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CIA Post-Mortem on the Cuban Missile Crisis: Khrushchev’s Miscalculated Risk

by David Coleman

A detailed narrative of the CIA’s post-mortem assessment of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It includes very useful summaries of the nature and chronology of the Soviet buildup as well as what and how U.S. intelligence analysts knew about it.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: CIA, Cuban Missile Crisis

Members of the United States Intelligence Board 1962-63

by David Coleman

The United States Intelligence Board was often referred to during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Here’s a list of its members at the time.

Filed Under: Articles, Miscellaneous Tagged With: CIA, intelligence

Cold War Spies: Allen Dulles on the CIA and KGB

by David Coleman

This 1965 filmed television report discusses some of the CIA’s espionage activities of the Cold War. It includes an interview with Allen Dulles, former Director of Central Intelligence.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: CIA, Cold War, intelligence