{"id":12283,"date":"2020-10-21T12:33:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T12:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=12283"},"modified":"2020-10-21T12:39:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T12:39:48","slug":"role-of-cia-in-nuclear-war-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/role-of-cia-in-nuclear-war-1958\/","title":{"rendered":"Role of CIA in Nuclear War, 1958"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>In 1958, the CIA completed the below report about its role in the event of a nuclear war.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Vault saw references to this document in other declassified CIA documents, but not the report itself. 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It was dated 19 March 1958, and written by the Chief, Economic Research Area of the CIA. 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