The NDC has released a listing of 403 entries that have completed declassification processing between August 5 and November 8, 2013 and are now available for researcher request. This release records from both military and civilian agencies. Highlights include: Department of State, U.S. Mission to Berlin, Classified Central Subject Files, Department of State, U.S. Mission … Continue reading The NDC Releases 403 New Entries
Berlin Symposium: A City Divided: Life and Death in the Shadow of the Wall: RESCHEDULED
The National Declassification Center has rescheduled the free, one-day symposium for Tuesday, January 14th, 2014. It will start at 9am and run until noon in the McGowan Theater at the National Archives Building in downtown Washington DC. All of the previously announced speakers are confirmed to attend. The accompanying publication will be available free to all attendees of the symposium. … Continue reading Berlin Symposium: A City Divided: Life and Death in the Shadow of the Wall: RESCHEDULED
Berlin Symposium: A City Divided: Life and Death in the Shadow of the Wall: POSTPONED
Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the Berlin Symposium scheduled for October 16 at the National Archives Building has been postponed. Once the government reopens, we will post a new date for the symposium here.
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Berlin Symposium: A City Divided: Life and Death in the Shadow of the Wall"
Today's post comes to us from NDC blogger Neil Carmichael. On October 16, 2013 at 0900 a.m. the National Declassification Center at the National Archives, in partnership with the Historical Review Program of the CIA, will host a one-day symposium at the McGowan theater at the Archives building in downtown Washington, D.C. to tell the story … Continue reading Berlin Symposium: A City Divided: Life and Death in the Shadow of the Wall"
NDC Releases 445 New Entries Processed Between June 1 and July 26, 2013
The NDC has released a listing of 445 entries that have completed declassification processing between June 1 and July 26, 2013 and are now available for researcher request. This release records from both military and civilian agencies. Highlights include: Department of State, Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs, Subject and Country Files Army Surgeon General, Central Decimal … Continue reading NDC Releases 445 New Entries Processed Between June 1 and July 26, 2013
“Martin Luther King, integrationist”
By Mr. Michael Rhodes Wednesday, August 28, 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of “The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom”. The keynote speaker of that momentous event in the history of the civil rights movement in America was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As recently declassified records reveal, in the spring of 1961, the Federal Bureau … Continue reading “Martin Luther King, integrationist”
National Declassification Center Releases its Seventh Report
The National Archives National Declassification Center (NDC) has issued its seventh biannual Report on Operations of the National Declassification Center, covering January 1 through June 30, 2013. The report is online [www.archives.gov/declassification/ndc/reports]. Since its inception in January, 2010, the NDC has assessed the 357-million-page classified records backlog at the National Archives and completed equity referral … Continue reading National Declassification Center Releases its Seventh Report
USS Pueblo Ship Plans
Today’s NDC Blog post concerns a painful episode in modern U.S. history, an earlier chapter of a story that has been in the news frequently over the past months. On January 23, 1968, units of the North Korean Navy captured the environmental research ship USS Pueblo (AGER-2) in international waters off the east coast of North Korean … Continue reading USS Pueblo Ship Plans
416 New Entries Released by the NDC Between April 25 and May 31, 2013
The NDC has released a listing of 416 entries that have completed declassification processing between April 25 and May 31, 2013 and are now available for researcher request. This release records from both military and civilian agencies. Highlights include: Central Policy Files from the U.S. Army Office Of The Assistant Chief Of Staff For Intelligence, Naval History … Continue reading 416 New Entries Released by the NDC Between April 25 and May 31, 2013