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Mark Curtis launches “Declassified"

Mark Curtis writes

I am about to publish on this site hundreds of UK declassified documents and articles on British foreign policy towards various countries. This will be the first time such a collection has been brought together online.
The declassified documents, mainly from the UK’s National Archives, reveal British policy-makers actual concerns and priorities from the 1940s until the present day, from the ‘horse’s mouth’, as it were: these files are often revelatory and provide an antidote to the often misleading and false mainstream media (and academic) coverage of Britain’s past and present foreign policies.
The documents include my collections of files, accumulated over many years and used as a basis for several books, on episodes such as the UK’s covert war in Yemen in the 1960s, the UK’s support for the Pinochet coup in Chile, the UK’s ‘constitutional coup’ in Guyana, the covert wars in Indonesia in the 1950s, the UK’s backing for wars against the Iraqi Kurds in the 1960s, the coup in Oman in 1970, support for the Idi Amin takeover in Uganda and many others policies since 1945.
But the collection also brings together many other declassified documents by listing dozens of media articles that have been written on the release of declassified files over the years. It also points to some US document releases from the US National Security Archive.
This collection is a beginning. It provides a snapshot only of the true history of British foreign policy since 1945. There are many more tasks that need to be done.
One is that many other declassified documents and articles that are online somewhere need to be added, including those from the Thatcher era in the 1980s and those from more recent policies, for example from the Wikileaks site.
Another task is to include present-day material gathered from Freedom of Information requests.Eventually, I would like this project to be systematically submitting FOI requests to garner more information about current UK policies (which currently few are doing).
Furthermore, there is much more research that needs to be done physically at the National Archives in London to uncover more episodes in UK foreign policy: the media, and mainstream academia, has covered only a snapshot of what is already available at the National Archives.
I have a request to potential funders and voluntary researchers. My aim is to eventually build a fully comprehensive and searchable collection of declassified British documents and articles that shows the reality of the UK’s role in the world, that is useful for everyone, the general public and researchers alike. For this, I am seeking funding and support from those who are interested in this project. I am also seeking volunteers to help me in this further research. Please contact me by email at: [email protected]

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Ulrich Adam
Ulrich Adam
Jan 23, 2018 10:47 PM

British Kingdom- knight Ulrich Adam2018-world>contribution-1stQTR. of the year
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It can be a food. Talk to the supervisor.Thankyou!

Ulrich Adam
Ulrich Adam
Jan 23, 2018 10:35 PM

U.K. kingdom: knight’s inquiry by knight ulrich
possible toy
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fortune telling
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the return of christ
the monkl
Ghost hunter
the underworld
the Oracle
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Into the future
Merlin’s magic
Excalibur
Knights of the cross
the First knight
Quickening
the priest’s sword
Jesus & ghosts
Disciples journey
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the spiritual world
the battle
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War of the Gods
the last kingdom
the Ancient civilization
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the Invasion
King Arthur
War of the kingdom
Saving the princess
the Hermit’s journey
God save the Queen
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Kindly send this to the palace workers! Hail to King Arthur!

candideschmyles
candideschmyles
Jan 22, 2018 5:35 PM

The following is a link to what should be the biggest story of the century so far and proves the US is actively and currently engaged in biowarfare events that pose serious danger to us all. I hope that everybody can help disseminate it as far and wide as possible.
http://21stcenturywire.com/2018/01/21/wmd-america-inside-pentagons-global-bioweapons-industry/

Kaiter Enless
Kaiter Enless
Jan 20, 2018 10:27 PM

Reblogged this on The Logos Club and commented:
Announcement of the publication of hundreds of UK declassified documents and articles on British foreign policy towards various countries.

fadedglories
fadedglories
Jan 20, 2018 4:43 PM

What else can I say but ‘Thank you so much’.

mohandeer
mohandeer
Jan 20, 2018 11:47 AM

Reblogged this on Worldtruth and commented:
The truth will out and it won’t be pleasant reading.

summitflyer
summitflyer
Jan 20, 2018 8:18 PM
Reply to  mohandeer

I can’t help but to repeat this saying “The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off ” by I believe Gloria Steinem

James Graham
James Graham
Jan 21, 2018 10:03 AM
Reply to  summitflyer

All human beings are free and equal. It’s only their conditions and class that’s different.

Fair dinkum
Fair dinkum
Jan 20, 2018 10:46 AM

By their own words they stand condemned.

George Cornell
George Cornell
Jan 20, 2018 10:17 AM

Great initiative. Is there indication of how many items on each issue were still not declassified? And who in government decides?

James Graham
James Graham
Jan 20, 2018 10:15 AM

Thanks a million to Mark Curtis