CIA Director John Brennan (right), and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper get a tour of the newly remodeled Richard Nixon Presidential Library from Jim Byron (left)
The CIA is releasing 2,500 newly declassified intelligence briefs provided to President Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
Yesterday’s release includes mixed reaction from overseas to Nixon’s resignation in 1974.
The briefs indicate that the Soviets expressed worry about the future of detente. North Korea reacted brashly, calling Nixon’s exit the “falling out” of the “wicked boss” of American imperialists. And South Vietnam put its forces on high alert because it feared the North Vietnamese would take advantage of the vulnerable U.S. political situation.
The 28,000 pages cover the Vietnam War and events such as the warming of relations with China. They are being released in conjunction with a program at the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California.
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