Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

False allegations from agent “D” about assassination payment

This section details the investigation of false allegations from a young Latin American secret agent codenamed “D,” who claimed to have witnessed Lee Harvey Oswald receive $6,500 from a tall, thin red-haired Black man at the Cuban consulate in Mexico City to assassinate the President. “D” alleged he overheard a partial conversation in English and Spanish between the man and Oswald, and that he attempted to warn the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City of a planned killing of a prominent U.S. figure prior to the assassination but was told to stop wasting time. Intensive investigation found “D” had no verifiable record of the assignment he described, and Mexican authorities confirmed he admitted in writing that his entire narrative was fabricated to gain U.S. entry to support anti-Castro action against Fidel Castro. Discrepancies in his story, including Oswald’s limited Spanish skills, verifiable alibi evidence that Oswald was in New Orleans on the date “D” claimed to have seen him, and no Embassy records of “D”’s purported calls, confirmed his account was false. A later retraction of his recantation, in which he claimed Mexican police pressured him to lie, was also disproven via polygraph testing and evidence inconsistencies.

Debunking of Cuba-related assassination conspiracy claims

This section presents the Commission’s conclusive findings that there is no evidence linking Oswald’s September 1963 trip to Mexico City to the JFK assassination, nor any evidence of Cuban government involvement in the assassination. CIA and FBI sources corroborated the account of Senora Duran in all material respects, confirming the Cuban government had no relationship with Oswald beyond what Duran described. Secretary of State Rusk testified that Cuba expressed very significant concern after the assassination about being held responsible for the attack and the potential impact on its own safety and position.