Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Collection

The July 1963 KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation Manual

On May 13, 2021, The Black Vault filed a Mandatory Declassification Review request with the CIA, seeking to lift redactions…

February 29, 2024

Richard Helms As Director Of Central Intelligence 1966-1973, by Robert M. Hathaway and Russell Jack Smith

The following is a book written by the History Staff, Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, in…

November 22, 2023

Files on German Physicist Walther Gerlach

Walther Gerlach was a prominent German physicist, born on August 1, 1889, in Biebrich, Germany. He is best known for…

November 17, 2023

Background on Six Subjects Suggested by Acting DDI, 7 August 1967

The following document was released heavily redacted, and parts fully withheld, in June 2005. The Black Vault filed a Mandatory…

March 29, 2023

CIA’s Certified Safety and Health Committee Reports

These records were provided by the family of anthologist and transparency activist Russ Kick, from his papers, facilitated by the generous…

December 23, 2022

National Archive and Records Administration (NARA) Index of Classified Records, November 1988

The following National Archive and Records Administration (NARA) Index of Classified Records, November 1988, was first released heavily redacted in…

October 13, 2022

Office of Logistics History, 1 July 1952 – 31 December 1956

The following CIA history of the Office of Logistics for 1 July 1952 - 31 December 1956 was first released…

October 13, 2022

NATO Intelligence-A Contradiction in Terms, 1984

The following document was requested by The Black Vault in August of 2019. A Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request was…

June 17, 2022

CIA Museum Documents, Released 2004

These records were provided by the family of anthologist and transparency activist Russ Kick, from his papers, facilitated by the…

June 10, 2022

History of the Office of Research and Development (1962-1970), Volumes 1-3, December 1972

Here are three volumes of the History of the Office of Research and Development created by the CIA in December…

June 9, 2022