Previously Classified Materials Release
Documents pertaining to the Middle East, the India-Pakistan conflict, administrative leaks of information, and transcripts of Dr. Henry Kissinger's telephone conversations (Telcons) are among the previously classified materials now available to researchers.
- A finding aid for these materials declassified under Mandatory Review is available as a PDF file.
- A chronology of past releases can be found here.
- A selection of documents from the opening are available online:
Update on the Middle East
Report, Middle East Sitrep No. 1-5, September 9-10, 1970; folder [03] Hijackings; box 330; NSC Files, Subject Files Middle East.pdf
South Asia
Memo, Henry A. Kissinger to the President, Subject: Information Items, December 10, 1971; folder [02] South Asia, December 10-11, 1971; box 572; NSC Files, Indo-Pak War India-Pakistan Situation.pdf
Administration Leaks
Memo, Bud McFarlane to Jon Howe, Subject: Leaks Early in the Administration, n.d.; folder [01] HAK Administrative and Staff Files -- Outside System, Chron, September 1971-1974; box 9; HAK Office Files, HAK Admin. and Staff Files Leaks.pdf
Kissinger Telcons
Telcon, President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger,January 22, 1974; folder [06] January 21-23, 1974; box 24; HAK Telephone Conversation Transcripts HAK Telcon.pdf
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