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Defining Documents in American History: Espionage & Intrigue

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Contributors




Early Espionage and Intrigue




Exchange of Letters between George Washington and Robert Hunter Morris




Letter from Paul Revere Describing Secret Intelligence Gathering and the ‘‘Midnight Ride”




General Benedict Arnold to Major John André




Alien and Sedition Acts




Ciphered Letter of Aaron Burr to General James Wilkinson




President Franklin Pierce’s Proclamation 64




From The Spy of the Rebellion




World Wars: Secrets and Intercepts




The Zimmerman Telegram




Espionage Act of 1917




The Sedition Act of 1918




Intercepted Japanese Messages Concerning Pearl Harbor




Letter Recommending Navajo Enlistment




Report on the Failures of the U.S. State Department to Assist European Jews




Spy Networks, Science and Loyalty Screening




“The Case Against the Reds”




Executive Order 9835




Testimony of J. Edgar Hoover before the House Un-American Activities Committee




Ronald Reagan’s Testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee




Testimony Regarding Communist Investigations




Testimony of Whittaker Chambers




Atomic Explosion in the U.S.S.R.




Klaus Fuchs Statement of Guilt




Rosenberg Case Excerpts




Dennis v. United States




In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer




Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy




Launching of the Sputnik Satellite




Twentieth-Century Foreign Intrigue




Letter to General William J. Donovan on the Termination of the Office of Strategic Services




National Intelligence Authority Directive 5: Functions of the Director of Central Intelligence




“The Sources of Soviet Conduct”




National Security Council Directive on Office of Special Projects




NSC 68: “United States Objectives and Programs for National Security”




Clandestine Services History: The Berlin Tunnel, 1952-1956




“Communism in the Americas”




The U2 Spy-Plane Incident—Excerpts of a Speech by Khrushchev




Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation




Operation Mongoose




JFK: Report on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba




On Alleged Soviet and Cuban Connections with Lee Harvey Oswald




On the Prospect of a Generals’ Coup




CIA Memo on National Liberation Front Methods




Taped Conversation Regarding the Chennault Affair




Kissinger Memo Regarding Policy Toward Chile




Taped Conversation regarding the Pentagon Papers




Church Committee Report on Foreign Assassinations




CIA Cable on the Situation in Poland




Able Archer ‘83: The Soviet “War Scare”




“Sandinistas, Cocaine Traffic in U.S. Linked”




FBI Statement Concerning the Arrest of Robert Hanssen




Economic and Corporate Espionage




Foreign Corrupt Practices Act—U.S. Justice Department Overview




United States v. Kelly—An “Abscam” Case




Lost American Jobs Tied to Unfair French Competition




Report of Foreign Economic Collection 1999




Report on China’s Capability to Conduct Cyber Warfare and Computer Network Exploitation




“Countrywide Protected Fraudsters by Silencing Whistleblowers…”




Statement to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee concerning Cambridge Analytica




Announcement of Indictment of Members of Chinese Military for Hacking into Equifax




Into the New Era




Transcript of the Trump-Putin Press Conference in Helsinki




“US Public Misled about Afghanistan War”




Inspector General’s Report on the FBI’s “Crossfire Hurricane” Investigation




Appendixes




Chronological List




Web Resources




Bibliography