Den amerikanske offentleglova, Freedom of Information Act, er på mange område ulik den norske offentleglova. Eit resultat av dette er at det er enklare å finna opplysningar om Noreg i amerikanske arkiv enn her heime. Amerikanske styresmakter er også, grunna sterke lobbygrupper (som er mykje meir hardcore enn Norsk Presseforbund), flinkare til å publisera dokument på internett.
Det amerikanske riksarkivet, National Archives and Records Administration, har publisert alle nedgraderte telegram frå amerikanske utanriksstasjonar i åra 1973 og 1974. Også frå stasjonen i Oslo.
Her er det mykje interessant å lesa. Til dømes om Arve Solstad (telegrammet handlar om ein stor demonstrasjon utanfor den amerikanske ambassaden):
4. BEGIN LIMITED OFFICIAL USE. ALTHOUGH PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE ON HAND, NONE OF SATURDAY PAPERS MENTIONED DEMONSTRATION. DAGBLADET, THE LEFT-LIBERAL SENSATIONALIST OSLO DAILY, HAD PUBLISHED PAID ADVERTISEMENTS ANNOUNCING THE DEMONSTRATION AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO CARRY FOLLOW-UP NEWS COVERAGE. CHIEF EDITOR ARVE SOLSTAD TOLD EMBASSY PRESS ATTACHE EVENING OF JUNE 7, HOWEVER, THAT HE HAD ORDERED THAT THERE BE NO COVERAGE, AND IN FACT TODAY'S DAGBLADET JOINS WITH REST OF OSLO DAILIES IN IGNORING THE EVENT. SIGNIFICANT ALSO IS FACT THAT LABOR PARTY DAILY ARBEIDERBLADET, WHICH HISTORICALLY CAN BE COUNTED ON TO PROVIDE AT LEST SOME COVERAGE TO DEMONSTRATIONS OF THIS NATURE, HAS CARRIED NEITHER ADS NOR REPORTING.Elles kan ein merka seg fylgjande:
1. APPROXIMATELY 1000 YOUTHFUL DEMONSTRATORS, SOME PUSHING BABY CARRIAGES, FILED PAST EMBASSY YESTERDAY AT 1830 HRS IN UNEVENTFUL AND DECIDEDLY UNENTHUSIASTIC DEMONSTRATION.
2. PROTESTORS CARRIED SCATTERED PLACARDS CALLING FOR BOMBING HALT AND US WITHDRAWAL FROM INDOCHINA. POLICE PURSUADED DEMONSTRATORS TO DROP IDEA OF PRESENTING PETITION TO EMBASSY OFFICER DURING PROTEST MARCH. AS IN PAST, EMBASSY KEPT FULLY ADVISED OF DEVELOPMENTS BY LOCAL NORWEGIAN AUTHORITIES AND POLICE IN DISCREET, BUT FULL CONTROL OF DEMONSTRATION.
