An ex-presidential guard contacted Oliver Stone, who directed JFK biopic
He claimed 'somebody from his team' assassinated the president in 1963
Stone said he was convinced by his 'military jargon' and intricate details
Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of shooting JFK from a nearby building
The assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963 was an inside job, according to a deathbed confession given to the veteran film director Oliver Stone.
After making his acclaimed film JFK - which was sympathetic to conspiracy theories about the murder - Stone was contacted by a man claiming to have been a former member of the presidential security team.
Dying of cancer, the man wanted to share a secret that he had until then only told his son – that 'somebody from his own team… had fired on the President'. A former presidential security team member told director Oliver Stone that one of his team assassinated JFK (pictured, moments before his death) +8
A former presidential security team member told director Oliver Stone that one of his team assassinated JFK (pictured, moments before his death) Stone (right, with Kevin Costner on the set of JFK) said he believed the agent because of his use of 'military jargon' and intricate detail +8
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He gave only a code name 'Ron', in reaching out through a series of mysterious letters before the two men eventually met.
Stone said he was naturally skeptical about such a claim, as there have been so many conspiracy theories since Kennedy was killed by two rifle bullets while travelling in an open limousine through Dallas in November 1963.
Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of shooting the president from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, only to be shot dead himself two days later by a local nightclub owner with connections to the criminal underworld.
Since then there have been question marks over whether Lee Harvey Oswald fired the shots or - if he did it - who was he working for?
There have also been suggestions that at least one of the fatal shots was fired from a nearby grassy knoll.
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