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Latest batch of JFK assassination documents show Kennedy's distrust of the CIA

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The Schlesinger Memo , dated June 10, 1961 , warned Kennedy that the CIA was encroaching on his ability to direct foreign policy.

The memo's existence was not a secret, and it was made public earlier, but with large chunks of text blacked out for security reasons.

The entire unredacted memo was one of the thousands of now-declassified documents released Tuesday on orders from President Trump .