Jackie O tapes to reveal affair, assassination theory

(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Tapes recorded by Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis just months after her husband’s assassination that are set to be released by ABC news will allegedly disclose that she believed Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to be responsible for the president’s murder.

The Daily Mail, which cited ABC News producers calling the tapes “explosive,” says the tapes also reveal Jackie had an affair with actor William Holden in retaliation for President Kennedy’s many flings.

The Mail reports that in the tapes, Jackie explains how she became convinced that Johnson, along with businessmen in the South, orchestrated the 1963 assassination, and that gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was merely part of a much larger conspiracy.

The tapes were recorded with historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and have been sealed in a vault at the Kennedy Library in Boston.

The Daily Mail article did not indicate when the tapes would air, but said it is believed that daughter Caroline Kennedy agreed to the early release of the tapes in exchange for ABC dropping its drama series about the family.

A statement from an ABC News Spokesperson calls the report "erroneous" and says ABC News "isn't releasing any content from those tapes until mid-September at which point it will be clear how off base these reports are."

The statement goes on to say “the actual content of the tapes provides unique and important insight into our recent past from one of the most fascinating and influential First Ladies in American history."

Read more at the Daily Mail.