The Russian Visitor Who Asked One Too Many Questions
Document 206-10001-10003, newly released in the 2025 JFK files, contains a short CIA memo from September 1962 about a Soviet national in Mexico City who raised quiet alarms by asking unusually specific questions about U.S. embassy operations. At the time, it seemed...
The CIA File That Raised a Flag Then Got Buried
Document 206-10001-10000, newly released as part of the 2025 JFK files, is just one page long. It outlines a suspicious disappearance: a Soviet defector scheduled to leave Mexico City who seemingly never did. The CIA flagged the irregularity. Then they closed the...
A Flight Scheduled During the Crisis: What the CIA Missed in October ’62
Document 206-10001-10000 doesn’t just tell the story of a missing Soviet defector-it captures a subtle intelligence failure in the most dangerous month of the Cold War. The Soviet’s unverified departure from Mexico City was recorded just days before the Cuban...
The Mysterious Exit That Never Happened: A Soviet Defector’s Vanishing Departure
In document 206-10001-10000, newly released in the 2025 JFK files, the CIA investigates a Soviet defector who was supposed to leave Mexico City-but never did. Instead, his scheduled departure quietly vanished from records, and no departure confirmation was ever...
