Harry Hinsley, Sir Edward Travis and Brig Tiltman, who helped negotiate the intelligence sharing agreement between Britain and the US, in Washington in November 1945 Photo: NATIONAL ARCHIVES How A Secret Spy Pact Helped Win The Cold War -- Time Magazine
For drama, it couldn't quite compete with Monday's arrest by the U.S. Department of Justice of 10 people charged with spying — with eight of them allegedly carrying out "long-term, deep-cover assignments for the Russian government." But for armchair spy catchers and amateur historians, last Friday's revelations were of even greater historical significance. Britain's National Archives and the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) made public one of the most important documents in the history of the Cold War: the seven-page UKUSA Agreement, a secret pact that, since 1946, has allowed the two countries to share intelligence with each other. The agreement, released alongside examples of the kind of information that was passed back and forth, fills in significant gaps in the history of the Cold War and reveals one of the foundations of the special relationship that the U.K. and U.S. still hold dear.
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