Outside Interference Quotes
The Texas authorities bungled the investigation, and the President under pressure, appointed the Warren Commission to conduct the investigation. That commission did poorly as well as they were lied to by both the CIA and the FBI. The autopsy report disappeared. The forensic photos of the dead president were not shown to anyone but Judge Warren; even the chief investigator—Arlen Specter—was not allowed to see them. Conspiracy theories have abounded ever since.
The President was reacting to the accusation made by Indonesian President Sukarno that the United States was sponsoring and supporting a civil war against his administration {591336}. The Secretary of State had testified before Congress that there was no U. S. involvement in Indonesia. However the CIA was financing the revolution and supplying war planes and pilots to the insurgents. See {591337}.