The Official C.I.A. Manual of Trickery and Deception

• By H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace
  
• Paperback: 272 pages
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• Once a top-secret training manual for CIA field agents in the early Cold War era of the 1950s, we are happy to offer The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception. An amazing historical artifact, this eye-opening handbook offers step-by-step instructions for covert intelligence operatives in all manner of sleight of hand and trickery that was designed to thwart the Communist enemy.

The National Archives has a vast collection of records related to espionage and intelligence activities, particularly from the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the FBI, and the Defense Intelligence Agency. These records include personal files, reports, photographs, training materials, and other documents that reveal the activities of spies, informants, and clandestine agents.

Many records about spies and espionage have been declassified and can be found online on the National Archives Catalog.