JFK files show Soviets in a state of red alert

Newly released CIA files show how spooked the Soviets were by Kenney’s assassination and the frightening spectre of nuclear war breaking out, writes Ryle Dwyer

Lee Harvey Oswald talks to the media as he is led down a corridor of the Dallas police station for another round of questioning in connection with the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Photo: AP

Last week, US president Donald Trump released more than 3,000 classified documents relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Some of the documents — all of which were released online — raised the frightening spectre of possible nuclear war.