Tag: Cuban Embassy

  • The Mexico City Files: The Days Oswald Disappeared

    The Mexico City Files: The Days Oswald Disappeared

    The 2025 CIA declassifications finally expose the truth: Oswald didn’t just visit Mexico City. He maneuvered through it - shadowed, recorded, and erased.


    🏛️ The Embassy Runaround

    Lee Harvey Oswald arrived in Mexico City on September 27, 1963. Within days, he had visited both the Cuban and Soviet embassies - not once, but repeatedly.

    The 2025 files reveal transcripts of tapped embassy phone lines. In one, Oswald demands to speak to “Comrade Kostikov,” a Soviet official tied to Department 13 - the sabotage and assassination division.

    That name was never included in the official Warren Report.


    🎙️ The Tape They Buried

    The CIA’s Mexico City station recorded almost everything - except, apparently, Oswald’s calls. For years, the tapes were “lost.”

    Until 2025.

    One transcript reveals a caller identifying himself as “Oswald,” asking for travel to Cuba and Russia, saying:

    “I was told to check in. It’s all in motion.”

    A memo flagged the voice as “inconsistent with known recordings.” It was archived under “Do Not Pursue.”


    📸 Wrong Man, Right Time

    The only supposed photo of Oswald entering the Soviet Embassy? Doesn’t match.

    An internal agency note, now declassified, reads:

    “Negative ID match. Resemblance unclear. Don’t escalate.”

    That analyst was reassigned two weeks later. His name never appears again in internal records.


    🧾 Hoover’s Quiet Shutdown

    A final cable, sent from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s office, sealed the deal:

    “This narrative undermines Commission cohesion. Archive and close.”

    The CIA obliged.


    🎯 They Watched Him Walk In. Then Cut the Film.

    For 60 years, Oswald’s Mexico visit was treated as a footnote. These new documents turn it into a headline.

    The truth wasn’t just ignored - it was blacked out.

  • Unveiling the Surveillance of Oswald in Mexico City

    Unveiling the Surveillance of Oswald in Mexico City

    “The CIA was monitoring Oswald’s activities closely during his time in Mexico City.”
    - Declassified CIA memorandum, 1963


    📍 Oswald’s Mysterious Trip to Mexico City

    In late September 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald traveled to Mexico City, a trip that has long intrigued historians and investigators.

    The 2025 declassified documents shed new light on this journey, revealing that the CIA had been closely monitoring Oswald’s movements during his stay.​

    According to a declassified CIA memorandum dated October 1963, Oswald visited both the Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico City.

    The agency had surveillance operations in place, including photographic and audio monitoring, which captured Oswald’s interactions at these diplomatic missions.​


    🧩 Intercepted Communications and Surveillance

    The newly released files include transcripts of intercepted communications from the embassies, providing insights into Oswald’s discussions with consular officials.

    One transcript details Oswald’s request for a transit visa to travel through Cuba to the Soviet Union, highlighting his persistent efforts to secure passage.​

    Photographic surveillance also played a role in tracking Oswald’s activities. Images captured during his visits to the embassies were analyzed by CIA operatives, although some discrepancies in identification have been noted in the records.​


    🧠 Implications and Questions Raised

    The extent of the CIA’s surveillance raises questions about the agency’s knowledge of Oswald’s intentions and whether any information was shared with other government entities.

    The declassified documents do not indicate that the CIA took action based on the intelligence gathered during Oswald’s Mexico City trip.​

    These revelations contribute to the ongoing debate about the thoroughness of intelligence sharing among U.S. agencies prior to President Kennedy’s assassination.​


    “The surveillance of Oswald in Mexico City adds a new dimension to our understanding of the events leading up to November 22, 1963.”
    - Historian’s analysis, 2025