This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record concerning the Taiwan Straits, issued as a National Security Council Briefing on August twenty-seventh, nineteen-fifty-eight. It details Chinese Communist operations and intelligence community assessments during a critical period of the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. This document is available at documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was approved for release by the Central Intelligence Agency on August twenty-ninth, two-thousand. Its declassification authority is CIA-RDP seven-nine-zero-one-zero-four-eight-A zero-zero-zero-one-zero-zero-zero-three-zero-zero-zero-two-three. The document, titled "NSC Briefing, twenty-seventh August nineteen-fifty-eight, Taiwan Straits," begins: Chinese Communist operations in Taiwan Straits area moved into new phase with opening of artillery bombardment of Quemoys. A. Chicoms fired more than twenty thousand rounds twenty-third August (greatest previously recorded was about ten thousand in nine

This declassified Central Intelligence Agency record, a memorandum of conversation from September second, nineteen fifty-eight, offers a rare glimpse into high-level United States discussions during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. This document, along with others related to U.S. intelligence on China, is available at archive.org. This memorandum was released under the Freedom of Information Act. It details a conversation between key U.S. officials, including Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, concerning the evolving military situation in the Taiwan Strait. The document, titled "Memorandum of Conversation", dated September second, nineteen fifty-eight, concerns the "Taiwan Straits Situation". Participants included Secretary of State Dulles, Undersecretary of State Herter, Deputy Undersecretary Henderson, General Twining, Admiral Burke, General Taylor, General Byers, and White House official Goodpaster. The Secretary inquired about the actual

This episode presents a declassified Central Intelligence Agency memorandum concerning Chinese military installations, supplement number two, dated September fifth, nineteen fifty‑eight. The record is notable for its detailed reconnaissance of facilities in the Canton region, the Tung‑Chiang Valley and the Swatow area, and for the precise coordinates and building counts it provides. The document was released to the public through The Black Vault. The release date is September fourteenth, two thousand, and the declassification authority is the Central Intelligence Agency under its standard declassification review process. The original archival entry can be found at the Black Vault URL for this file. The memorandum opens with a top‑secret cover sheet. It reads: “TOP SECRET – APPROVED FOR RELEASE. FOR RELEASE TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ONLY. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE MEANING OF THE INFORMATION IS HANDLED BY TITLE EIGHTEE

This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence bulletin concerning the Chinese Communist withdrawal from Korea, dated September ten, nineteen fifty‑eight. The document is notable because it records the final phase of Chinese troop movements during the Korean War and provides the agency’s assessment of the situation on the Korean peninsula. The bulletin was released to the public on August sixteenth, two thousand two, under the declassification authority identified as Mi Pd2307d. It was made available through The Black Vault, which hosts the scanned copy of the original record. The release follows the standard review process of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Archives and Records Administration, and the document can be accessed at the archive’s URL. The Chinese Communists have announced that the third and final phase of their withdrawal from Korea will begin on twenty‑fifth September. Remaining to be withdrawn during this phase are about one hundred ele

Declassified. Today we examine a declassified government record on United States intelligence concerning Chinese Nationalist actions against the Communist mainland from offshore islands. This two-page Top Secret memorandum, dated September eleventh, nineteen-fifty-eight, from the Department of State's Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, sheds light on cross-strait military and subversive activities during a tense period. You can find this document on documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act and is accessible to the public on The Black Vault's archive. Its declassification helps to illuminate the historical intelligence landscape of the Cold War. This document consists of two pages. To the Secretary, through F E, from F E, Mr. Robertson. Subject: G R C Actions Against Communist Mainland. Concerning your request of September eighth that F E determine and report to you on the extent to which the G R C has in recent months used the offshore i

Declassified brings you a Central Intelligence Agency record from September nineteen-fifty-eight, providing a daily brief on the Communist Bloc, with a focus on the Taiwan Strait situation. This document is notable for its direct assessment of military capabilities during a period of high tension. This record, identified as number CI01319, was released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act and is available via The Black Vault and the Internet Archive. It was declassified on August sixteenth, two-thousand-two, by the CIA's Historical Review Program. The document, titled Central Intelligence Bulletin, dated September nineteenth, nineteen-fifty-eight, opens with a Daily Brief under the heading "I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC." It states: "Taiwan Strait situation: A series of clashes in the Kinmen area involving Communist and Nationalist air and naval elements occurred during the afternoon of eighteen September, resulting, according to Nationalist claims, in five Communist MIG fighters

This is a declassified Department of the Army staff communication dated September fifteen, nineteen fifty‑eight, concerning possible Taiwanese commando raids. The cable, identified as Joint Chiefs of Staff cable nine four eight

Declassified presents a Current Intelligence Weekly Review from November sixth, nineteen-fifty-eight. This Top Secret Code Word Excised periodical, issued by United States Intelligence, offers a snapshot of global tensions and policy concerns during the Cold War. It is notable for its insights into the Taiwan Strait situation, Chinese communes, and Soviet diplomatic and economic strategies. You can find this document at documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act and made publicly available on January ninth, two-thousand-fourteen. The declassification authority for this record is the Director of the National Archives. It is presented here in its original form as part of the public record. The document, titled "Current Intelligence Weekly Review, November Nineteen-Fifty-Eight," opens with "The Week in Brief, Part I: Of Immediate Interest." Under the heading "Arab-Israeli Tensions," it states: "The public announcement on five November of

This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency memorandum, dated November sixth, nineteen-fifty-eight. It concerns a suggestion from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to reimpose trade controls against Communist China. This document highlights the intelligence community's assessment of China's military capabilities and supply chain in the late nineteen-fifties. You can find this document at archive.org. This record was released through the National Archives and Records Administration, N-A-R-A, under job number NND-961-176-474, with a declassification date of February twenty-eighth, nineteen-ninety-six. It originates from a collection of U.S. intelligence documents on China. The document is a memorandum for the Director, Office of Intelligence Research and Reporting, Department of State. It is addressed to Mr. John G. Oliver and is subject: Office of Secretary of Defense Suggestion for Reimposition of Trade Controls. It reads: “We have discussed the following which is in respon

This is Declassified. Today, a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record, an intelligence memorandum from November seventh, nineteen-fifty-eight, outlining intelligence requirements for Chinese Communist military activity. This document is available at documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was declassified and released by the Central Intelligence Agency on May thirty-first, two-thousand-and-two, under the authority of the Automatic Declassification Program, as part of a larger collection of United States intelligence records on China. The document, titled "CHICOM Requirements for TALENT Coverage," reads as follows: One. TALENT coverage of the CHICOM coastal areas opposite Taiwan and as far north as Shanghai has occurred on four occasions in the summer and early fall of nineteen-fifty-eight for the purposes of discerning if possible the posture of the CHICOM ground, air, and naval forces and the possibility or probability of attempts to invade either the Offshore Islands or