1960 at the US Embassy in Vienna, 16 are CAS officials, and of the 31 officers engaged in political activities, more than half are CAS,” he writes. “Of the 13 officers listed in the political division of the Chilean Embassy, ​​11 are CAS.”

Schlessinger expressed concern about the CIA’s control at the US embassy in Paris.

“There are 123 CIA people at the Paris Embassy today. CIAs. [in Paris] Since then, it has begun to move into the field of political reporting that is generally occupied by the state. A CIA man does it it is clear Internal political report outperforming people in the embassy’s political section 18-2. The CIA even tried to monopolise contact with a particular French political personality, the president of the Parliament,” he said.

This memo clearly refers to the rumored CIA backing of April 1961. AlgeputsThe general attempted a coup in Algeria, France. French President Charles de Gaulle had departed Algeria for self-determination and from French rule, which the generals opposed.

“The CIA is a well-known fact in the local area, occupying the top floor of the Paris Embassy on the evening of the general. [unreadable] In Algeria, passersby pointed out in entertainment that the top floor was blazing with lights,” he wrote.

Jefferson Morley, vice president of the Mary Ferrell Foundation and a longtime declassification advocate, had identified this compilation section of the memo as one of his top priorities ahead of the new release.

I continue to look into some observations through new JFK documents. First of all, this is a breakthrough. The absurd and suspicious edits that deny us are mostly removed. JFK says, “I know why I want to split the CIA…

– Jeffersonmorley (@jeffersonmorley) March 19, 2025

Schlessinger proposed a review of the policy, which was established around January 19, 1961 the day before Kennedy’s inauguration. Historians warned Kennedy about the so-called “controlled American sources” becoming a permanent feature of foreign services, and at the same time advocated “steady reductions” of CIA agents at the US embassy.

“Before the state manages more and more foreign personnel, before CAS is permanently integrated into foreign services, it seems important to ensure that the company has nominally promised control over local CAS stations, in order to ensure that the company has control over local CAS stations, before (a) is permanently integrated into foreign services. [unreadable] “We review the current CAS direction with an eye toward the directive of January 19, 1961 and (b) steady reductions in CAS staff,” he wrote.

The CIA agents’ diplomatic coverage remains a threat to the independence and legitimacy of the State Department and remains to some extent unknown. a The New York Times story On March 6, the prospect of further reductions regarding the closure of some foreign embassies “has created some uncertainty within the central intelligence community.”

“The majority of undercover investigator intelligence agents work at embassies and consulates and pretend to be diplomats, and the closure of diplomats will reduce the CIA options where spies are placed,” the paper reported.

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