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Today we released the 2nd set of declassified material in a series of 6 releases of the daily intelligence report President Harry Truman received from CIA & our predecessor organization, the Central Intelligence Group, between 1946 & 1951.
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#HISTINT
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#HISTINT
Today’s release includes 245 Daily Summary reports from 11 March to 31 December, 1946.
The material initially focuses on US efforts to stabilize Europe & East Asia after #WWII & broadens to address leadership struggles worldwide & communist expansionism.
The material initially focuses on US efforts to stabilize Europe & East Asia after #WWII & broadens to address leadership struggles worldwide & communist expansionism.
The entire collection totals more than 3,000 pages & includes intelligence President Truman received regarding topics spanning the Berlin Airlift, the Chinese Revolution, & the Korean War.
To learn more about the first installment, click here: bit.ly/2nHQhAK
To learn more about the first installment, click here: bit.ly/2nHQhAK
(Thread) Earlier, I shared an old letter my grandpa wrote about the occupation of #Japan. The response was so overwhelming I searched for (& found) an interview with my grandma on the same subject.
Today, on the anniversary of the formal end of #WWII, I’ll share some excerpts:
Today, on the anniversary of the formal end of #WWII, I’ll share some excerpts:
(2/9) Some background on my grandmother first:
・Born/raised in Yokohama
・Before the war, family was well-to-do merchants, but the imperial gov’t took all their wealth for the war effort
・English speaker from young age
・Got a job as a switchboard operator for Occupation forces
・Born/raised in Yokohama
・Before the war, family was well-to-do merchants, but the imperial gov’t took all their wealth for the war effort
・English speaker from young age
・Got a job as a switchboard operator for Occupation forces
(3/9) More background:
・”Met” my grandfather when he made a call through her switchboard
・Started their life together overcoming the legal & social taboos of their love
・She preferred to tell stories rather than write them down, so I transcribed our conversation 13 years ago
・”Met” my grandfather when he made a call through her switchboard
・Started their life together overcoming the legal & social taboos of their love
・She preferred to tell stories rather than write them down, so I transcribed our conversation 13 years ago
Today we released the first set of declassified material in a series of 6 releases of the daily intelligence report President Harry Truman received from CIA & our predecessor organization, the Central Intelligence Group, between 1946 & 1951.
bit.ly/2nHQhAK
bit.ly/2nHQhAK
Known then as “The Daily Summary,” the product continues today as the President’s Daily Brief (PDB). Today’s release includes a chapter from forthcoming history of the PDB by our Chief Historian: bit.ly/2OErJEl
Brief history of the Daily Summary: bit.ly/2vNnSO7
Brief history of the Daily Summary: bit.ly/2vNnSO7
Today’s release also includes:
-First 20 Daily Summary reports, highlighting intel Truman received to help address challenges US faced in aftermath of #WWII
-1973 report, “Keeping the President Informed,” about the evolution of the Daily Summary
bit.ly/2MNpwWy
-First 20 Daily Summary reports, highlighting intel Truman received to help address challenges US faced in aftermath of #WWII
-1973 report, “Keeping the President Informed,” about the evolution of the Daily Summary
bit.ly/2MNpwWy
#OTD in 1940, the #USSR began the third wave of deportations from occupied eastern #Poland. This deportation targeted refugees who had escaped from western to eastern Poland following the German invasion. #WWII
Thread: The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion – the first African American unit in the segregated US Army to come ashore on D-Day. #DDay
All films about the storming of Omaha Beach in France on June 6, 1944 don’t show any black soldiers. Most textbooks never mention them, but they were there, fighting against tyranny — all while dealing with it at home and in the military.
The 320th were charged with raising hydrogen-filled balloons over the beaches anchored to steel cables. Tucked under the 125-pound gasbags were small bombs .
Until the beaches were cleared, the 320th were infantry troops as well. Digging trenches and round up German troops.
Until the beaches were cleared, the 320th were infantry troops as well. Digging trenches and round up German troops.
Colorization by @marinamaral2: This day in #WWII #History: On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe begins at #Normandy.
#DDay
#DDay
LCVP landing craft from Amphibious Transport Ship USS Samuel Chase approaching Omaha Beach in June 6, 1944.
#DDAY
#DDAY
Did you miss our Reel vs Real with the creator & cast of @TheAmericansFX last week?
Check out the lively discussion about the facts vs fiction of espionage, CIA tradecraft, & living under cover here:
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#ReelvsRealCIA
Check out the lively discussion about the facts vs fiction of espionage, CIA tradecraft, & living under cover here:
bit.ly/2JpoAJl
#ReelvsRealCIA
Learn more about Marti Peterson in this Cold War story about her & Aleksandr Ogorodnik, Codename: TRIGON.
TRIGON: Spies Passing in the Night: 1.usa.gov/28Jp87E
#ReelvsRealCIA
TRIGON: Spies Passing in the Night: 1.usa.gov/28Jp87E
#ReelvsRealCIA
Curious about the infamous “Romeo Spies” discussed during the #ReelvsRealCIA event?
After #WWII many West German women took jobs with access to highly classified info. They became targets for East German male spies. These men were nicknamed “Romeo Spies”
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After #WWII many West German women took jobs with access to highly classified info. They became targets for East German male spies. These men were nicknamed “Romeo Spies”
bit.ly/2suXBoG
#OTD in 1940, the #USSR began the second #WWII mass deportation of #Polish citizens from eastern Polish borderlands occupied by the Soviets on Sept.17, 1939. Polish civilians were deported by the USSR in four waves that occurred from Feb. 10, 1940 through mid-June 1941.
Each deportation had a distinctive character & targeted specific populations of Polish people in occupied eastern Poland.The deportation of April 13 targeted small farmers, tradesmen, civil servants, and the families of those who had been arrested or taken as POWs by the Soviets.
El sistema biométrico Aadhaar o la vulneración de derechos humanos de un país
Para ello hablo con @Rita_Banerji @_Contrainfo
Aterrador @Snowden @Rita_Banerji han sido incansable en la denuncia
#DestroyTheAadhaar #AadharWarOnWomen
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Para ello hablo con @Rita_Banerji @_Contrainfo
Aterrador @Snowden @Rita_Banerji han sido incansable en la denuncia
#DestroyTheAadhaar #AadharWarOnWomen
contrainformacion.es/sistema-biomet…
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#BlackMirror
Un experimento en un país que pronto alcanzará el 20% de la población mundial
"El sistema biométrico Aadhaar o la vulneración de derechos humanos&civiles
@Rita_Banerji @_Contrainfo
#DestroyTheAadhaar #AadharWarOnWomen
contrainformacion.es/sistema-biomet…
Un experimento en un país que pronto alcanzará el 20% de la población mundial
"El sistema biométrico Aadhaar o la vulneración de derechos humanos&civiles
@Rita_Banerji @_Contrainfo
#DestroyTheAadhaar #AadharWarOnWomen
contrainformacion.es/sistema-biomet…
Long before current traditions of #ValentinesDay sprang forth, spymasters worldwide have used the amorous arts to obtain secrets from their enemies. Known as “honey traps” or “honeypots,” rivals ensnared their adversaries in a game of love, lure, & lies.
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bit.ly/2suXBoG
One of the best known seductresses was Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer convicted of spying for the Germans during WWI. She was accused of being a double agent & obtaining intel by seducing prominent French politicians & officers. She was tried, convicted & executed in 1917. 
While most think of female temptresses when they hear the term "honey trap," men too have been used as honey traps to steal secrets. For example, in West Germany during the height of the Cold War.
