HITLER'S SHADOW - National Archives and Records Administration

esearching a very broad range of topics from international Communism to the
Jewish diaspora to the history of mass migration.
The declassification of intelligence-related material is a controversial
subject, involving as it does the release of records formerly of national security
interest. The current releases show, however, that the passage of years lessens the
information’s sensitivity while providing researchers access to raw information
that is simply not available elsewhere. By their very nature, intelligence agencies
attain and record information that other government or non-government
organizations cannot. None of the chapters in this report could have been written
without declassified intelligence records, nor could the many articles and books
that will emerge as a result of the current release. The funding for declassification
and the assurance that intelligence records are opened to the public thus preserve
key aspects of world history. In the interest of understanding our past Congress
should, in our view, ensure that such openness continues.
100 | Conclusion