One of the most surprising discoveries in the 2025 files is a single incident report logged at the CIA Tokyo station in late October 1963.
The report flagged a possible defection or exchange involving a man referred to only as “Harvey L.” It was retracted hours later. But it was real.
📄 The Cable That Hit The Wrong Desk
The document, filed under T-STRIKE-28, is dated October 29, 1963.
It was authored by a mid-level Tokyo-based analyst named R. Stratton, who had previously been part of the CIA’s Soviet–Asia tracking group.
The cable reads:
“Signal report received via double-channel intercept. Subject ‘Harvey L’ mentioned in possible extraction scenario via commercial corridor. Origin traced to Manila.”
The message was tagged for Langley, then pulled hours later.
⛔ Immediate Redaction
An internal routing note shows the cable was “retrieved and burned on station orders.”
But a copy survived.
The 2025 files include a printout marked “DO NOT USE – MISTAGGED AS JFK RELATED” that was found bundled with unrelated traffic.
This line appears handwritten in the corner:
“Too close to home. Route to C/SD not CI.”
C/SD = Counter-Sabotage Division.
🧍♂️ Who Was Harvey L
No other documents directly connect this alias to Oswald.
But multiple 2025 analysis notes from the Assassination Records Review Board list “Harvey L.” as a known alternate ID used for testing embassy-based intel traffic - particularly in Mexico, Tokyo, and Manila.
This puts Oswald - or someone under his name - inside a Cold War counter-intel scenario weeks before Dallas.
🔁 An Extraction Plan That Never Activated
The cable ends with one last line:
“Subject rerouted. Package dropped. Local team on standby. No contact established.”
This wasn’t just a one-off mistake.
It was a rerouted mission - scrubbed after someone changed their mind.
📦 The Hidden Traffic Outside The Narrative
Oswald in Tokyo?
Or someone using his data signature?
The files don’t confirm it.
But they confirm someone tried to erase the question.