Executive Office of the President
Executive Order 14176: Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Executive order · written 23 January 2025 · released 31 January 2025
Why this matters
The order directing full release of the remaining JFK records and a plan to release RFK and MLK assassination records, which had never been covered by the 1992 JFK Records Act. It led to the March 2025 JFK release at NARA. The legal text explains what was and was not required.
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https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/31/2025-02116/declassification-of-records-concerning-the-assassinations-of-president-john-f-kennedy-senator-robert
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Executive Office of the President. "Executive Order 14176: Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.." 23 January 2025. Released 31 January 2025. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/31/2025-02116/declassification-of-records-concerning-the-assassinations-of-president-john-f-kennedy-senator-robert (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0082).
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