This episode of Declassified presents a declassified government record concerning paramilitary activity on the Burma-Thailand border. Issued by a U.S. intelligence agency on August fourteenth, nineteen-sixty-four, this cable discusses potential border security issues and their implications. This document is available at documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. It was declassified by the National Archives and Records Administration, with the release date not specified in the available record. Its declassification authority falls under a General Declassification Review. The document begins: "INDICATE: :D coitect -E] CHARGE TO y a Zz o-- ny a 2 & 13) ie} re u Rangoon confirms that 'State free of. 'enemy' 'thre: , they would have-to move i 'Therefore ; -we.s te -.. priate time and 'Level, could, use pretext of. levels has complained undisciplined 'irregular yi,bhab bailds bordering on zi" This truncated portion indicates t

This Declassified briefing focuses on a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record, originally marked Top Secret, concerning Communist China's border transport capabilities. This document was released by the C-I-A through the Freedom of Information Act and is publicly available via The Black Vault at documents2.theblackvault.com. Its canonical U-R-L is archive.org/download/us-china-intel-C-I-01630/C-I-01630_djvu.txt. This four-page intelligence report, dated August twenty-first, nineteen-sixty-four, provides an assessment of the People's Republic of China's ongoing efforts to improve its transportation infrastructure along its southern borders. It details the construction and maintenance of roads and railways designed to support military and logistical access to central Tibet and Southeast Asia. The document begins: "Communist China is continuing to construct transport routes along its southern border even though existing roads can already support military campaigns larger in scal

This episode of Declassified features a declassified National Security Agency record concerning Taiwanese military activity. Dated August twenty-fifth, nineteen-sixty-four, this document offers a snapshot of intelligence assessments during a critical period of Cold War tensions in Asia. It is sourced from The Black Vault archives at documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act and was declassified by the National Security Agency. Its release contributes to the public record of U.S. intelligence gathering during the nineteen-sixties, specifically concerning cross-strait relations and regional security. The document, an incoming telegram from Taipei, addressed to the Secretary of State, with information copies to CINCPAC, Hong Kong, and others, is marked SECRET. It is dated August twenty-fifth, six P-M. The subject is indications for the period July twenty-ninth to August second, concerning any [three words redacted under exemption B1] ope

This is Declassified, from storyflo.com. Today, we're examining a declassified C-I-A record from nineteen-sixty-four: a Special National Intelligence Estimate on the chances of an imminent Communist Chinese nuclear explosion. This document is available at vault.fbi.gov. This record, Special National Intelligence Estimate SNIE 13-4-64, was declassified on May twenty-first, two thousand four, under the authority of the United States Intelligence Board. It was released as part of the C-I-A's historical review program. The document is titled "The Chances of an Imminent Communist Chinese Nuclear Explosion." "The Problem: To assess the likelihood that the advanced stage of construction at a probable nuclear test site in Western China indicates that the Chinese Communists will detonate their first nuclear device in the next few months. Conclusion: On the basis of new overhead photography, we are now convinced that the previously suspect facility at Lop Nor in Western China is a nuclear test s

From vault.fbi.gov, this declassified Central Intelligence Bulletin from September nineteenth, nineteen-sixty-four, details a recent incident in the Gulf of Tonkin and Soviet intelligence regarding Chinese nuclear ambitions. This record, a Central Intelligence Agency document, was released on May fifteenth, two-thousand-eight, under the Freedom of Information Act, with an NSA review completed and NAVY and State Department reviews completed, removing Group One exclusion from automatic downgrading and declassification. It can be found at documents2.theblackvault.com. The document, marked "Top Secret," is titled "Central Intelligence Bulletin: Current Intelligence Relating to National Security." On September nineteenth, nineteen-sixty-four, the Central Intelligence Bulletin contained the following: Item one: North Vietnam. Patrolling U S destroyers fire on several unidentified targets in Gulf of Tonkin. Item two: Communist China. Soviets believe Chinese Communists could detonate nuclear d

From the Central Intelligence Agency, this is a declassified briefing paper dated October second, nineteen sixty-four, titled "Photographic Coverage Contemplated During the Next Six Months of Significant C-H-I-C-O-M Targets." It details U.S. intelligence priorities for aerial reconnaissance over China during a crucial period of its nuclear program. This document was declassified and released by the N-R-C-R-G in accordance with Executive Order One, three, five, two, six, on September twenty-fifth, two thousand nineteen. It can be found in the public record at archive.org/download/us-china-intel-CI01634. The document reads: "BRIEFING NOTE SUBJECT: Photographic Coverage Contemplated During the Next Six Months of Significant C-H-I-C-O-M Targets One. The most pressing C-H-I-C-O-M intelligence problem in the time period under consideration will concern the Chinese nuclear program. Most of our knowledge of Chinese progress in the nuclear field has been derived from satellite photography. Iden

This is a declassified briefing paper from the United States intelligence community concerning China, dated approximately October fifth, nineteen-sixty-four. It provides an assessment for a State Department official's trip to Taiwan. This document can be found at documents2.theblackvault.com. This record was released through a Freedom of Information Act request to the F-B-I, without a specific case number, and declassified under the Automatic Declassification Program. It was made public on The Black Vault's archive in two-thousand-fourteen. The document, titled "Briefing Paper for Mr. Fearey's Trip to Taiwan, October 5-October 7, 1964," opens: "There are some G-R-C commando operations against the mainland were suspended in early summer following decisive setbacks as a result of effective Chinese counter actions. There are now signs of preparation and reports of renewed operations [redacted]. The October tenth Double Ten Day celebrations, and Chiang Kai-shek's birthday October thirty-fi

This is Declassified. Today, a declassified C.I.A. record detailing discussions at the highest levels of the United States government regarding China’s nuclear weapons program in the mid-nineteen-sixties. This document is available at documents two dot the black vault dot com. This declassified document, a memorandum for the record from the Director of Central Intelligence, John McCone, dated October fifth, nineteen-sixty-four, was released by the Central Intelligence Agency under the Freedom of Information Act. It is part of the Director of Central Intelligence files, job eight zero dash B zero one two eight five A. The document, titled "Discussion with the President, Secretary Rusk, Secretary McNamara and Mr. McGeorge Bundy--Monday, five October--four forty-five p.m." details a high-level meeting. The key points of the discussion include: "Three. The Takhli-Lop Nor flights were discussed. I presented K H-four photography and stated that U-two photography would give us more precise in

This is Declassified. Today, a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record about Project Clear Sky. This cable, dated October sixteenth, nineteen sixty-four, outlines a U.S. Air Force requirement for air samples following a Chinese nuclear detonation. You can find this document at archive.org/details/us-china-intel-CI01637. This document was released by the Central Intelligence Agency under the Freedom of Information Act. It was declassified by the Director of Central Intelligence. The document is an outgoing Department of State Telegram, classified Secret, sent from the U.S. Embassy in Taipei to multiple embassies including Ankara, Tehran, Karachi, New Delhi, Bangkok, and Saigon. The subject: Project Clear Sky. It begins: "U.S.A.F. has high priority requirement to obtain air samples in addressee countries immediately following any Chinese nuclear detonation, assuming weather and wind conditions are such as to make such sampling worthwhile. Samples would be obtained with U.S.A.F. W

Today on Declassified, we examine a Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee memorandum for record, dated October sixteenth, nineteen-sixty-four. This document reports the initial U.S. intelligence reception of China’s first nuclear weapons test. This record is available from documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was approved for release in November two-thousand-seven. It was declassified by the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee, under the authority of the National Archives and Records Administration, following a mandatory declassification review. The document, titled "Reporting of Chinese Nuclear Test on Sixteen October Nineteen Sixty Four," reads as follows: One. At eleven hundred hours E-D-T, the New China News Agency reported from Peking that China had exploded an atomic bomb in the western region of China at fifteen hundred hours Peking time. Two. A few minutes after eleven hundred, the F-B-I-S bulletin was brought to the attention of the undersigned. Mr. Elder, t