In “The Declassification Engine,” Matthew Connelly traces the evolution of America’s obsession with secrecy and the alarming implications for our understanding of the past.
conservatives. reagan did great damage to ford. look at the poll numbers. you will see jimmy carter starts surging, over 30 points ahead of gerald ford. ford had a weak position in the national race. so he challenged jimmy carter to a debate. mr. president, i would like to explore a little more deeply our relationship with the russians. max frankel asked ford a question about whether the united states was accepting of soviet domination of eastern europe. there is no soviet domination of eastern europe and there never will be under a ford administration. i m sorry, could i just follow. did i understand you to say that the russians are not using eastern europe as their own spirit of influence? everybody s jaw just dropped. are you alive? are you aware? what he meant to say is i will not accept any soviet domination of eastern europe. governor carter, have you a response? charitably that was a