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![The moon is a sensitive topic at the CIA](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/07/16/moon123.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
The moon is a sensitive topic at the CIA
by
JPat Brown
The Central Intelligence Agency kept a 1961 translation of the “Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon” marked as “For Official Use Only” in its archives for just shy of 50 years.
![This week at the CIA: Director Roscoe Hillenkoetter congratulates James Webb on his State Department appointment](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/01/08/JWebb.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
This week at the CIA: Director Roscoe Hillenkoetter congratulates James Webb on his State Department appointment
by
Beryl Lipton
Memos show James Webb, who led the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for much of the ‘60s, regularly checked in with the Central Intelligence Agency as part of his roles at the State Department and NASA.