JFK assassination files: British newspaper got tip before assassination

[jberryhill]

14. Why not actually read the report in question?

"I assume the FBI was told of the call by the British company and they may have provided whatever backup that exists"

That's not even what the memo says.

"The memo says Britain's MI5 intelligence service calculated that the call came 25 minutes before Kennedy was shot in Dallas."

The FBI wasn't told anything by any primary source to that report. So, first off, we are dealing with third-hand information presenting a bare conclusion based on a "calculation" which is not explained.

Here is the memo:



It's just a notation of a time recalled by the person who was called. And, no, they probably didn't go digging through records of calls in less than 24 hours in the UK. Note that the call was made after business hours, and reported to the station at 0933.

The only "calculation" involved here is just subtracting the time zone difference from when the reporter said he/she got the call.