New Releases

The following sets of documents were loaded onto the Electronic Reading Room web site on the indicated date.

A-12 OXCART Reconnaissance Aircraft Documentation
This release, containing approximately 1,500 pages of material, consisting of about 350 documents, maps, diagrams, and photographs will provide researchers on aviation and intelligence with significant additional detail about the design and development of the A-12. Follow the link above to the page housing this new special collection.

Historical Documents
Two significant collections of previously classified historical documents are now available in the CIA's FOIA Electronic Reading Room.

The first collection, widely known as the "Family Jewels," consists of almost 700 pages of responses from CIA employees to a 1973 directive from Director of Central Intelligence James Schlesinger asking them to report activities they thought might be inconsistent with the Agency's charter.

The second collection, the CAESAR-POLO-ESAU papers, consists of 147 documents and 11,000 pages of in-depth analysis and research from 1953 to 1973. The CAESAR and POLO papers studied Soviet and Chinese leadership hierarchies, respectively, and the ESAU papers were developed by analysts to inform CIA assessments on Sino-Soviet relations.

Other Releases:
July 25, 2008.
June 27, 2008.
May 31, 2008.
April 8, 2008.
February 29, 2008.
January 9, 2008.
December 4, 2007.
November 7, 2007.
Sputnik's 50th Anniversary.
September 19, 2007.
May 30, 2007.
March 30, 2007.
February 14, 2007, part 2.
February 14, 2007, part 1.
February 5, 2007.
December 28, 2006.
November 6, 2006.
October 3, 2006.
August 31, 2006.
July 27, 2006.
June 24, 2006.
April 28, 2006.
March 27, 2006.
February 22, 2006.
January 10, 2006.
December 5, 2005.
New Additions to the POW/MIA Collection.
October 27, 2005.
September 28, 2005.
September 1, 2005.