Background The following list of documents pertain to FBI files and the Cold War era. They were obtained from the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Communist Index – FBI File 100-HQ-358086 – FBI Release #1 – ...
Tag Archives: Cold War
Soviet Propaganda Alerts
Background During the administration of President Ronald Reagan, Project Truth was established to address President Reagan’s concerns about Soviet propaganda. The program was overseen by The United States International Communication Agency ...
False Nuclear Attack Warning: June 3, 1980
Background On June 3, 1980, U.S. Command posts received a warning that the Soviet Union had launched a nuclear strike. It is believed that multiple launch crews for Minuteman missiles were given launch warnings, and bomber crews began manning ...
Project HOMERUN
Background HOMERUN was a secret US aerial reconnaissance operation against the USSR conducted between March and May 1956. During that time RB-47E and RB-47H reconnaissance aircraft flew almost daily flights over the North Pole to photograph and ...
Project Azorian / Project Jennifer
Background “AZORIAN” (erroneously called JENNIFER after its Top Secret Security Compartment by the press) was the code name for a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) project to recover the sunken Soviet submarine K-129 from the ...
