She might have applied for a visa to visit Moscow.
Whether Marilyn Monroe just wanted to visit Moscow or not, we can’t tell. But it seems that the FBI cites an old article from the Daily Worker reporting that the actress applied for a visit to the Soviet Union.
On paper, it was all part of a cultural exchange program. The article also quoted Monroe explaining how excited she was to visit Russia and other countries.
In 1955, J. Edgar Hoover wrote a letter to the Department of State, stating that an “informant” told him about a certain letter from Monroe’s manager, asking for an application for a visa to visit the USSR. The letter was received on August 12, 1955. At the time, the Soviet embassy mentioned that the visa request was under consideration.
She was very friendly with leftists and communists in Mexico.
Most documents focused on Monroe’s trips to Mexico, where she allegedly befriended other members of the American Communist Party. There, she spent a lot of time with Frederick Vanderbilt Field, a well-known descendant of railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Everyone knew he had radical leftist politics. At the time, he was living in exile in Mexico, where Monroe visited him and even fell in love with him.
As the FBI reports show, she arrived in Mexico on February 18, 1962. She was no longer with Miller, but somehow she was still deeply influenced by him and his politics. It is believed that she managed to enter the country because of Frank Sinatra.
Moreover, another source confirmed that during her visit, a mutual infatuation arose between her and Frederick Vanderbilt Field, which ultimately caused a lot of dismay among Monroe’s entourage and among the ACGM.
