Moscow’s Eyes on Mexico: A Forgotten Pattern of Embassy Surveillance
In the recently released CIA memo from document 206-10001-10003, a curious Soviet national in Mexico City asked targeted questions about U.S. embassy staffing in 1962. While the memo has no known connection to Lee Harvey Oswald, it reveals something deeper: a quiet,...
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...
