Exploring Intelligence Archives

Introduction: Enquiries into the 'Secret State' 1. 'Knowledge is never too dear': Exploring Intelligence Archives R. Gerald Hughes and Len Scott 2. British SIGINT Decrypts on London Naval Conference, 1930. Overview: British Signals Intelligence and the London Naval Conference, 1930 Andrew Webster. Document one: 'Naval Conference: Japanese Admiralty Views on American Proposals.' Document two: 'Naval Conference: Japanese Summary of the Situation and Request for Instructions.' Commentary: Communications Intelligence and Conference Diplomacy: London, 1930 John Ferris. Commentary: The Japanese Navy and the London Naval Conference Peter Mauch. Conclusions Andrew Webster 3. French Military Intelligence Responds to the German Remilitarisation of the Rhineland, 1936. Overview: A look at French Intelligence Machinery in 1936 Peter Jackson. Document three: 'Note Concerning the Consequences that Follow, from a Military Point of View, from Germany's Renunciation of the Locarno Treaty.' Commentary: The Military Consequences for France of the End of Locarno Martin Alexander 4. The Creation of XX Committee, 1940. Overview: Deception and Double Cross Len Scott. Document 4: 'Memorandum on the "Double Agent" System.' Commentary: Deception and 'Double Cross' in the Second World War John Ferris 5. The Creation of a Vietnamese Intelligence Service, 1946-50. Overview: The Early Development of Vietnamese Intelligence Services (1945-50) Christopher Goscha. Documents five, six and seven: Three Documents on Early Vietnamese Intelligence and Security Services. Commentary: Establishing a North Vietnamese Intelligence Service David Marr. Commentary: The Development of Vietnamese Intelligence Merle Pribbenow 6. The Interrogation of Klaus Fuchs, 1950. Overview: Sir Michael Perrin's Interviews with Dr Klaus Fuchs Michael Goodman. Document eight (pt. 1): 'Record of Interview with Dr. K. Fuchs on 30th January 1950.' Document nine (pt. 2): 'Record of Interview with Dr. K. Fuchs on 22nd March 1950.' Commentary: An Analysis of Sir Michael Perrin's Interviews with Klaus Fuchs: Comparative Soviet Perspectives David Holloway 7. The CIA and Oleg Penkovsky, 1961-2. Overview: The Espionage of Oleg Penkovsky Charles Cogan. Documents ten to sixteen (excerpts): CIA Files on Penkovsky. Commentary: Penkovsky: A Western Success Story? Len Scott 8. American and British Intelligence on South Vietnam, 1963. Overview: The US and Vietnam in 1963 Andrew Priest. Document seventeen: 'The Situation in South Vietnam' (US). Document eighteen: 'The Situation in South Vietnam' (UK). Commentary: 'In the Final Analysis, it is their War': The United States and South Vietnam in 1963 R. Gerald Hughes 9. British Intelligence on the Arab-Israeli Military Balance, 1965. Overview: Between Suez and the Six Day War: Western Intelligence Assessments and the Arab-Israel Conflict, 1957-1967 James Vaughan. Document nineteen: 'The Military Balance between Israel and the Arab World up to the End of 1966.' Commentary: Assessing the Assessors: JIC Assessment and the Test of Time Yigal Sheffy 10. A KGB View of CIA Activity against the Soviet Bloc, 1983. Overview: Western Spying on the Soviet Union's Military-Industrial Complex during the Second Cold War Paul Maddrell. Document twenty: 'Multilateral Conference of the Organs Responsible for the Security of the Economy [illegible word or number].' Commentary: Inside the Soviet Bloc in 1983 Matthias Uhl 11. A Conversation with Former DCI William E. Colby: Spymaster during the 'Year of the Intelligence Wars' Loch K. Johnson. Commentary: Loch Johnson's Oral History Interview with William Colby, and Johnson's Introduction to that Interview Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones 12. The Butler Report. Overview: The Butler Report as an Historical Document Peter Jackson. Document twenty-one: Butler Report (excerpt) 'Conclusions on Iraq.' Commentary: The Butler Report Robert Jervis. Commentary: The Butler Report: A US Perspective Loch K. Johnson