CREST (CIA Records Search Tool) at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland, houses nearly 13 million pages of declassified Agency documents.
Sources
- Secret Writing: CIA's Oldest Classified Documents - CIA (cia.gov)
- https://www.archives.gov/research/electronic-records/cia-crest (archives.gov)
- https://www.governmentattic.org/docs/CIA_CREST.html (governmentattic.org)
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