Nixon’s Reconnaissance Flights and the Strauss NPT Gambit
Pyongyang promises "severe punishment" for American incursions while German political infighting threatens to derail the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
By Constance Bell ·
Vietnam
Brazil Purged One-Fifth of Legislature as US Spent $5 Billion in Turkey
Kept secret for 47 years, these notes to the President track the violent "sanitizing" of the Brazilian government and the fraying stability of the NATO flank.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Pham Van Dong Pushed for 13th Parallel Against French 18th
Top-secret communications to Mao Zedong show how Soviet officials felt Pham Van Dong had "no mature ideas" for pushing French forces back to the 13th parallel in 1954.
By Vera Kessler ·
Shah Demands $1 Billion as Iran Threatens Oil Consortium
Iranian leaders threatened to strip the oil consortium of 50 percent of its interests for $1 billion while Israeli flights kept Arab forces on edge and Hanoi weighed a Tet-like offensive.
By Roy Castellano ·