Welcome to JFK in The Enduring Secret. I'm your host, Jeff Crudell.

Hello everyone and welcome back to the podcast.

Today's episode is episode 243, and it's part seven of Oswald goes to Mexico City.

And today, we pick it up where we left off just as Oswald was getting off the bus in Mexico City. And Friday was a busy day for Lee Harvey Oswald. And we're going to get right back at it and tell the rest of the story

around what happened that Friday. So without further ado, let's listen to episode 243 of

JFK, The Enduring Secret.

Well, let's pick the action up again, as Oswald has now checked into the hotel

commercial. This young man would let

no grass grow on that busy street of his. He would proceed almost immediately over to the Cuban

consulate. Oh, and a note regarding diplomatic nomenclature. Let's be clear between the use of the term

consulate and the term embassy as we go

forward in this particular set of conversations. There is usually one embassy maintained by a foreign

country in any given country that they might have diplomatic relations with. It's where their ambassador from that country makes his home,

and it's the principal location of their diplomatic service corps.

Now, the consulate is a different animal,

and it may or may not be attached physically to the embassy.

This is where, usually, anyway, the more routine or mundane business involving

State Department Affairs takes place. For instance, issuing travel visas, travel orders, passport

replacements, etc., etc. In larger or more important countries, consulates may be many a number, and they may be placed

regionally so that their foreign citizens visiting are within a reasonable distance of a consulate

office if the need arises to be in one.

These are not hard and fast rules, but they are generally the case.

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