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  • The Oswald Entry Change No One Could Explain

    The Oswald Entry Change No One Could Explain

    Document 206-10001-10006, released in 2025, includes an internal CIA transport coordination memo noting that Oswald’s approved return port to the U.S. - initially listed as New Orleans - was quietly changed to New York just days before his arrival in June 1962.

    The change wasn’t initiated by Oswald or his travel handler. It was made by an unnamed U.S. “intermediate party,” and no reason was ever entered into the official log.

    The paper trail ends with a one-line update: “Port updated per routing memo 14A/5 - no justification attached.”

    🛬 A Planned Return To New Orleans - Suddenly Redirected

    Oswald’s repatriation approval, issued after months of back-and-forth from the U.S. embassy in Moscow, initially cleared him for reentry via New Orleans International Airport - a logical choice, given his family ties and prior residence.

    But a short administrative note in the CIA’s repatriation folder tells a different story.

    “Travel contractor confirms flight destination change from MSY [New Orleans] to JFK [New York City] logged June 1, 1962.”

    This change was made two days before Oswald’s flight.

    🕵️‍♂️ Who Made The Switch?

    The internal memo includes a field labeled “initiating office,” which is blank.

    The next line simply states:

    “Adjusted routing per interagency review. Routing memo 14A/5 triggered revision.”

    However, the referenced memo - 14A/5 - is not included in any known CIA release and remains classified or unarchived.

    The result?

    📌 Oswald flew into New York
    📌 He was met by a low-level customs officer
    📌 No explanation was recorded for the change

    🛑 Why It Matters

    In Cold War-era travel security procedures, entry port designation was critical - especially for former defectors.

    Changes had to be justified, logged, and approved through both the State Department and FBI field coordination units.

    This one wasn’t.

    “No secondary customs file prepared at original port. Subject’s arrival record was re-filed post-entry,” the memo notes.

    Which means: Oswald arrived at a place with no preparations, no flagged alert, and no enhanced inspection procedure.

    📉 The Risk That Got Ignored

    Had Oswald entered through New Orleans, he would have arrived under his original travel file - which contained notes from his defection, his wife’s background, and multiple interview recommendations.

    That file was not forwarded to New York in time.

    So instead, Oswald entered the U.S. through an airport that treated him like a standard citizen.

    The memo ends bluntly:

    “Subject reentered under default inspection status. No anomaly raised.”

    🧨 A Port Change That Erased The Red Tape

    We still don’t know who changed Oswald’s port of entry - or why.

    But one thing is clear: whoever did it ensured he got back into the U.S. quietly.

    And that change erased the last procedural chance to stop him - or question him - before Dallas.

  • The Passport That Should Have Raised Red Flags

    The Passport That Should Have Raised Red Flags

    Document 206-10001-10006, released in the 2025 JFK files, contains an internal CIA routing slip referencing a passport renewal request made by Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before his return from the Soviet Union.

    The timing of the approval-and the lack of pushback from internal security reviewers-reveals a deeper inconsistency in how defector cases were supposed to be handled.

    Specifically: Oswald’s passport was approved under rules that should have flagged him for special review.

    It never happened.

    🛂 The Rule Oswald Slipped Through

    The file contains an attached routing directive from March 1962, referencing Oswald’s request to renew his original U.S. passport - a standard step for defectors returning from abroad.

    But the routing stamp shows it was passed through State Department Security and approved in less than 14 days.

    “No adverse recommendation filed. Status restored with no conditions.”

    Here’s the issue: in 1962, internal CIA-State Department protocols required defectors to undergo a post-defection loyalty risk evaluation prior to any approval for renewed travel documents.

    The memo notes:

    “Subject [Oswald] was not flagged for defector status override despite active file status with [REDACTED] since 1960.”

    📉 Why That Matters

    A risk evaluation would have triggered:

    • An interview by a security officer
    • A delay while case files were re-reviewed
    • A secondary hold on travel approvals

    None of that happened.

    The passport was processed “on normal civilian timeline” - a category specifically barred for known defectors without clearance.

    🕵️‍♂️ Was This A Bureaucratic Error - Or Intentional?

    The routing memo offers one possibility:

    “Subject file may have been categorized under State alias system from 1960 Moscow case intake; if so, flagging error occurred on manual transfer.”

    In other words, someone might have filed Oswald under a different name during his Soviet defection - and that alias wasn’t connected to his passport record when he applied.

    But another section of the memo quietly suggests an alternative:

    “It is unknown why no adverse clearance response was entered. Review staff states standard override was ‘not required in this instance.’”

    Who decided that?

    It isn’t recorded.

    🧩 The One Time Protocol Was Bypassed - On A Known Defector

    The renewal of Oswald’s passport wasn’t delayed.
    It wasn’t flagged.
    It wasn’t even reviewed through the risk management desk.

    It just… went through.

    At a time when Cold War defectors were being interrogated, delayed, or denied entry altogether.

    🧨 The Quiet Approval That Let Oswald Come Home Unquestioned

    Why would a defector to the Soviet Union - in the middle of the Cold War - get faster approval than tourists?

    Why wasn’t his case flagged for a second look?

    And who marked the box that let it all pass?

  • The Customs Record That Vanished After the Assassination

    The Customs Record That Vanished After the Assassination

    CIA document 206-10001-10006 confirms that a specific customs log entry for Lee Harvey Oswald’s reentry into the United States - tied to his 1962 arrival from the Soviet Union - was inexplicably missing by December 1963.

    The record, part of an international passenger manifest at a New York entry point, was requested by CIA analysts following JFK’s assassination.

    The result: “No copy held.”

    That answer triggered an internal review, and raised new suspicions about whether someone deleted it on purpose.

    🛬 The Entry Log That Should Have Been There

    The memo in question includes a request made by CIA logistics officers on December 9, 1963, for “U.S. Customs and Border Entry Manifest - NY Airport (subject: OSWALD, Lee H.)”

    The reply from a Customs liaison reads:

    “Search of archived airline entry logs for 2 June 1962 yields no record under listed name or passport # 1733240.”

    The memo confirms Oswald did arrive in New York on that date. Multiple other documents prove it.

    So where was the record?

    “Likely routed to secondary storage per obsolete 1959-62 cataloging method,” the reply speculates.

    But a handwritten note added in the margin a week later is more direct:

    “File reviewed by inter-agency rep Nov 30. Entry present then.”

    That means the file was there - and gone - in the span of nine days.

    📉 Why It Mattered So Much

    In December 1963, the CIA was trying to determine:

    • Who authorized Oswald’s expedited return
    • Whether his Soviet-born wife had been pre-cleared
    • Whether any anomalies existed in the record

    This specific customs record - standard for anyone reentering the U.S. - would have answered all three.

    Instead, it disappeared.

    🛑 Did Someone Remove It?

    The CIA review team couldn’t explain how or why the document vanished between November 30 and December 9.

    The memo’s final line reads:

    “No alternative entry sheet located. Record should be considered suppressed unless duplication surfaces.”

    To this day, it hasn’t.

    🧩 This Isn’t About Theory - It’s About Proven Loss

    There’s no conspiracy language in this memo.

    Just facts:

    📌 Oswald’s travel entry was recorded
    📌 It was seen by an official
    📌 Then it wasn’t - and never recovered

    And it happened in the days after the assassination.

    🧨 The Document That Would Have Answered Too Much

    We may never know what Oswald’s customs log really showed.

    But we now know this:

    It was there. Then someone made sure it wasn’t.