Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. Kramer obtained more declassified CIA material from the George H.W. Historian Mark Kramer highlighted the significance of the declassified NIDs, but also emphasized that they represent but a small portion of CIA analysis produced at the time. Both McLaughlin and Gannon provided insights into their day-to-day work in 1989-1990, including their travels to Eastern Europe and their interactions with the administrations of President Ronald Reagan and President George H.W. A recorded webcast is available on demand here.ĭuring a panel discussion that followed the keynote, John McLaughlin and John Gannon – two former officers of the Central Intelligence Agency who monitored the fall of communism in 19 – put the NIDs in context. The event, “ The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe: A 30-Year Legacy,” featured a keynote address by the Polish Minister Coordinator for Special Services, Mariusz Kaminski. The National Intelligence Dailys were released by the CIA to coincide with a December 10, 2019, event co-organized by the Agency’s Office of Public Affairs and the Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy Program. The History and Public Policy Program will add the earlier releases to in the near future, as well as other NIDs not included in the 2019 release.Īn excerpt from an NID released in 1999 (top), and the same NID re-released in 2019 (bottom) Nevertheless, in some cases the 2019 releases contain fewer redactions than the earlier releases. Not all of the NIDs released are “new.” Documents collected by Mark Kramer and reviewed by the History and Public Policy Program show that the CIA previously released more than a dozen of the NIDs, some as early as June 1999. Other redacted portions of the documents feature the notation “NR record” or “non-responsive,” meaning that the information is unrelated to the events in Eastern Europe. The CIA did not declassify all portions of the NIDs for security reasons. The NIDs enabled policymakers to get a quick sense of what was happening in states such as Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. The top-secret reports featured pithy summaries of, and commentary on, the fast moving events in Eastern Europe in 1989-1990. The National Intelligence Daily was the CIA’s principal form of intelligence analysis at the time. The documents are accessible on the Wilson Center’s Digital Archive, as well as on the CIA’s Electronic Reading Room. The Central Intelligence Agency has just released excerpts from over 100 National Intelligence Dailys – or NIDs – relating to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Careers, Fellowships, and Internships Open/Close.Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition.Science and Technology Innovation Program.Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative.The Middle East and North Africa Workforce Development Initiative.Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.Nuclear Proliferation International History Project.North Korea International Documentation Project.Environmental Change and Security Program.Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy.
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