Evidence
| Relation | Record | Note |
|---|
| corroborates | Church Committee, Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (S. Rep. 94-465, 1975), pp. 200-201 (local PDF, read 2026-10-30) | CIA HQ cabled approval to pass three carbines on 31 Mar 1961 (Cable HQ to Station 3/31/61); passed 7 Apr 1961; one reached assassin Antonio de la Maza. |
| corroborates | Church Committee, Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (S. Rep. 94-465, 1975), p. 205 (local PDF, read 2026-10-30) | 'there is no evidence that the passage of the pistols or the carbines or the pouching of the machine guns... was disclosed to anyone outside of the CIA during this period.' |
| disputes | Church Committee, Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (S. Rep. 94-465, 1975), pp. 204-205 (local PDF, read 2026-10-30) | By mid-Feb 1961 senior officials, 'presumably President Kennedy himself', knew of the inherited Special Group arms approval; it was 'at least acquiesced in by the new Administration.' |
| disputes | Church Committee, Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (S. Rep. 94-465, 1975), p. 191 (local PDF, read 2026-10-30) | 'the highest policy levels of both Administrations approved or condoned supplying arms to the dissidents.' |
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The CIA approved arms for Trujillo's assassins without Kennedy's approval