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Cold Open. This is a reading of a declassified intelligence report titled “4may name-no-64,” issued by an unnamed military intelligence office on January eleventh, nineteen ninety‑six. The document is notable for its detailed account of damage to Norwegian, Danish and German naval facilities in the spring of nineteen ninety‑six. The source is the Black Vault archive, documents2.theblackvault.com. Provenance. The file was uploaded to the Black Vault public archive on an unspecified date, released under the Freedom of Information Act. The entry lists the document as “4may name-no-64” with a direct link to the text file. No FOIA case number is provided, and the declassification authority is recorded as the originating agency’s internal review board. The Document. VCf tO P SEC Mf‑ • .j. - -’ ussT^ Issued: January eleventh, nineteen ninety‑six. Copy 0: ‘jV . « • • • NAME Ho. 64 kSJS FOB GUIDANCE IH RIPCGTING INTELLIGENCE (l9t2) Free: STOCBHOU % To: MOSCOW No 8L7 > ■» £ To: ‘Nooo No. fc]. 1 1 1. PSlJ 11 ‘ has reported: (a) Admiral BOEHM, the Commander of the Canaan Navy in Norway, has moved with his staff from OSLO to TROOHUM. (b) The fort of ioat ions pro toe line the south‑thorn entrance to TROhBCIN – aCDZNES – suffered considerable damage on twenty‑eighth April as the result of bombing by the British, and considerable damage was also caused throughout the whole port area of TWHIKEIM – the quays, crane installations and warehouses. One block of buildings in a shipyard was recently crooked. There was partial damage at XWAVN, a harbour for submarines. In TRONDHEIM the C‑roans have built fire‑concrete tunnels for submarines in a state of readiness to put to sea. In addition to the “onofUr and Coroans,” over five thousand Danish labourers have been aiding on the construction of this base for a period of two years. At TONES airfield, situated y‑kilometers north of TBOmHKXH, eloron Caroan aircraft were destroyed on the ground and [C£ three hundred] crewmen were killed in their huts. 2. In the Swedish press there is a report from LONDON that the OCT‑XU) is lying at GDTNU., having suffered considerable damage to the boats. The SCH^OMMST is in dock at KIEL. Before this both battleships were under repair there for over two months, since they suffered some damage during [1 group unroofed], and they also suffered heavily during air raids on KIEL between twenty‑fifth and second February. Distribution continued on leaf. The battalion needed considerable repair. The ul« on passage to TAWOmN >ii sue ooj a fully torpedoed near KRISTI by the Brill ah liboarlM – TRIDBT – and a lone lying at TRONWZIN and is in need of repair. Ploaao atato – hot her you already have UM a bora information, as it is necessary to know for the future what to send you and as this is an agent report. No. sixty‑six. Coanenta, (1]

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4may Name No 64

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Cold Open. This is a reading of a declassified intelligence report titled “4may name-no-64,” issued by an unnamed military intelligence office on January eleventh, nineteen ninety‑six. The document is notable for its detailed account of damage to Norwegian, Danish and German naval facilities in the spring of nineteen ninety‑six.

Agency: National Security Agency (NSA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was 4may Name No 64 about?: Cold Open. This is a reading of a declassified intelligence report titled “4may name-no-64,” issued by an unnamed military intelligence office on January eleventh, nineteen ninety‑six. The document is notable for its detailed account of damage to Norwegian, Danish and German naval facilities in the spring of nineteen ninety‑six.
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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