House Select Committee on Assassinations Report: Table of Contents

• Title Page, Commission Members, Transmittal Letter
• Summary of Findings and Recommendations
• Introduction
• I. Findings of the Select Committee on Assassination in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
  • I.A. Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at President John F. Kennedy. The second and third shots he fired struck the President. The third shot he fired killed the President
  • I.B. Scientific acoustical evidence establishes a high probability that two gunmen fired at President John F. Kennedy. Other scientific evidence does not preclude the possibility of two gunmen firing at the President. Scientific evidence negates some specific conspiracy allegations
  • I.C. The committee believes, on the basis of the evidence available to it, that President John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. The committee was unable to identify the other gunmen or the extent of the conspiracy
  • I.D. Agencies and departments of the U.S. Government performed with varying degrees of competency in the fulfillment of their duties. President John F. Kennedy did not receive adequate protection. A thorough and reliable investigation into the responsibility of Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination was conducted. The investigation into the possibility of conspiracy in the assassination was inadequate. the conclusions of the investigations were arrived at in good faith, but presented in a fashion that was too definitive
• II. Findings of the Select Committee on Assassinations in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • II.A. James Earl Ray fired one shot at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The shot killed Dr. King
  • II.B. The committee believes on the basis of the circumstantial evidence available to it, that there is a likelihood that James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a result of a conspiracy
  • II.C. The committee believes, on the basis of the evidence available to it, that no private organizations or individuals, other than those discussed under section B, were involved in the assassination of Dr. King
  • II.D. No Federal, State or local government agency was involved in the assassination of Dr. King
  • II.E. The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation performed with varying degrees of competency and legality in the fulfillment of their duties
• III. Recommendations of the Select Committee on Assassinations
• IV. Separate Remarks, Views and Dissent of Members of the Committee
• Appendix I: Staff of the Select Committee on Assassinations
• Appendix II: Consultants to the Select Committee on Assassinations
• Appendix III: Contractors for the Select Committee on Assassinations
• Appendix IV: Statistical data and expenditures
• Appendix V: Affirmative action program
• Appendix VI: Enabling resolutions
• References: Introduction
• References: Report on the investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
• References: Report on the investigation of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• References: Recommendations of the Committee

Bibliographic note: Web version based on the Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1979. 1 volume, 686 pages. The formatting of this Web version may differ from the original.

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