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Silvia Duran was a receptionist at the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City when Oswald applied for a transit visa to Cuba via the Soviet Union in late September 1963. She processed the unsuccessful application and spoke with Oswald over several visits beginning September 27. The Mexican government detained and interrogated her at U.S. request on November 23, 1963. Her account across multiple interviews — a written statement provided to the Warren Commission, an interview with Mexican authorities, and live HSCA testimony in 1978 — is a central thread in the Mexico City record.
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Travels to Mexico City; visits the Cuban Consulate and the Soviet Embassy through October 2. CIA station cables record the contact; no visa is issued.
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“CIA · From: TSD/GARB/QDS · To: C/DD/P/CI STAFF · OSW11 : V49 : 1993.06.14.18:26:20:930000 : · Release: Redact”
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Lopez Report staff analysis of Oswald's Mexico City visit, including Duran's interactions.
Declassified CIA Mexico City cables on Duran's detention and interrogation.
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“HSCA · From: CIA · Box 14 · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: CURTIS, W.C., MEXICO STATION · To: DIRECTOR · JFK12 : F23 : 1993.08.05.08:10:02:430060 : · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: MEXICO CITY · To: DIRECTOR, CIA · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: COS, MEXICO CITY · To: C/WHD, CIA · JFK12 : F23 : 20031216-1026008 : · Release: Redact”
“ARRB · JFK-M-19 : F11 : 2000.02.16.10:56:40:123044 : UNIT INDEX · Release: Redact”
“CIA · JFK64-7 : F8 : 1998.02.11.09:47:31:076108 : · Release: In Part”
“CIA · From: CHIEF OF STATION, MEXICO CITY · To: CHIEF, WESTERN HEMISPHERE DIVISION · JFK50 : F57 : 20040301-1051546 : · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PLANS, CIA · To: DIRECTOR, FBI · JFK64-7 : F8 : 1998.07.13.10:20:12:873129 : FILE ORIGINAL IS PREVIOUSLY SANITIZED DOCUMENT. · Release: Redact”
“CIA · From: DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PLANS · To: DIRECTOR · JFK-RH04 : F108-IV : 1998.11.25.11:37:51:390128 : · Release: Redact”