Person
George Joannides
CIA operations officer. The CIA has acknowledged in court that he took part in a covert project named JMWAVE and, in 1978–1979, served as its representative to the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
- Dates
- 1922–1990
- Also known as
- George Efythron Joannides
- Wikidata
- Q16012452
- Life 1922–1990
- worked at Central Intelligence Agency (CIA representative to the House Select Committee on Assassinations) 1978–1979
According to G. Robert Blakey
- worked at Central Intelligence Agency Nov 1963
- funded Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil Aug 1963
According to Jefferson Morley
- worked at Central Intelligence Agency Nov 1963
- funded Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil Aug 1963
Connections 8
worked at
- Central Intelligence Agency Nov 1963 Chief of the Psychological Warfare branch, Miami station According to G. Robert BlakeyAccording to Jefferson Morley Scholarship & press 1
- Central Intelligence Agency 1978–1979 CIA representative to the House Select Committee on Assassinations Primary record 2
funded
- Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil Aug 1963 CIA funds he provided, per month, according to the letter, $25,000 According to G. Robert BlakeyAccording to Jefferson Morley Scholarship & press 1
involved in
- CIA release of George Joannides records, July 2025 A memo of 17 January 1963 directed that he have an alias and driver’s license in the name “Howard Gebler” Scholarship & press 3
- Morley v. CIA The subject of the records requested Primary record 2
appears in
- CIA admits shadowy officer monitored Oswald before JFK assassination, new records reveal Subject Scholarship & press 3
- More CIA-JFK Assassination Conspiracy Nonsense Subject Scholarship & press 4
- Statement of Dan Hardway to the House Oversight Committee Subject Primary record 5
Timeline 4 dates
- 1922–1990 George Joannides
- Aug 1963 George Joannides funded Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil According to G. Robert BlakeyAccording to Jefferson Morley
- Nov 1963 George Joannides worked at Central Intelligence Agency According to G. Robert BlakeyAccording to Jefferson Morley
- 1978–1979 George Joannides worked at Central Intelligence Agency
Proof 5 sources
-
JFK’s Assassination (letter to the editors), The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec 2003.
Scholarship & press
In November 1963, Joannides served as the chief of the Psychological Warfare branch in the CIA’s Miami station.
The delegation—dependent on $25,000 a month in CIA funds provided by Joannides—publicly denounced Oswald as an unscrupulous sympathizer of Fidel Castro.
-
Morley v. Central Intelligence Agency, Civil Action No. 03-2545 (RJL), Memorandum Opinion, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 31 Mar 2010.
Primary record
service as a CIA representative to the House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations from 1978 to 1979.
all records pertaining to CIA operations officer George Efythron Joannides
-
CIA admits shadowy officer monitored Oswald before JFK assassination, new records reveal, Axios, 5 Jul 2025.
Scholarship & press
Archived copy
A Jan. 17, 1963, CIA memo showing Joannides was directed to have an alias and fake driver's license bearing the name "Howard Gebler."
Joannides was the deputy chief of the CIA's Miami branch, overseeing "all aspects of political action and psychological warfare."
-
More CIA-JFK Assassination Conspiracy Nonsense, SpyTalk, 16 Jul 2025.
Scholarship & press
the covert CIA operative at the center of this bogus story—George Joannides
-
Submitted Statement of Dan Hardway, 20 May 2025, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 20 May 2025.
Primary record
Beginning in May of 1978, the CIA assigned George Joannides (“Joannides”) to handle liaison with Lopez and me.
Page history 1 change
- Add 55 stories, each checked against its sources96e92fe6
Something wrong or missing? Tell us, with a source, or edit this page.