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Soviet Visa Application

United States · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1959Date range
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Chronological records

1959

Lee Harvey Oswald12 October 1959

Helsinki · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Lee probably applied for his Soviet entry visa at the Russian consulate in Helsinki on October 12, the first business day after arrival.

Names involved

Lee Harvey Oswald

Provenance

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