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.
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