German Secret Ink
6/14/1918
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For 95 years, a small number of
documents related to invisible ink were national security-classified material and unavailable to the public. Believed to have been the oldest documents still classified by the United States, they detail German secret ink formulas developed during World War I. They were approved for release in the year 2011. This document is a copy of the formulas used in preparation of German secret ink.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
National Archives Identifier:
5890789Full Citation: German Secret Ink; 6/14/1918; File 20961:174; Confidential Suspect and General Correspondence Files, 1913 - 1924; Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Record Group 38; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/secret-ink, May 16, 2024]