In late December 1974, the New York Times published an article reporting a massive set of CIA operations conducted domestically and targeting American citizens.
A memo marked CONFIDENTIAL in the Kissinger archives shows that Henry Kissinger and White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld were planning a public response to the article’s allegations almost immediately.
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