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CIA Seeks Finnair Records on Oswald Travel, 1964
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Yes. This SECRET cable dated 23 June 1964 reports a sensitive source's discreet attempt to obtain Finnair airline records relevant to reconstructing Oswald's 1959 travel to Finland.
The source, designated VATIC/1, reported that Finnair staff were swamped by the busy tourist season and could not yet search their archives, though they promised a reply by 30 June.
VATIC/1 asked Finnair under the guise of Pan American interest in flight statistics, so the station warned it could not intervene officially without compromising the source relationship. The underlying goal was a list of incoming flights from London.