A High-Level Mole and the Secret Draft of Warsaw Pact Naval Control
Kept secret for nearly four decades, a 1978 memorandum exposes the risk taken to acquire a Warsaw Pact blueprint for naval command.
By Constance Bell ·
CIA
8,000 Tons of Cargo and the Warsaw Pact's Secret Port Network
A high-level intelligence leak on November 30, 1981, detailed the exact capacity for Soviet troop surges just days before the declaration of Martial Law in Poland.
By Vera Kessler ·
Soviet Naval Manual and the CIA's Map for Sabotage
Kept secret for 31 years until its 2017 release, the manual's source remains blacked out while the CIA dissected the automated nerves of the Red Fleet.
By Vera Kessler ·
Soviet Naval Regulations and the 1983 Blueprint for Carrier Slaughter
For 31 years, the specific Soviet tactics for sinking US aircraft carriers were held under a strict need-to-know seal, with the source of the leak remaining blacked out.
By Vera Kessler ·
BARRACUDA's Titanium Hull and the Secret Asset Who Sold the USSR
Kept secret for over 30 years, a 1984 memorandum details the exact steel and rubber thickness of Soviet subs, though the name of the man who leaked the blueprints remains blacked out.
By Vera Kessler ·
Clair George and the Soviet Submarines With Eggs
Kept secret until 2017, a 1983 memo details a Soviet gamble to test submarine cores in icebreakers and the radiation limits imposed on the crews who manned them
By Eleanor Voss ·
Rear Admiral G. Hesse and the Secret Rubric for Baltic Readiness
Kept secret for decades, a 1979 memorandum shows the CIA infiltrating the Warsaw Pact's inner circle to map the combat readiness of the East German navy.
By Constance Bell ·
Soviet Navy's 60-Day Clock in the Norwegian Sea
An August 1976 assessment kept secret for four decades exposes a global fleet that could not refuel under fire, leaving Soviet warships stranded once their initial stores ran dry.
By Roy Castellano ·
Soviet Navy Combat Regulations and the Mole in Moscow
Kept secret for decades, a 1987 breach of the Red Fleet's operational core shows how the CIA mapped Soviet nuclear logistics through a source whose name remains blacked out
By Constance Bell ·
Rear Admiral F. Scheffler and the Secret Logistics of the Closed Theater
A high-level Soviet military journal was kept under TOP SECRET SEGREL wraps for decades, hiding the vulnerability of East German naval supply lines and a sensitive intelligence breach.
By Constance Bell ·
CIA, FBI, and the Redacted Foreign Intelligence on John F. Kennedy
For decades, the intelligence traded between US agencies and foreign governments regarding the murder of John F. Kennedy stayed hidden, leaving only sanitized working copies for the public.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Vice Admiral V. Em and the Struggle for the First Salvo
A secret Soviet naval journal, smuggled from Moscow and held in total secrecy for decades, detailed a blueprint for the total destruction of enemy fleets in 'closed' waters.
By Vera Kessler ·
The Chilean Embassy Bug and the FBI's Secret Proxy
A Top Secret memo, held for decades, exposes how the CIA used the FBI to breach the Chilean embassy and spy on Israeli diplomats while scrubbing the record for Senate investigators.
By Miriam Adler ·
IBM Blueprints and the Soviet Failure of RYAD
Secret intelligence files show how the USSR's attempt to clone Western hardware left their entire command structure vulnerable to a technological deficit they could not bridge.
By Vera Kessler ·
Ambassador Lodge and the Secret Purge of John Richardson
A 1963 memorandum kept secret for decades shows an Ambassador using the press to force a coup in South Vietnam while the CIA scrambled to hide its plans from him.
By Desmond Okafor ·
K. F. Smirnov and the Secret Maps of a Warsaw Pact Invasion
For four years, the technical preparations for a Warsaw Pact naval strike remained buried in a secret journal, a gap that masked the standardization of a coordinated assault.
By Constance Bell ·