IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 30, 1963
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WITE HOUSE
EXECUTIVE ORDER
NO. 11130
APPOINTING A COMMISION TO REPORT UPON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, I hereby appoint a Commission to ascertain, evaluate and report upon the facts relating to the assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy and the subsequent violent death of the man charged with the assassination. The Commission shall consist of:
The Chief Justice of the United States, Chairman;
Senator Richard B. Russell;
Senator John Sherman Cooper;
Congressman Hale Boggs;
Congressman Gerald R. Ford;
The Honorable Allen W. Dulles;
The Honorable John J. McCloy.
The purposes of the Commission are to examine
the evidence developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and any additional evidence that may hereafter come to light or
be uncovered by federal or state authorities; to make such further
investigation as the Commission finds desirable; to evaluate all
the facts and circumstances surrounding such assassination, including
the subsequent violent death of the man charged with the assassination,
and to report to me its findings and conclusions.
The Commission is empowered to prescribe its own procedures and to employ such assistants as it deems necessary.
Necessary expenses of the Commission may be paid from the "Emergency Fund for the President".
All Executive departments and agencies are directed to furnish the Commission with such facilities, services and cooperation as it may request from time to time.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 29, 1963
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