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New Entries Released by the National Declassification Center

Updated January 10, 2023

2024 First Quarter Release List

On January 8, 2024, the National Declassification Center (NDC) released a listing of 18 declassification projects that consists of over 950,000 pages that completed declassification processing between October 1, 2023 through December 30, 2023. These records are now available for researcher requests.  This release consists of textual materials from military and civilian agencies as well as motion pictures.  The FY2024-Q1 Release List is available to view or download in PDF and Excel format:

Other Highlights from this Release include:

Textual

  • Chief of Naval Operations, Classified Random Subject Files
  • Department of State, General Conferences Files [General Conference Files Relating to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ]
  • Department of State, Executive Board and General Conference Records [Executive Board and General Conference Records Relating to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)]
  • Foreign Service Posts, {Foreign Service Post Files, Mogadishu, Singapore, Madrid, Beirut, Rawalpindi, Paramaribo
  • Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, Correspondence Files [BuShips, Underwater Sound Lab, Correspondence Files]
  • Atomic Energy Commission, Classified Divisional Records
  • Interservice Agencies, Blueprints, Drawings, Decimal Files, Planning Files and Published Record Set Files Related to Historical Files, Procedures, Buildings and Maintenance, Schools, and Various Subjects [Korea Military Advisory Group]
  • US Air Force, Intelligence Reports [Intel Rept 60-64; Acc. # 69-B-4979]
  • Department of Energy, Project and Contract Files
  • US Army Commands, Operation Planning Message Files Relating to Operation in Support of United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) II

 

Special Media

  • US Navy, WV 3 Structural Demonstration 12/1981 (Motion Pictures - 1 reel)
  • US Navy, Phoenix Program 2nd annual report (Motion Pictures – 6 reels)
  • US Navy, Research and Development in Naval Air Systems (Motion Pictures - 1 reel)
  • US Navy, CNO Sparrow [May 1970] (Motion Pictures – 1 reel)
  • US Navy, R&D Quarterly Briefing Report (Motion Pictures – 1 reel)
  • Signal Corps (US Army), Australia 221 st signal co- Nui Dai, Vietnam (Motion Picture – 1 reel)
  • Signal Corps 9US Army), OPERATION DEWEY CANYON II NORTHEASTERN QUANG TRI PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM 14-19 FEB 1971 (Motion Pictures – 1 reel)

To request access to the newly released records or to order copies, please contact Archives 2 Reference at 301-837-3510 or archives2reference@nara.gov. For information on the declassified Motion Pictures, or to request access, please contact the Motion Picture, Sound & Video Office at mopix@nara.gov

When making a request, please cite the Record Group/Collection Identifier, HMS Entry, and Series Title.

Please note that some series may contain other restrictions such as privacy or law enforcement and may require screening or a FOIA request prior to access.

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