Cold War Documents Declassified

This is your opportunity to buy copies of documents that were created in the 1960s and 1970s as part of Cold War Intelligence activity. This is your introduction to one of the most closely-held secrets of the Cold War -- CORONA -- world's first reconnaissance satellite (see picture). While this was a secret equivalent to the WWII Atomic Bomb project, the Soviet Union was well aware of CORONA, but could do nothing to counter it. By being the first to launch a global orbiting satellite, the Soviet Union opened outer space to the rest of the world. They gave up any claim to the exclusive use of space over the USSR.

For those that lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis, few have forgotted the tense face-off between the United States and the Soviet Union. Knowing that nuclear-tipped Intermediate Range Ballastic Missiles (IRBM's) were within range of Dallas was a sobering thought. If the Soviet's decided to launch these missiles we would not have more than five minutes notice before they arrived over their target. The material available from this time in history includes a copy of the first intelligence photo showing Soviet Missiles in Cuba. The briefing notes used by a Deputy Director of CIA to brief President Kennedy on the missile find. A copy of the script used by President Kennedy in his address to the Nation on October 22, 1962 in which the presense of Soviet missiles in Cuba was made public. And declassified Soviet documents sending the missiles into Cuba.

I spent almost 15 years of my 20 year intelligence career as a DIA employee working for CIA in the National Photographic Intelligence Center(NPIC). I bring to this web site, the background and experience of a retired Senior Intelligence Analyst. I worked with the intelligence elements of the Air Force, Army, and Navy, as well as the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Photographic Intelligence Agency (NPIC), and a six-month rotational assignment with the National Security Agency (NSA). Additional experience includes three special projects in Southeast Asia in the 1960s, carried out for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In these projects, I worked closely with the Governments of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, working directly under John T. Hughes, Deputy Director of DIA. The projects were coordinated through the Department of Defense, DIA, CIA, and the Department of State.

We are in the process of adding an e-commerce page to this site where we will make available for purchase, a number of declassified document sets. we would welcome e-mail from those who visit the site before the e-commerce page is set up.

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