I don't think this is a particularly big deal, and certainly less serious than other publicly known events in the 1960s (and 1980s) that almost started WWIII, h

I don't think this is a particularly big deal, and certainly less serious than other publicly known events in the 1960s (and 1980s) that almost started WWIII, however... > But note that the documents do not describe the mental status of the authors, they're just listing facts. Do government documents normally describe the mental status of the authors, rather than sticking to facts (whether true or not)? > The US government is a very, very large organization, that asks a lot of questions and produces a lot of documents. What percentage are serious enough to get discussed by the National Security Council and/or Attorney General? > Within the Soviet government, someone else investigated what it would cost to procure some F-86 and F-4 aircraft I haven't seen any documents on that, but did the Politburo discuss how US planes could be used in a false flag attack? If they did, how would it justify or excuse the US doing so? > it would be irresponsible not to check It's irresponsible of the US government to not look into the possibility of murdering Americans in order to start WWIII?