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 – ...
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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 ...
Soviet Plans for a Manned Flight to Mars, May 1985
Background Excerpt from the document: “Soviet statements indicate that the Soviets are planning a manned Mars mission from which they hope to derive world acclaim and prestige. Because all the technologies needed for such a flight have not ...
The Process of Soviet Weapons Design, March 1978
Background Explanation and prediction of military R&D in the USSR requires consideration of the system as a whole. Only in context can one make sense of the array of specific strengths and weaknesses found in any undertaking as complex as the ...
The Soviet Land-Based Ballistic Missile Program, 1945-1972: An Historical Overview, 1973
Background Although this document has been released prior to my Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request, there has been quite a bit more released (ie: no longer redacted). I requested this in October of 2016, and received this reviewed ...
