CIA Cold War Research Reports and Records on Communism in China and Eastern Europe (Module 54)
This module consists of two major series of records: CIA Research Reports from 1946-1976 and records collected by Raymond Murphy on Communism in China and Eastern Europe from 1917-1958. Beginning in 1946 with reports of the CIA's predecessor, the Central Intelligence Group, CIA Research Reports reproduces over 1,500 reports on eight areas: Middle East; Soviet Union; Vietnam and Southeast Asia; China; Japan, Korea, and Asian security; Europe; Africa; and Latin America. This series, covering the three eventful decades starting in 1946, comprises 206 titles. Roughly a third deal with international questions; of those focusing on individual countries, the Congo is given most attention (85 titles), having been the subject of weekly reports for six months starting in November 1964. The Murphy Collection on Eastern Europe provides extensive information on war recovery efforts, international aid, and the formation of countries. The contentious Big Four relations over Austria and Poland account for those two countries’ presence in the majority of the collection’s documents. Most importantly, the collection illuminates the effects of war on the national attitudes of both liberating and liberated countries.