Mexico City in History

Recalls Nicholas Trist after failed peace negotiations with Mexico

Cuts down the Mexican colors & raises the Stars and Stripes

Nicholson cuts down the Mexican colors and helps raise the Stars and Stripes in Mexico City

Breaks up a counterattack by the Mexican lancers before Mexico City is taken

Terrett helps break up a Mexican lancer counterattack before the occupation of Mexico City

Scott's army enters Mexico City after the battles of Molino del Rey and Chapultepec

United States forces enter and occupy Mexico City

Supports negotiations leading to improved relations with Mexico and recognition of the Obregon government.

Appointed Chief of Station in Mexico City

Hunt supervised William F. Buckley Jr. during Buckley's CIA service in Mexico, beginning a friendship that lasted for decades.

Hunt worked with representatives of several Cuban exile organizations to create a political coalition for the anti-Castro operation.

Hunt advises exile contacts that military training must occur outside United States territory.

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 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.

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.

Hosty receives reporting about Oswald's Mexico City contacts.

Hosty receives reporting about Oswald's Mexico City contacts.

Winner of the Olympic high jump Gold Medal, with the "Fosbury flop"