"A Propaganda Effort"

"Critics will quibble that these documents don't prove the actual specifics of the long-alleged 'October Surprise.' This is true. According to the Times, they don't show Reagan striking a deal with the Iranians to delay the release of the American hostages until after the election, but simply working behind the scenes to thwart negotiations to free them. Perhaps someone out there exists who thinks this is better."

Branko Marcetic in a 2020 Jacobin article writes about revelations about the 1980 presidential election from the papers of David Rockefeller.