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Case File · ARCHIVE-055Declassified
Agency NSAFiled JUL 18 · 2026Runtime 3 min

3apr Baron Report

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated July 18, 2026

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Cold open. This is the “3 April Baron Report,” a classified field dispatch from the Federal Bureau of Investigation dated April third, nineteen hundred and sixty‑one. The document was released through The Black Vault, a public archive of declassified government records, and is notable for its cryptic references to unrecovered transport units and forward‑area movements during the Cold War.

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National Security Agency (NSA)
Date
JUL 18 · 2026
Release
Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
Source document
View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/3apr_baron_report
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Cold open. This is the “3 April Baron Report,” a classified field dispatch from the Federal Bureau of Investigation dated April third, nineteen hundred and sixty‑one. The document was released through The Black Vault, a public archive of declassified government records, and is notable for its…

Source document: https://archive.org/details/3apr_baron_report

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What was 3apr Baron Report about?
Cold open. This is the “3 April Baron Report,” a classified field dispatch from the Federal Bureau of Investigation dated April third, nineteen hundred and sixty‑one. The document was released through The Black Vault, a public archive of declassified government records, and is notable for its cryptic references to unrecovered transport units and forward‑area movements during the Cold War.
Why was this case declassified?
This material was released by the National Security Agency (NSA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.
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