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In fact, Nechiporenko claimed Oswald exhibited similar behavior in the visit to
the Soviet embassy in Mexico. Before then, the KGB Colonel had been unaware of
Oswald, and only learned of his stay in the Soviet Union through the interview with
Oswald himself. On September 27, 1963, Nechiporenko wrote that he met with Oswald
during his first visit to the embassy, and found him to be aloof and “in a state of physical
and mental exhaustion.” 244 According to Nechiporenko and the Warren Commission,
Oswald wanted to obtain visas to travel to Cuba and the Soviet Union. The KGB officer
wrote that he quickly judged Oswald to be unsuitable for an agent: “The more I learned
about Oswald and the more I observed him…the less I was interested in him.” 245 Oswald
claimed to be under FBI surveillance, and Nechiporenko thought “let him be their [the
Americans] headache.” 246 Nechiporenko gave Oswald a bureaucratic response that he
would have to wait months before a visa could be issued, and which point Oswald
reportedly shouted, “’This won’t do for me! This is not my case! For me, it’s all going
to end in tragedy!’” 247
Oswald was even more unstable during his second visit to the embassy, according
to Nechiporenko, and even pulled out a pistol to the consternation of the KGB officers to
show how he would defend himself if not allowed to return to the Soviet Union.
Nechiporenko reported that Oswald declared that he was not safe in the United States,
244 Nechiporenko, 68-69.
245 Nechiporenko, 70.
246 Nechiporenko, 72.
247 Nechiporenko, 70.
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