A High Official of the Bureau and the Secret UN Post
Kept secret for nearly fifty years and marred by missing pages, a Top Secret memo describes how the FBI used the CIA as a shield to spy on the United Nations.
By Miriam Adler ·
United Nations
RAF Bomber Casualties and an OSS Blueprint for a Managed World
Kept under security classification for decades, the R&A Branch records show how the blood of the French resistance was distilled into charts for the architects of the United Nations.
By Harlan Pryce ·
The Pentagon and the Secret Carve-Out for Military Carbon
Global emissions totals were skewed for decades by a unique national security exemption that allowed the US military to move its carbon footprint off the national ledger.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Ian Milner Operated as Key MGB Agent in Australian External Affairs
A high-ranking diplomat spent years funneling secrets to Moscow before fleeing to Prague under a medical pretext; he remained under investigation until a 1954 defection exposed him.
By Vera Kessler ·
Ian Milner Betrayed Australian External Affairs as Key MGB Asset
He used a UN post and a Rhodes scholarship to mask his work for Moscow, with a sudden 1950 move to Prague that stayed under active investigation for years.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Ian Milner Served as Key MGB Agent in Australian Foreign Service
A diplomat’s 1950 move to Prague hid a betrayal that remained under investigation until a Soviet defector identified him as a key agent for the MGB.
By Vera Kessler ·
Ian Milner Betrayed Australian Diplomacy to Serve the MGB
An academic's journey from the UN Secretariat to Prague remained hidden in Security Service files as he allegedly traded state secrets for Soviet favor.
By Constance Bell ·
US Mission Sought Handler to Control Patrice Lumumba
Washington feared the Pan-Africanist leader would be influenced by African allies, planning to insert a handler to filter his interactions and ensure he remained a manageable guest.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Kasavubu asked the UN to disarm the army to purge Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba was marked for erasure as Joseph Kasavubu cited Communist advisers to attempt to neutralize a prime minister the Congolese parliament had already upheld.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Walter Scheel blocked East Germany's bid for sovereign peer status
Otto Winzer fought to be seen as a sovereign state rather than a Soviet satellite, seeking a pact to end "querelles allemandes" before both Germanies joined the United Nations.
By Roy Castellano ·
15 Days to Clear Missile Units After Castro Blocked UN Inspectors
Castro viewed UN inspectors as a humiliation and confirmed a U-2 pilot died because he could not bail out, while the Soviets pushed to lift the US quarantine.
By Roy Castellano ·
Dean Rusk urged JFK to conduct atmospheric nuclear tests "out loud"
Soviet duplicity drove Dean Rusk to plan a gamble at the UN, threatening to conduct atmospheric nuclear tests out loud to force a treaty with strict inspection controls.
By Eleanor Voss ·
Psychological Strategy Board Profiled Targets to Bend Diplomatic Conversations
Target names remain hidden, but U.S. officials used psychological profiles to bend conversations at the UN and counter biological warfare propaganda during a Korean epidemic.
By Theo Marchetti ·
Three-Passport Spy Used Medical Ruse to Vanish into Soviet Orbit
Ian Frank George Milner deceived the Australian government as a key MGB agent for years before using a medical excuse to vanish into the Eastern Bloc.
By Harlan Pryce ·