Nicholas Katzenbach

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Person.png Nicholas Katzenbach   SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
BornNicholas deBelleville Katzenbach
1922-01-17
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died2012-05-08 (Age 90)
Skillman, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materPhillips 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
SpouseLydia King Phelps Stokes
Member ofCouncil on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, Rhodes Scholar/1947
PartyDemocratic

Employment.png Undersecretary of State

In office
October 3, 1966 - January 20, 1969

Employment.png United States Attorney General

In office
February 11, 1965 - October 2, 1966

Employment.png United States Deputy Attorney General Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
April 16, 1962 - January 28, 1965
Succeeded byRamsey 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."

Employment.png 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."[1]


 

A Document by Nicholas Katzenbach

TitleDocument typePublication dateSubject(s)Description
Document:Nicholas Katzenbach on the importance of reassuring the US public about Oswaldmemo25 November 1963Lee 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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References

  1. “Memorandum for Mr. Moyers” of November 25, 1963, FBI 62-109060, Section 18, p. 29, link. Cf. Nicholas Katzenbach, Some of It Was Fun (New York: W.W. Norton, 2008), 131-36.


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