State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warning - The Washington Post

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Summary:

"It is easier to delete digital records than to destroy books. This January, the State Department did just that when it republished on its website a volume about the Reagan administration — without 15 pages on the risk of inadvertent nuclear war sparked by a 1983 NATO exercise....Other historians agree that the Foreign Relations volumes are an irreplaceable tool for understanding the country’s past and present."

Link:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/11/13/state-department-deleted-records-about-risk-inadvertent-nuclear-war/

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Date tagged:

11/16/2025, 14:24

Date published:

11/16/2025, 09:24