Nicholas Katzenbach

Nicholas Katzenbach
Born	Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach 1922-01-17 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	2012-05-08 (Age 90) Skillman, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Phillips Exeter Academy, Princeton University, Yale Law School, Balliol College (Oxford)
Parents	• Edward L. Katzenbach • Marie Hilson
Children	• John Katzenbach • Christopher W. Katzenbach • Maria 'Mimi' Katzenbach • Anne De Belleville Katzenbach
Spouse	Lydia King Phelps Stokes
Member of	Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, Rhodes Scholar/1947
Party	Democratic
Undersecretary of State In office October 3, 1966 - January 20, 1969  United States Attorney General In office February 11, 1965 - October 2, 1966  United States Deputy Attorney General  In office April 16, 1962 - January 28, 1965 Succeeded by Ramsey Clark In November 1963 wrote a memo that the US public should be persuaded that "Oswald was the assassin" and that "he did not have confederates."  United States Under Secretary of State In office October 3, 1966 - January 20, 1969

JFK assassination

According to a memo of November 25 1963, from Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, it was important then to persuade the public that "Oswald was the assassin," and that "he did not have confederates."

 

A Document by Nicholas Katzenbach

Title	Document type	Publication date	Subject(s)	Description
Document:Nicholas Katzenbach on the importance of reassuring the US public about Oswald	memo	25 November 1963	Lee Harvey Oswald JFK/Assassination	"The public must be satisfied that Oswald was the assassin; that he did not have confederates who are still at large; and that the evidence was such that he would have been convicted at trial. Speculation about Oswald's motivation ought to be cut off..."

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