the plot to kill jfk – the cuban connection: revealed

The historical documentary strand revisits one of the most shocking events of the 20th century with a fresh examination of the assassination of John F Kennedy. A three-year investigation in four different countries by award-winning German filmmaker Wilfrid Husman has revealed what may be the missing link between Lee Harvey Oswald and the Cuban secret service.

Key evidence in this new account includes an intriguing CIA wire tap recording of a conversation in the Cuban embassy in Mexico, where Cuban staff rejoice the news of Kennedy’s death. Furthermore, the film uncovers a top-secret memo which reports that a high-ranking member of the Cuban secret service flew out of Dallas airport hours after JFK’s death. The film tracks down this man 40 years on to hear his story and those of other Cuban agents for the very first time.

The documentary also explores the volatile relationship between the US and Cuba in the wake of Fidel Castro’s seizure of power in 1959 – from the failed Bay of Pigs invasion to the CIA’s covert attempts to remove the Cuban leader. With the help of reconstructions and eyewitness testimony, The Plot to Kill JFK illustrates how the hostilities between Cuba and its neighbour are irrevocably linked to the tragic events of November 22, 1963.