Le Duc Tho and the Quiet Abandonment of the Saigon Government
Kept secret for 47 years, a June 1969 brief shows the US tracking a Soviet push to trade South Vietnam’s sovereignty for a managed political exit.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Cold War diplomacy
Romania Visit Forces Brezhnev Out of Bucharest
The President's planned trip to Romania disrupts Soviet plans and triggers a political crisis in Italy, while intelligence agencies maintain a calculated silence on a Kenyan assassination.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Semyon Tsarapkin Pushed Nuclear Test Ban into General Disarmament Void
Kept Secret; Noforn for decades, this CIA review shows how Moscow played a shell game with atmospheric testing while courting Beijing.
By Roy Castellano ·
North Korea Rejected 1963 Nuclear Treaty Over US Warheads
North Korean officials evaded Bulgarian pressure to join a 1963 nuclear treaty, insisting that US atomic weapons in the South left no objective ground for international restraint.
By Eleanor Voss ·
Soviet Bloc Plots to Coerce Four Nations While Cuba Defies Nuclear Treaty
Cuba refused to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty to counter the US presence at Guantanamo while Soviet leaders plotted to coerce Argentina and Brazil into accession.
By Roy Castellano ·