In the trove of CIA records released in 2025, a short memo dated September 1963 points to a Cuban intelligence officer operating in the United States-one with direct ties to groups Lee Harvey Oswald associated with.
The memo was never acted on, never referenced in official investigations, and quietly disappeared into the classified archive-until now.
đź“Ť A Known DGI Asset Quietly Meeting with Pro-Castro Groups
The document, labeled 206-10001-10005, contains a one-page field summary from a CIA contact based in Florida.
The subject: an unnamed male described as a “probable Cuban DGI asset”, active in the Tampa area during the summer and fall of 1963.
The memo states that the individual-referred to only as REDACTED-1-had been observed attending Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC) meetings and may have had contact with other leftist organizations.
Oswald, infamously, also associated himself with the FPCC just weeks earlier in New Orleans.
“REDACTED-1 attended two known FPCC gatherings in Tampa in August and early September. Subject is believed to have reentered the U.S. from Havana via Mexico under diplomatic protections in mid-1963.”
🛑 Never Followed Up. Never Questioned. Never Explained.
The memo ends abruptly. No follow-up appears in the record. There’s no indication that REDACTED-1 was monitored, intercepted, or even identified by name after the initial contact.
The report was marked for “internal retention only” and never passed to the FBI or other domestic enforcement bodies.
Even more startling: the asset’s presence and possible operational role were never mentioned by the Warren Commission, the Church Committee, or the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
âť“ Was This Part of Something Larger-or Just Another Oversight?
Analysts in 1963 may have viewed the Tampa report as minor. The FPCC was not a banned organization, and surveillance of fringe political groups often led nowhere.
But in hindsight, the overlap between a Cuban intelligence officer and the same group Oswald publicly supported seems far too coincidental.
The proximity in time and location-Florida in September, Oswald in New Orleans just weeks before-suggests potential channels of communication that may have gone unexamined for political or procedural reasons.
👤 What Happened to REDACTED-1?
Nothing in the file indicates any further action. The identity, destination, and activities of REDACTED-1 after the Tampa sightings remain unknown. His last known appearance in the document is dated September 9, 1963. President Kennedy was shot 72 days later.
The CIA officer who filed the memo was transferred overseas within the month.
🔍 A Minor Memo. A Massive Implication.
There is no smoking gun here-just another uninvestigated detail that might matter far more than anyone realized at the time.
The idea that a Cuban intelligence officer might have operated on U.S. soil, met with politically sensitive groups, and then vanished into the system’s blind spot is alarming.
If this asset had contact with people like Oswald-or simply influenced the same ideological circles-it raises questions that no commission ever answered.
And in 2025, it’s still not clear why.