Thank you for coming. I am pleased to be here at the national archives. I became a great lover of archives by going to institutions smiley ended up taking rare maps out of. I got to see a lot of the old documents myself. There is nothing like being able to see an original document and touch it and see it with your own eyes. It is a Wonderful Service buildings like this provide in providing access to these materials. Im going to dive in with a reading from the beginning of my book. With the first sentence in the first chapter so there is nothing you need to know going in. The im going to talk about same character i got to know well over the past three years and show you images of some of the maps he still, particularly focusing on the virginia and washington, d. C. Area. Let me dive right in. This is the beginning of my book, the map thief. No matter how much you try to suppress it, the tickle cap freaking out into a cough kept breaking out into a cough. The Manuscript Library at Yale U
To the pardon. This was at the gerald r. Ford president ial museum. This event is one hour and 10 minutes. [applause] thank you, hank. Along with our audience here at the beautiful gerald r. Ford president ial museum in grand rapids, i would also like to welcome our cspan audience to this event. My passion for this flowed from my understanding of archibald who became a National Hero who stood up to Richard Nixon i demanding secret white house tapes that would prove or nixons guilt in the watergate coverup. President rviewing ford in 1995, i was struck by his passion in explaining the reasons for his pardon. I think there are more compelling reasons even now to step back and look at the historical evidence and the perspective that comes with time. Program, weays have a special filmed piece by tom brokaw who covered the events of the pardon. Mr. Brokaw could not be here today, but he filmed this especially for todays historic gathering. Pardoni remember of the was many things. Backs a su
History tv. 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan 3. Follow us on twitter at cspan history for information on our schedule, upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. Dealer rare map admitted in federal court to steeling almost one00 rare maps worth almost a Million Dollars. In this event, author Michael Blanding recounts smileys career as a dealer and thief and describes the historical significance of the maps he stole from several libraries and universities. This is about an hour. Thank you all so much for coming here this afternoon. Im particularly pleased to be giving this talk here at the national archives, such a wonderful repozztoir of old books and manuscripts, and in the reporting of this book i became a great lover of archives going to the institutions that smiley ended up taking rare maps out of. I got to see a lot of these old documents like myself and theres nothing like seeing an original document to be able to touch it wit
Sympathetic with communist principles. For this reason subject is dangerous as an employee at the radiation laboratory. This is the cal laboratory. Pash singlehandedly could keep people from getting jobs inside the Manhattan Project. Here you have three of the top people on that third tier of scientists under steve nelsons command. I want to read you the recommendation for max friedman, who was one of these guys providing information. It is recommended that subject be immediately separated from his employment on this project. Drafted into the army, and then removed as soon as possible to an outpost where he is not in position to obtain Additional Information about the project or transmit information that he already possesses. There is a second letter where they say they want to clarify what he means. Send him to siberia. Or send him anywhere but here. So thats really what pash is trying to do. There is a third win. Counterintelligence diplomacy. An attempt to use agreements and interna
Where is the mental thing on some of this . You dont want to irritate the some of these major powers. Where does the mental ideas come . The thinking . Far be it for me to get in the mind of what makes spy master things to convince mexico to go to war against the United States and it works, but it becomes, as always has taught us, a great deal of arrogance of people in power and they think arrogant people think they can do whatever they want. They can change the course of history. And sometimes they do. Th thank you very much. Thank you. [ applause ] youve been watching American History tv on cspan3. We want to hear from you. Follow us on Twitter Twitter cspanhistory. Connect with us on facebook at facebook. Com cspanhistory where you can leave comments and check out upcoming programs on our website at cspan. Org history. Every sunday night at 8 p. M. And midnight eastern a special look at the u. S. Presidency learning from leading historians about president s and first ladies. Their p