U.S. Department of State

The Files

• The Council on Foreign Relations — Its cooperation with CFR projects is cited as evidence of deep policy integration.
• The Zimmerman Telegram "Hoax" — Received and transmitted documentary evidence related to the telegram’s authenticity.
• The "Passport" Totalitarianism — Issued wartime passport regulations that marked the transition toward the modern system.
• Pyramid of the Great Seal — Custodian of the Great Seal and official record of its symbolism and later usage.
• The United Nations as Global Government — Official source on the formation and ratification history of the UN.
• The Panama Canal as Hollow — Documents the political and strategic history of building the canal.
• The Alger Hiss Shadow Cabinet — Institution through which Hiss exercised his documented wartime and postwar administrative influence.
• The Castro as CIA Asset — Its records on early Castro-era uncertainty are often cited in discussions of how Washington initially assessed him.
• The FDR and Stalin Secret Marriage — Custodian of the documentary conference record later used to argue over Roosevelt’s Soviet policy.
• Passport Photos as Criminal Database — Associated with formal passport photograph requirements.

Connected Figures & Organizations

• Franklin D. Roosevelt · 2 shared
• Allen Dulles · 2 shared
• Winston Churchill · 1 shared
• Harry S. Truman · 1 shared
• Central Intelligence Agency · 1 shared
• National Archives · 1 shared
• United Nations · 1 shared
• Joseph Stalin · 1 shared
• Richard Nixon · 1 shared
• White House · 1 shared
• Henry Kissinger · 1 shared
• U.S. Treasury · 1 shared

Timeline

1. 1782Pyramid of the Great Seal
2. 1903The Panama Canal as Hollow
3. 1914The "Passport" Totalitarianism
4. 1914Passport Photos as Criminal Database
5. 1917The Zimmerman Telegram "Hoax"
6. 1921The Council on Foreign Relations
7. 1943The FDR and Stalin Secret Marriage
8. 1945The United Nations as Global Government
9. 1948The Alger Hiss Shadow Cabinet
10. 1959The Castro as CIA Asset