AUSTIN, Texas, Dhu-AlHijjah 2, 1436, Sep 16, 2015, SPA -- As the U.S. and Russia reached the brink of nuclear war in 1962, President John F. Kennedy received top-secret intelligence from the CIA that a new warhead launcher was spotted in Cuba, AP reported. Amid those grave concerns, the memo ends on a different note. A U.S. agent in Moscow describes "packed houses and enthusiastic applause" during a run of Russian performances by the New York City Ballet. That report, given to Kennedy a day before the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis, is among roughly 19,000 pages of newly declassified CIA documents from the Cold War released Wednesday. Stamped As Johnson settled into office, the briefs became heavy with intelligence from Vietnam, and by the fall of 1967, a section titled The release of the briefs was paved by a 2009 executive order from Obama stating that all classified materially will automatically undergo a declassification review and release after 25 years. The full collection of briefs from the Kennedy and Johnson era are posted on the CIA's website. -- SPA 23:16 LOCAL TIME 20:16 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w