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The US President broke the news the files would be declassified over Twitter.

He said: “Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened.”

More than 3,000 never-before-seen documents are set to be released next week. In total hundreds of thousands of previously classified pages will be made available to the public.

The files will take a closer look at the 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy as he rode in an open top car through Dallas, Texas.