The Digital Archive contains once-secret documents from governments all across the globe, uncovering new sources and providing fresh insights into the history of international relations and diplomacy. It collects the research of three Wilson Center projects which focus on the interrelated histories of the Cold War, Korea, and Nuclear Proliferation. [Read more]
November 09, 1957
The Head of the Czechoslovak delegation and Mao Zedong agree that relations between the CSSR, PRC, and USSR are politically strong but require economic improvement, according to …
June 10, 1981
Chief of Staff of Israel Defense Forces, General Rafael Eitan writes to South African Minister of Defence Magnus Malan shortly after Israel’s 1981 strike on Iraq’s Osirak …
May 13, 1975
French President Giscard and Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping discuss the current international situation, including the balance of power between the Soviet Union and the United States …
November 09, 1957
The Head of the Czechoslovak delegation and Mao Zedong agree that relations between the CSSR, PRC, and USSR are politically strong but require economic improvement, according to …
June 10, 1981
Chief of Staff of Israel Defense Forces, General Rafael Eitan writes to South African Minister of Defence Magnus Malan shortly after Israel’s 1981 strike on Iraq’s Osirak …
May 13, 1975
French President Giscard and Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping discuss the current international situation, including the balance of power between the Soviet Union and the United States …
The Digital Archive contains once-secret documents from governments all across the globe, uncovering new sources and providing fresh insights into the history of international relations and diplomacy. It collects the research of three Wilson Center projects which focus on the interrelated histories of the Cold War, Korea, and Nuclear Proliferation. [Read more]
In CWIHP Working Paper #68, "Difficult to Draw a Balance Sheet": Ottawa Views the 1974 Canada-USSR Hockey Series, author John Soares uses Canadian archival sources to examine the diplomatic planning and difficulties surrounding the 1974 Canada-USSR hockey series.
CWIHP Working Paper #69, "The (Inter-Communist) Cold War on Ice: Soviet-Czechoslovak Ice Hockey Politics, 1967-1969" presents new archival evidence on hockey’s role in the turbulent Soviet-Czechoslovak relationship in the period surrounding the Moscow-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968.
Documents obtained, translated, and disseminated by the Wilson Center’s Digital Archive were quoted from and cited ten times in the United Nations report on human rights in North Korea, released in February 2014.
In CWIHP e-Dossier No. 46, Austin Jersild discusses tensions between Chinese and Central European officials over the misbehavior and incompetence of Soviet advisers in China.
Today in '73, Ceausescu & North Korean officials discuss Pyongyang's economic situation & reunification. http://t.co/KaFEwn7NZv #coldwarhist
Today in '71, Zhou, Le Duan and Pham Van Dong discuss China and Vietnam's role in Southeast Asia. http://t.co/IUZeRKS4O1 #coldwarhist
Today in '46, Churchill delivers "Sinews of Peace" speech, uses the term "iron curtain" for first time. http://t.co/w9qzeErBcq #coldwarhist
New eDossier on Central Europe & the Sino-Soviet Split, including scandal and intrugue from the Czechs. http://t.co/iTZ59jRwUz #coldwarhist
Today in '68, East German Amb to NKorea reports on the USS Pueblo incident and North-South relations. http://t.co/6N8qBZ8aPH #coldwarhist
