http://politics.slashdot.org/
story/13/04/08/0558247/the-kissinger-
cables-wikileaks-releases-17m-historical-
records
cables are all from the time period of
1973 to 1976. Without droning about too
many numbers that can be found in the
press release, about 200,000 of the cables
relate directly to former U.S. Secretary of
State, Henry Kissinger. These cables include
significant revelations about US
involvements with fascist dictatorships,
particularly in Latin America, under Franco's
Spain (including about the Spanish royal
family) and in Greece under the regime of
the Colonels. The documents also contain
hourly diplomatic reporting on the 1973 war
between Israel, Egypt and Syria (the 'Yom
Kippur war'). While several of these
documents have been used by U.S.
academic researchers in the past, the
Kissinger Cables provides unparalled access
to journalists and the general public. 'The
illegal we do immediately; the
unconstitutional takes a little longer.' —
Henry A. Kissinger, US Secretary of State,
March 10, 1975