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From left to right: Dobrynin, Gromyko, Rusk, Thompson.

Project Bizarre

for the President only

Gorbachev thinking

Microwave Diplomacy, 1967-1977

Declassified Records Detail Diplomatic Efforts to End Microwave Radiation Directed at Moscow Embassy

Microwave Mysteries: Projects PANDORA and BIZARRE

Was the Moscow Signal a Historical Precedent for the "Havana Syndrome"?

The Coup in Chile:

What Did Nixon Know and When Did He Know it?

In Memoriam: Mikhail Gorbachev 1931-2022

Gorbachev Made History, then Freed History by Opening His Documents

Notice to Researchers:

In response to COVID-19, GWU's Gelman Library is closed to outside researchers.

Archive staff continue to work remotely and monitor phone messages and e-mails.

You can still access our declassified holdings here. And please check the site for updates.

Latest Postings

The Moscow Signals Declassified:
Irradiating Richard Nixon

Sep 22, 2022 | Briefing Book

From left to right: Dobrynin, Gromyko, Rusk, Thompson.

The Moscow Signals Declassified
Microwave Diplomacy, 1967-1977

Sep 15, 2022 | Briefing Book

Project Bazarre

The Moscow Signals Declassified
Microwave Mysteries: Projects PANDORA and BIZARRE

Sep 13, 2022 | Briefing Book

for the President only

The Coup in Chile: What Did Nixon Know and When Did He Know it?

Sep 12, 2022 | Briefing Book

Gorbachev thinking

In Memoriam: Mikhail Gorbachev 1931-2022

Aug 30, 2022 | Briefing Book

Colombia troops on patrol

"A Bloody, Expensive and Prolonged Coercive Effort"

Aug 24, 2022 | Briefing Book

Atomic Bomb Damage In Nagasaki, Japan

77th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings: Revisiting the Record

Aug 8, 2022 | Briefing Book

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office signing H.R. 5632, the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, August 10, 1949

The National Security Act Turns 75

Jul 26, 2022 | Briefing Book

Atomic bomb destruction, Nagasaki, August 10, 1945

Long-Classified U.S. Estimates of Nuclear War Casualties During the Cold War Regularly Underestimated Deaths and Destruction

Jul 14, 2022 | Briefing Book

The Embrace of Truth

“There is Future if There is Truth”: Colombia’s Truth Commission Launches Final Report

Jun 28, 2022 | Briefing Book

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Special Exhibits

special exhibits

The National Security Archive timeline: 1985-2021

Nixon meets Presley

CIA IG torture report – what were they hiding?

The Cuban missile crisis 50th anniversary

Art before power: Jenny Holzer showcase

Dubious Secrets

The Carter-Brezhnev Project

Blog

Resources for the Trump Records Drama, NSArchive Pays Tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, and More: FRINFORMSUM 9/1/2022

Sep 1, 2022

Pentagon Joins DHS In Destroying Potential January 6 Evidence, Calls Records Retention Schedules Into Question: FRINFORMSUM 8/4/2022

Aug 4, 2022

DEA Says FOIA Requests Can No Longer Be Submitted Via Email, and Much More: FRINFORMSUM 7/21/2022

Jul 21, 2022

Colombia Truth Commission’s Final Report Bolstered by National Security Archive Documents

Jul 8, 2022

Weekend Read: Documents from the Origin of ‘Nuclear Winter’ Theory, and the Environmental Impacts of Nuclear Fallout

Jun 17, 2022

DNSA

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From the Vault

Archive, Secrecy Experts Urge Court to Scrutinize Government Secrecy Claims

Aug 3, 2005

New Documents Spotlight Reagan-era Tensions over Pakistani Nuclear Program

Apr 27, 2012

Nixon's Nuclear Ploy: The Vietnam Negotiations and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Readiness Test, October 1969

Dec 23, 2002

From Silence to Memory: A Celebration of the Report of the Historical Archives of the National Police

Jun 9, 2011

Brazil Abetted Overthrow of Allende in Chile

Mar 31, 2021

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Archive in the News

Richard Nixon was exposed to ‘massive dosages of radiation’ during 1959 Moscow trip

Independent

Sep 23, 2022

FOIA and Government Transparency: A Report Card

CATO Institute

Sep 22, 2022

Richard Nixon exposed to radiation on Moscow trip in 1959, documents reveal

The Guardian

Sep 22, 2022

US hid fears of radiation in Moscow embassy in 70s from staff, documents reveal

The Guardian

Sep 15, 2022

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