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Falklands: CIA press cutting (New York Times article) ["U.S. Providing British a Wide Range of Intelligence"] [declassified 2007]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: CIA Records Search Tool (the "CREST database") at National Archives II in College Park
Editorial comments:

The presence of this particular article in the CIA's file is itself of interest.

Al Haig's memoirs Caveat (p285) mention a similar report on ABC's Nightline , "alleging that the United States was offering extraordinary intelligence support to Great Britain". "I informed ABC that it was false before it was broadcast".

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Media, Foreign policy (USA), Defence (Falklands), Security services & intelligence