UCB Libraries

Declassified Documents

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified information available from the Electronic Reading Room . Some of the collections are:
• The China Collection contains National Intelligence Estimates from 1948-1976.
• The National Intelligence Council (NIC) Collection contains nalytic reports produced by the NIC on a variety of geographical and functional issues since 1946.
• The Princeton Collection contains "analytic Reports Produced by the Directorate of Intelligence on the Former Soviet Union Declassified and released for a March 2001 Conference at Princeton University."
• Department of Defense
• FOIA Request Service Center Scroll down to see items like documents on the TALON system or Detainee treatment documents.
• Department of Energy
• Human Radiation Experiments Finding aids and online versions of records about government conducted or sponsored Cold War human radiation experiments.
• Historical Nuclear Weapons Test Films "These films document the history of the development of nuclear weapons, starting with the first bomb tested at Trinity Site in southeastern New Mexico in July 1945."
• OpenNet provides "references to all documents declassified and made publicly available after October 1, 1994". Results include a description of documents and information that can be used to request a copy.
• Department of State
• Freedom of Information Electronic Reading Room (State Department) provides access to "(a) frequently requested documents released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), (b) special collections of continuing public interest, and (c) regulations, policy statements, administrative rulings and manuals, and other reference materials." It includes several special collections, such as
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Freedom of Information Act--Electronic Reading Room provides electronic copies of files released in response to FOIA requests. The files are grouped into the following categories: Alphabetical Listing, Espionage, Famous Persons, Gangster Era, Historical Interest, Unusual Phenomena and Violent Crime. The reading room includes files on people and cases ranging from Cesar Chavez, John Lennon, Thurgood Marshall, and other notables to notorious cases such as the Atlanta child murders and Jonestown.
• FBI Files on Microfilm. The Government Publications also has a number of collections of FBI files on microfilm, many of which are not available online. These are cataloged in Chinook.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum provides over 10,000 documents online. Currently the "Safe Files," "Vatican Files," "German Diplomatic," "British Diplomatic," "Hackett Papers," "Fireside Chats," "Selected Public Papers of FDR," and assorted articles, lectures, and photos are available online.
• National Security Agency provides an information on declassified documents. To find files related to "U.S.S. Liberty," "VENONA," "Korean War," "Cuban Missile Crisis," "Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)," "John F. Kennedy Assassination," and "Truman Memorandum" use the search box at the top of the page. In addition there is a link to a list of the titles of classified documents released to the National Archives.
• National Security Council Declassified policy papers, background documents, "Mill" papers, memoranda and directives, 1947-. This is a guide to the microfilm, please ask for the microfilm at the Government Publications Reference Desk.
• Complete list of FOIA reading rooms Didn't see the agency you are interested in? Check out this complete list of reading rooms.

• Britain
• Cabinet papers : Series one: papers concerning defense and operational subjects, 1940-1945, Winston Churchill, Minister of Defence Secretariat papers. This is a microfilm collection, please ask for it at the Government Publications Reference Desk.
  Online listing of contents or use the print guide available in the reference area (301-C11 6:Ser.1 PREM 3).
  One of the major themes predominant in the series is Anglo-American relations. There are many files covering the central direction of the Allied war effort, including the use of the atomic bomb, discussions on post-war settlement and Zones of Occupation in Germany, and the role of the United Nations. Also included is a wealth of material on the SOE (Special Operations Executive), covering intelligence operations and covert activities behind enemy lines.
• Special Operations Executive, 1940-1946 : subversion and sabotage during World War II. Series One, SOE operations in Western Europe This is a microfilm collection, please ask for it at the Government Publications Reference Desk.
  Print Guide available in Government Publications Reference (301-Sp3 15:Ser.1)
  This is a collection of the SOE, the British spy agency during the Second World War. It includes details on activities, investigations, and specific agents.

• Declassified Documents Reference Service CU Full-text database of declassified documents from various government sources, such as the White House, CIA, and the Department of State. The government publications library also owns the fiche copy of many of these documents.
• National Security Archive "was founded in 1985 by a group of journalists and scholars who had obtained documentation from the U.S. government under the Freedom of Information Act and sought a centralized repository for these materials. Over the years, the Archive has become the world's largest non governmental library of declassified documents." The Government Publications Library has microfiche collections and guides to many of these collections, please ask for them at the reference desk.
• Digital National Security Archive CU online editions include:
• Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973-1990
• The Berlin Crisis, 1958-1962
• China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998<
• The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
• El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1984
• El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980-1994
• Iran: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1980
• The Iran-Contra Affair: The Making of a Scandal, 1983-1988
• Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian Gulf War, 19801994
• Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, 19601976
• Nicaragua: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1978-1990
• The Philippines: U.S. Policy During the Marcos Years, 1965-1986
• Presidential Directives on National Security, Part I: From Truman to Clinton
• Presidential Directives on National Security, Part II: From Truman to George W. Bush
• South Africa: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1962-1989
• The Soviet Estimate: U.S. Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947-1991
• Terrorism and U.S. Policy, 19682002
• U.S. Espionage and Intelligence, 19471996
• The U.S. Intelligence Community: Organization, Operations and Management, 1947-1989
• U.S. Military Uses of Space, 1945-1991
• U.S. Nuclear History: Nuclear Arms and Politics in the Missile Age, 1955-1968
• U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy, 1945-1991
• Federation of American Scientists collects information on secrecy in government.
• TRAC, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse provides comprehensive information about the activities of federal enforcement and regulatory agencies, which is submitted to a variety of sophisticated statistical techniques. There are separate TRAC web sites describing the enforcement activities and staffing patterns of the FBI, the IRS, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

• The Library Catalog, Chinook
  There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on welfare and welfare reform available in the collection.
  
  Try these searches to see some of the resources in Chinook , the library catalog:

  Electronic Resources	Print and Electronic Resources
  declassified documents	declassified documents
  freedom of information	freedom of information
  secrecy and government	secrecy and government
  secrecy and government (government publications only)	secrecy and government (government publications only)

  
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• Freedom of Information
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