Nixon's 'Good' and the Secret Ledger for Cambodia
Kept secret as a 'Top Secret, Excised Copy,' a February 1969 memo shows the administration polishing the narrative of enemy unease just weeks before the bombing of Cambodia began.
By Harlan Pryce ·
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Henry Kissinger and the Five-Day Window for a Washington Bombing
A secret diplomatic warning against international assassinations was rescinded just five days before a car bomb killed two people in the U.S. capital, a reversal kept secret for decades.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Henry Kissinger and the Three Regimes Spared a Warning
In a brief order sent from Zambia, the Secretary of State stopped warnings to Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay about international killings, leaving targets exposed to state terror.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Henry Kissinger and the 1976 Fight to Bury His Telephone Records
A legal strategy crafted in 1976 sought to shield the secrets of a National Security Advisor by claiming his calls weren't official records, keeping them hidden from FOIA.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Kissinger and the 1976 Push to Curb Condor's International Murders
A secret memorandum kept from the public for decades shows the U.S. attempting to shield right-wing dictators from the fallout of their own cross-border assassination plots.
By Theo Marchetti ·
Nixon Leveraged Nuclear Treaty to Secure Berlin Access
Held in the White House Cabinet Room on February 4, 1969, a meeting over Berlin access remained missing from formal minutes until Alexander Haig's handwritten notes surfaced.
By Roy Castellano ·
Nixon Aides Bet on 'One in Twenty' Gamble to Block Allende
A secret 1970 memo marked "Sensitive" details a plot to manipulate Chilean elections and stir fear of communism, while officials admitted the gambit could spark widespread violence.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Kissinger and Haig Told General Viaux His Coup Had a 5 Percent Chance
To save assets for a future strike against Salvador Allende, the White House ordered the CIA to tell General Roberto Viaux his coup attempt was almost certain to fail.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Nixon Called the Failed 1970 Plot to Stop Allende a 'Very Sad Record'
Marked "Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only," this memo shows how the White House plotted to overturn a democratic vote in Chile while fighting over which candidate to buy.
By Desmond Okafor ·
CIA Offered Eduardo Frei Cash and Exile to Trigger Chilean Coup
Kept as "Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only," these records show how U.S. officials plotted to buy a military coup in Chile and offered a president's flight into exile to stop a Marxist.
By Harlan Pryce ·
General Alfredo Canales offered to outlaw Chilean parties for US loans
Kept secret as "Sensitive" in the Nixon files, this 1972 exchange shows how Washington viewed the suspension of Chilean civil liberties as a bargaining chip for a coup.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Kissinger and Ford fought to hide Chilean asset names from Senate hearings
Names of Chileans who worked with U.S. covert operatives remained hidden after the Ford administration blocked CIA participation in public hearings in 1975.
By Harlan Pryce ·
$14,935,000 Kept Nixon From Silencing Radio Liberty
Soviet dissidents nearly lost their only free voice in a covert CIA operation that Nixon almost terminated, leaving several justifications for the station's existence still blacked out.
By Marcus Boone ·
Kissinger and Helms Plot to Covertly Support Jorge Alessandri
Secret directives from a "higher authority" urged a covert push for Jorge Alessandri in Chile, though the record remains blank on the assets and money deployed.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Kissinger Orders Secret Cash Stockpile to Target Salvador Allende
Five and a half lines remain blacked out from a meeting where the US stockpiled Chilean escudos to fund operations against a president the public believed was safe.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Nixon Secures $36 Million to Save Cold War Radios
Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty nearly went dark in 1972 as a legislative deadlock forced the Nixon administration to replace clandestine funding with a direct $36 million grant.
By Theo Marchetti ·