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Another is the CIA's long secret internal report on the Bay of Pigs invasion, which was decalassified in 1998 after a Freedom of Information Act request by the National Secrity Archive. nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEB... nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEB...
October 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Another is the CIA's long secret internal report on the Bay of Pigs invasion, which was decalassified in 1998 after a Freedom of Information Act request by the National Secrity Archive. nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEB... nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEB...
One is a declassified report from 1995 titled "CIA and Guatemala Assassination Proposals 1952-1954" written by the CIA History Staff. nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEB...
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
One is a declassified report from 1995 titled "CIA and Guatemala Assassination Proposals 1952-1954" written by the CIA History Staff. nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEB...
A 1946 British government report published today found that people near the detonations were killed “several times over” by the various effects of the nuclear explosions and postulated a “standardized kill rate” of 50,000 fatalities for an atomic bomb. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/334...
September 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A 1946 British government report published today found that people near the detonations were killed “several times over” by the various effects of the nuclear explosions and postulated a “standardized kill rate” of 50,000 fatalities for an atomic bomb. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/334...
The "Final Report" also included large, color-coded maps depicting the extent of the physical damage in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
September 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The "Final Report" also included large, color-coded maps depicting the extent of the physical damage in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
One newly published record is the “Final Report” of the Manhattan Project’s “Investigative Group,” which includes a detailed medical study on the injuries caused by the explosions along with photographic reports on blast and fire damage. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/334...
September 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
One newly published record is the “Final Report” of the Manhattan Project’s “Investigative Group,” which includes a detailed medical study on the injuries caused by the explosions along with photographic reports on blast and fire damage. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/334...
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September 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Other records published today show how the CIA manipulated the Colombian news media through covert propaganda operations to secretly plant information in the press. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
September 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Other records published today show how the CIA manipulated the Colombian news media through covert propaganda operations to secretly plant information in the press. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
The listening post was run by Manuel Villafana, a Bay of Pigs veteran and a former Cuban military attaché who defected in the early years of the revolution. Cover for the operation was provided by another Cuban expat, Manuel Machado Llosa. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
September 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The listening post was run by Manuel Villafana, a Bay of Pigs veteran and a former Cuban military attaché who defected in the early years of the revolution. Cover for the operation was provided by another Cuban expat, Manuel Machado Llosa. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Another group of CIA records tells the story of a high-level defector from Castro’s Cuba who for several years ran a covert CIA listening post in Bogotá targeting the office of Novosti, the Soviet news agency that was closely associated with the KGB. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
September 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Another group of CIA records tells the story of a high-level defector from Castro’s Cuba who for several years ran a covert CIA listening post in Bogotá targeting the office of Novosti, the Soviet news agency that was closely associated with the KGB. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
One group of CIA records published today describes how covert surveillance of a Soviet agent in Mexico City in 1968 led to intelligence on the “entire clandestine leadership” of the Colombian Communist Party and the FARC. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
September 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
One group of CIA records published today describes how covert surveillance of a Soviet agent in Mexico City in 1968 led to intelligence on the “entire clandestine leadership” of the Colombian Communist Party and the FARC. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
A sampling of documents from the collection published today includes Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's readout of his Aug 1976 meeting with the Shah of Iran, in which Kissinger proposed a U.S. “buy back” of used fuel rods from Iran and said that a Iranian reprocessing program was unacceptable.
June 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A sampling of documents from the collection published today includes Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's readout of his Aug 1976 meeting with the Shah of Iran, in which Kissinger proposed a U.S. “buy back” of used fuel rods from Iran and said that a Iranian reprocessing program was unacceptable.
Among the highlights is a 1959 State Dept memo on a JCS proposal to purchase Greenland from Denmark, noting that that we [the US] "could hardly improve our status, since we are [already] permitted to do almost anything, literally, that we want to" in Greenland. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/330...
June 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Among the highlights is a 1959 State Dept memo on a JCS proposal to purchase Greenland from Denmark, noting that that we [the US] "could hardly improve our status, since we are [already] permitted to do almost anything, literally, that we want to" in Greenland. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/330...
One highlight is the now fully declassified CIA Inspector General report on the coup, revealing that, while "the CIA was not in favor of the decision to abandon the Diem regime," the Agency "faithfully carried out instructions" to support the coup plotters. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/330...
May 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
One highlight is the now fully declassified CIA Inspector General report on the coup, revealing that, while "the CIA was not in favor of the decision to abandon the Diem regime," the Agency "faithfully carried out instructions" to support the coup plotters. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/330...
And it was 25 years ago this month that the Archive won the release of key pages from Oliver North's notebooks, detailing his meetings with Vice President George H.W. Bush. www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...
May 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
And it was 25 years ago this month that the Archive won the release of key pages from Oliver North's notebooks, detailing his meetings with Vice President George H.W. Bush. www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...
From the New York Times archive.
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May 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
From the New York Times archive.
www.nytimes.com/1987/03/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/1987/03/30/u...
A big thanks to our Spring 2025 interns, Kyle Nguyen and Rachel Zemil, for their support with the Archive's collections and research. Your work with us has been invaluable!
May 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A big thanks to our Spring 2025 interns, Kyle Nguyen and Rachel Zemil, for their support with the Archive's collections and research. Your work with us has been invaluable!
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April 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Click the link below to register for the online event, Lessons from Latin America as the United States Reckons With Enforced Disappearance, hosted by @wola-org.bsky.social and the @nsarchive.bsky.social action.wola.org/a/lessons-la...
In an operation codenamed "SALVAGE," the CIA “maintained custodianship” of an FBI post in New York targeting the UN. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/329...
March 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In an operation codenamed "SALVAGE," the CIA “maintained custodianship” of an FBI post in New York targeting the UN. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/329...
The newly declassified records also reveal FBI bugging of the “diplomatic establishments of Israel” through October 1972. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/329...
March 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The newly declassified records also reveal FBI bugging of the “diplomatic establishments of Israel” through October 1972. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/329...
Another FBI-CIA collaboration described in detail is “WUDOOR,” a joint espionage operation that targeted the Chilean Embassy in Washington after the inauguration of Socialist leader Salvador Allende. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
March 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Another FBI-CIA collaboration described in detail is “WUDOOR,” a joint espionage operation that targeted the Chilean Embassy in Washington after the inauguration of Socialist leader Salvador Allende. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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March 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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A history of CIA ops in Latin America found in the JFK records has a list of 1961 CIA expenditures in Latin America and details on CIA efforts to orchestrate the election of their chosen candidate in Bolivia, General René Barrientos. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/329...
March 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A history of CIA ops in Latin America found in the JFK records has a list of 1961 CIA expenditures in Latin America and details on CIA efforts to orchestrate the election of their chosen candidate in Bolivia, General René Barrientos. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/329...
Among the highlights of the new JFK records is a 1961 memo from Kennedy aide Arthur Schlesinger Jr. who wrote that "47 percent of the political officers serving in United States embassies were CAS”—intelligence agents working under diplomatic cover known as Controlled American Sources.
March 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Among the highlights of the new JFK records is a 1961 memo from Kennedy aide Arthur Schlesinger Jr. who wrote that "47 percent of the political officers serving in United States embassies were CAS”—intelligence agents working under diplomatic cover known as Controlled American Sources.
A history of CIA ops in Latin America includes a list of CIA expenditures by CIA stations in Latin America and details on CIA payments and influence operations in Bolivia to orchestrate the election of their chosen candidate General René Barrientos. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/329...
March 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A history of CIA ops in Latin America includes a list of CIA expenditures by CIA stations in Latin America and details on CIA payments and influence operations in Bolivia to orchestrate the election of their chosen candidate General René Barrientos. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/329...
An unredacted inspector general report on CIA operations in Mexico City provides one the most detailed views available of how the CIA organizes its operations on the ground. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/329...
March 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
An unredacted inspector general report on CIA operations in Mexico City provides one the most detailed views available of how the CIA organizes its operations on the ground. nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/329...