Ruth regarded the Mexico City story as nothing but "fiction." Since LHO had addressed this letter to the USSR Embassy with, “Dear Sirs,” Ruth discounted espionage. Ruth related this letter to those letters that Marina told her about, where LHO had forced Marina to write to the USSR. Ruth decided to make a handwritten copy of this letter to give to the FBI Agent the next time he called. Then Ruth carefully placed the letter back, precisely where it had been.