Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City

Oswald applied for a new United States passport while planning foreign travel that eventually developed into his September journey toward Mexico City and a hoped-for visit to Cuba.

The Mexican consulate in New Orleans issued Oswald a tourist card on September 17, 1963, for travel to Mexico City.

Oswald left New Orleans by bus on September 25, 1963, beginning his journey toward Mexico City.

Oswald checks his larger bag through toward Mexico City under baggage claim number 320435.

Oswald boards Flecha Roja bus 516 at Nuevo Laredo for the overnight journey to Mexico City.

Oswald tells two Australian passengers that the Hotel Cuba in Mexico City is inexpensive and clean.

Oswald arrived in Mexico City and quickly began visiting Cuban and Soviet diplomatic offices in pursuit of transit permission.

According to evidence reviewed by the Commission, Oswald claims Communist Party membership while presenting documents to Cuban officials.

Oswald carries his 1963 United States passport, which is stamped invalid for travel to Cuba.

Oswald carries the address and telephone number of a Cuban airline in his address book.

Oswald sought a Cuban transit visa and represented his Fair Play for Cuba Committee activity as evidence that he was friendly to the Cuban Revolution.

Oswald visited the Cuban Embassy on September 27, 1963, seeking permission to travel through Cuba on his way to the Soviet Union.

Oswald copies Silvia Duran's name and the Cuban diplomatic telephone number into his address book.

Oswald presents his Fair Play for Cuba Committee activity as evidence that Cuban officials should regard him as friendly to the revolution.

Within about an hour of arriving in Mexico City on September 27, 1963, Oswald registered at the Hotel del Comercio.

Oswald is assigned room 18 at the Hotel del Comercio, where he remains throughout his Mexico City stay.

At the Hotel del Comercio, Oswald registers his occupation simply as photo.

Oswald's room at the Hotel del Comercio costs $1.28 per day, consistent with his economical travel arrangements.

Oswald later refers to a Soviet official as Kostin, which the Commission interprets as a reference to Valeriy Kostikov.

Oswald uses proof of marriage to Soviet citizen Marina Oswald as evidence supporting his request for onward travel.

The bus carrying Oswald reaches Mexico City at about 10 a.m., roughly fifteen minutes behind schedule.

The Commission finds evidence that Oswald never visited the Cuban airline office whose details appeared in his address book.

On reaching Mexico City, Oswald has neither a regular Cuban visa nor an in-transit Cuban visa.

During a recorded consular telephone exchange, Oswald says that he needs visas in order to go to Odessa.

Oswald returns to the Cuban diplomatic compound later in the day carrying passport photographs for his application.

Oswald tells Cuban consular staff that he intends to travel to Cuba on September 30.

Oswald states that he expects to remain in Cuba for about two weeks or longer before continuing toward the Soviet Union.

Oswald presents letters written in Russian as part of the documentary case supporting his visa application.

Oswald visits the Soviet diplomatic compound and seeks a visa for entry into the Soviet Union.

A caller later identified as Oswald telephones the Soviet Embassy at about 10:37 a.m. seeking consular assistance for visas.

During his Mexico City visit, Oswald went to the Soviet Embassy and unsuccessfully sought a Soviet visa.

Oswald presents his previous Soviet residence as supporting evidence while seeking permission to travel through Cuba.

Oswald fails to obtain a Soviet visa during his initial visit to the Soviet diplomatic compound.

Oswald shows a Russian-language work permit from his Soviet residence while pressing his Cuban visa request.

Oswald becomes angry when informed that the Cuban visa cannot be issued before Soviet entry permission is obtained.

Oswald again contacts the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic establishments after failing to secure the required visas on his first day.

By the end of September 28, Oswald has still failed to obtain either Soviet entry permission or a Cuban in-transit visa.

Marina later recalls Oswald saying that he attended a bullfight while in Mexico City, most plausibly on Sunday afternoon.

The return-bus reservation is recorded as H. O. Lee, apparently from the name order shown on Oswald's tourist card.

Oswald purchases international exchange orders for bus travel from Mexico City to Laredo and onward to Dallas.

The travel orders for Oswald's return journey cost $20.30, covering Mexican and United States bus segments.

Oswald's travel agency reservation assigns seat 12 for the northbound Transportes del Norte journey.

A travel agency reserves Oswald a seat on Transportes del Norte bus 332 scheduled to leave Mexico City on October 2.

The Commission concludes that Oswald apparently attended one or more motion pictures during his Mexico City stay.

Oswald became agitated during unsuccessful visa discussions, and Cuban consul Eusebio Azcue rejected his demand for immediate permission to enter Cuba.

Cuban officials told Oswald that a Cuban transit visa depended on his obtaining Soviet permission for onward travel to the Soviet Union.

Restaurant evidence indicates that Oswald chose low-cost lunches and spent roughly forty to forty-eight cents per meal.

Because the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic compounds were distant from his hotel, Oswald repeatedly crossed a substantial part of Mexico City.

The Hotel del Comercio maid recalls that Oswald was generally gone by the time she arrived for work at about 9 a.m.

Notes in Oswald's dictionary and city map suggest that he considered attending a jai alai match but probably did not go.

The Hotel del Comercio night watchman recalls that Oswald usually returned to the hotel around midnight.

Oswald later describes sightseeing during the period when he was no longer occupied continuously with visa applications.

After returning to Texas, Oswald tells Marina that he visited museums during his stay in Mexico City.

Witnesses at the hotel and nearby restaurant report seeing Oswald alone rather than in the company of known associates.

Despite a reminder in his dictionary, Oswald does not buy the Mexican phonograph records Marina had asked him to obtain.

Oswald eats several inexpensive lunches at a small restaurant immediately beside the Hotel del Comercio.

Unable to communicate comfortably in Spanish, Oswald orders food at a nearby restaurant by pointing to the menu.

Oswald brings Marina a bracelet bearing her name, although the Commission doubts that the item was actually purchased in Mexico.

Oswald buys postcards showing bullfights and tourist attractions and later brings them back to Marina.

Oswald pays his Hotel del Comercio account through the night of October 1 before departing the following morning.

The Commission determines that Oswald did not travel on Transportes Frontera bus 340 despite a later-added Oswld entry on its manifest.

Oswald left Mexico City by bus on October 2, 1963, beginning his return journey to the United States.

The hotel night watchman recalls helping Oswald obtain a taxi at about 6:30 or 7 a.m. for his departure.

Transportes del Norte bus 332 leaves Mexico City at about 8:30 a.m. with Oswald aboard.

Oswald returned to the Dallas area after failing to obtain the Cuban and Soviet visas he had sought in Mexico City.

Hosty receives reporting about Oswald's Mexico City contacts.

Hosty receives reporting about Oswald's Mexico City contacts.

The draft letter was the first information Paine encountered indicating that Oswald had visited Mexico City and contacted the Soviet diplomatic mission there.

Paine discovered a draft of Oswald's letter to the Soviet Embassy on November 10 that referred to his recent visit to Mexico City.

During questioning attended by federal agents, Fritz's investigation addressed Oswald's foreign travel; Oswald denied having been in Mexico City.

Fritz's interrogation covered Oswald's political associations and foreign travel as investigators examined his recent Mexico City contacts.

Warren's commission sought CIA information concerning Oswald's foreign contacts, Mexico City activities, and possible foreign involvement in the assassination.

Appointed assistant counsel to the Warren Commission and investigates Oswald's foreign contacts and Mexico City material

Acts as a CIA counterintelligence contact for Warren Commission matters involving Oswald's foreign contacts, Mexico City material, and Soviet defector information.

A March 1964 memo notes that "Jim [Angleton] would prefer to wait out the Commission" on documents passed to the Secret Service just after the assassination, including photos of the so-called "Mexico Mystery Man." As will be seen, the Mexico City episode is replete with circumstantial evidence of a major

Warren's commission examined Oswald's September 1963 trip to Mexico City and his contacts with the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic missions.

With Counterintelligence officer Ray Rocca as the main contact point, the CIA supplied the Warren Commission with information about Oswald and his wife Marina, their contacts in the Soviet Union, Oswald's trip to Mexico City, and more

The Commission examined testimony and records concerning Oswald's contacts with Cuban diplomatic officials in Mexico City.

The Commission found no evidence that Oswald received a large payment from Cuban or other sources during his Mexico City trip.

The Commission determined that Oswald did not obtain Cuban permission to enter Cuba during his Mexico City trip.

Works on Warren Commission material concerning Lee Harvey Oswald's foreign contacts and Mexico City evidence.

CIA counterintelligence reviewed Oswald's prior Soviet defection, Mexico City contacts, and Fair Play for Cuba Committee activity during post-assassination inquiries.

Warren's commission reconstructed Oswald's September 1963 travel to Mexico City and his efforts to obtain permission to enter Cuba.

Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.

Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.

Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.

Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.

House Select Committee examines CIA handling of information connected to Oswald and Mexico City.

Former Cuban consuls Eusebio Azcue and Alfredo Mirabal were permitted to testify publicly about the Mexico City consulate and Oswald's visa effort.

Studies Oswald's Mexico City visit and related agency records.