Johnson on Kennedy Assassination and Warren Commission
Published 2025-05-12 · Duration 1:24 · Video file(4.5 MB)
President Johnson reflects on the Kennedy assassination and the Warren Commission's findings, expressing reservations about international conspiracies.
Transcript
In 1969, we talked about the Kennedy assassination. A portion of the interview was not broadcast at the President's request on the grounds he said of national security. I asked Mr. Johnson then, whether he was satisfied, there was no international conspiracy into assassination. I can't honestly say that I've ever been completely relieved of the fact that they might have been international connections. You mean you still feel that there might have been? Yeah. Well, I have not completely discounted it. Well, I would seem to indicate that you don't have full confidence in the war in Commissioner Horton. No, I think the war in Commissioner Studdy. And I think first of all, it's composed the Abelis, most judicious, by part of the man in this country. The second I think they had only one objective that was the truth. The third I think they were competent and did the best they could. But I don't think that they are, me or anyone else who always absolutely sure of every thing that might have motivated us well or others that could have been well. Only a few weeks.
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