</s>Doc ID: 6878894 Doc Ref SECRET SPOKE DATE: 03/26/97 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM PAGE:1 IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY NUMBER : NSA AGENCY INFORMATION RECORD NUMBER: 144-10001-10067 RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER # : AGENCY FILLE NUMBER :: DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : : NSA FROM : : HCF : TO : : HFCF ERJ 2X/0/0(M/XD/T25A-63): TITLE : MEXICO MEXICO DECREES 3-DAY MOURNING PERIOD; FOREIGN : 11/24/63 [R] PAGES : SUBJECTS ACTIVITY MEXICO, DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIVITY MEXICA, REACTION TO ASSASSINAATION [RJ] DOCUMent TYPE : REPORT, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : : B RESTRICTIONS : : B CURRICATIONS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/09/93 08/08/93 ORIGINALATING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION REQUIRED COMMENTS : CONTAINS SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION [R) - ITEM IS RESTRICTED SECRET SPOKE Released pursuant to Executive Order 14176, DECLASS. OF RECORDS CONC. THE ASSASSINTATIONS OF PRES. JFK, SEN. REF, AND THE REV. DR. MLK, JR.

Summary  
Document ID 6878894 and A4268695 detail Mexico’s official response to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. On November 23, 1963, the Mexican government declared a three-day period of official mourning following Kennedy’s death on November 22, 1963. The Foreign Minister of Mexico was instructed to attend the funeral ceremonies in Washington, D.C., scheduled for November 25, 1963. The Mexican Embassy in Ankara transmitted this information via airmail to diplomatic counterparts, including messages to President Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Jacqueline Kennedy. The document notes that the message was also sent to Belize as part of a circular distribution.  

Key People  
- Lyndon B. Johnson (U.S. President)  
- Dean Rusk (U.S. Secretary of State)  
- Jacqueline Kennedy (widow of JFK)  
- Mexican Foreign Minister (not named in text)  
- Mexican Embassy personnel (Ankara, Mexico City)  

Key Locations  
- Mexico City (origin of decree)  
- Ankara (recipient of message)  
- Washington, D.C. (funeral location)  

Key Events  
- Declaration of three-day mourning period by Mexico (November 23–25, 1963)  
- Mexican Foreign Minister’s attendance at JFK funeral in Washington, D.C.  
- Transmission of diplomatic messages to U.S. officials and foreign embassies  

Key Organizations  
- Mexican Embassy (Ankara, Mexico City)  
- U.S. Department of State (via Secretary Rusk)  
- NSA (agency reference in document metadata)

JFK Declassified Files

144-10001-10067.pdf

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