Declassified documents later revealed that one bomb was still missing, a massive problem as Denmark is allied with NATO and prohibits all nuclear weapons within its territories.Sir Winston Churchill is a fondly remembered British Prime Minister, known for his encouragement and determination during the Second World War. Records Management 10. I love travel, good food, new experiences and learning about different cultures. CIA Kryptos Sculpture 4. With more than 2 MILLION pages of documents to read, on nearly every government secret imaginable, The Black Vault is known worldwide for getting down to the truth… and nothing but. The Voynich Manuscript 12. In the 1950’s, the General conspired with the CIA to prepare for a communist takeover, going so far as to set up a training camp in Sardinia and stockpile weapons in Northern Italy. We’ve compiled a list of the top 10 declassified documents that rocked the modern world.During the 1970’s, declassified documents revealed one of the great secrets of the world, involving General Giovanni de Lorenzo, chief of the Italian Military Intelligence. The aim is to eventually build a fully comprehensive and searchable collection of declassified British documents and articles – to make these fully accessible to the public, which has a right to a better knowledge of what has been done, and is being done, in our name. Media Leaks 7. An estimated 1/3 of escaped soldiers used Monopoly sets to help them reach Allied territory.Another of the horrendous secrets of the world was the deliberate sabotage of peace talks which could have ended the Vietnam War early and saved 22,000 American lives.
This is the story about him. Create an interactive web platform of online exhibits, using declassified documents to provide education through historical context. The plan, code named "Gladio", was controlled by NATO’s Clandestine Planning Committee and also involved MI6 and the SAS. A historian determined to blow the lid on the UK government’s shady international dealings is releasing hundreds of declassified documents on an online database. United States vs. Thomas Drake - (PDF) What a Wonderful Success! NSA Reports to the President's Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) 8. When "Operation Gladio" was discovered by the Italian press, they called it “the best kept, and most damaging, political-military secret since World War II.”Have you ever heard about “the spy who saved the world”?

The plan, code named "Operation Northwoods" was eventually rejected, but it involved innocent civilians being shot in the streets, bombings in Washington D.C. and other major cities and, terrifyingly, planes being hijacked. The CIA first identified North Korea’s nuclear program in the early 1980’s, and followed up with a paper in the mid 1980’s that discussed the components of North Korea’s nuclear program, but it stated that there was a lack of evidence that they were planning to produce nuclear weapons.

For the security of the state, many government secrets of the world are documented and then marked as “classified”. During the 1970’s, declassified documents revealed one of the great secrets of the world, involving General Giovanni de… In 1968, President hopeful Richard Nixon’s entire campaign revolved around the Vietnam War.
Declassified foreign office documents published by historian Mark Curtis shed light on how UK officials discuss foreign policy when nobody’s watching. Top 10 Declassified Documents That Rocked the World If the war was to end, his campaign was doomed. When the KGB closed in on him as a traitor in 1962, he made a final phone call to the West, where he gave the designated code for a nuclear attack by the Soviets. 1. Annual FOIA Reports 2. On January 21, 1968, a B-52 bomber crashed at Thule whilst carrying four hydrogen bombs. The South Vietnamese withdrew from peace talks, Nixon won the election by 1% and the war dragged on another 5 years.In 2003, North Korea withdrew from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and in 2009 they announced to the world that they had successfully developed nuclear weapons – quite a terrifying prospect.

This is an expanding collection of declassified government documents on UK foreign policy.