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- Subject: Re: Secrecy and Government Bulletin Retrospective Issue
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 16:56:44 GMT
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- graeme@inferno.manawatu.gen.nz (Graeme Merrall) wrote:
-
-
- #>> THE ADVENTURE OF THE OLDEST CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT
- #>>
- #>> Another decisive moment in the history of S&GB was our 1991 FOIA
- #>> request to the National Archives for the date of their oldest
- #>> currently classified document. The astonishing reply was that a
- #>> document dated April 15, 1917-- immediately prior to the U.S.
- entry
- #>> into World War I-- was still currently classified and maintained
- in
- #>> secure storage at the Archives.
- #>>
-
- #Any word on what this "oldest classified document" was? I don't
- think it
- #would've had any far reaching consequences but it could be
- interesting as to
- #why it was classified for that long.
-
- #Cheers,
- # Graeme
-
- I don't know if it was the oldest classified doc but a lot of info on
- the Zimmermann telegram was declassified. In spite of being able to
- read about it in any history book which covered the period.
-
- enjoy.
-
- Twitch
-
-