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Mind-sets and missiles : a first hand account of the Cuban missile crisis / Kenneth Michael Absher

This document contains a first hand account of the Cuban Missile Crisis and how it was addressed by US officials.

Miss Florence Fowler Lyons on Communist infiltration

Miss Florence Fowler Lyons displays UNESCO publications and criticizes UNESCO as preaching internationalism and outright atheism in a speech before a…

One Step from Nuclear War

The Executive Committee of the National Security Council (ExComm), meeting in the White House Cabinet Room, sorted through intelligence and advised…

Operation Goodwill

Governor Nelson Rockefeller recording (and possibly sending out a live radio broadcast) a message about "Operation Goodwill". Operation Goodwill was…

Paramilitary Study Group Meeting No. 2 Morning Session

This is a report on meeting of the Paramilitary Study Group concerning the Bay of Pigs operation.

Pravda Newspaper Article, 'Announcement of the First Satellite'

Announcement of the launch of the first artificial "sputnik" satellite by the Soviet Union.

President Truman's Statement on the Situation in Korea, 1950

In this press release, President Truman announced that he was committing American forces to a combined United Nations military effort in Korea. The…

Proposed Orders and Statement on Dismissal of General MacArthur

Formerly classified "Top Secret," this document is President Harry Truman's order relieving General Douglas MacArthur of his Korean War commands due…