Resume of Mission C278C – CIA memorandum for the record, dated December twenty‑six, nineteen sixty‑eight. This after‑action report details a photographic reconnaissance sortie over the Chinese coastline, providing the United States intelligence community with data on airfield, naval and coastal‑defence installations during a period of heightened tension. The document is hosted on The Black Vault, a public archive of declassified United States government records. The memorandum was declassified by the Central Intelligence Agency and approved for public release on July twenty‑six, two thousand one. It appears in the CIA’s historical collection of China‑related intelligence, and was made available through a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the agency. The full text can be accessed at the Black Vault URL https://archive.org/download/us-china-intel-CI01902/CI01902_djvu.txt. Memorandum for the Record Subject: Resume of Mission C278C General: Idealist/Tackle Mission C278C was ale

US Intelligence on China: CINCPAC Command History, 1968 Volume I, Section XV--Intelligence Activities. Released through The Black Vault, a digital archive of declassified documents, this Top Secret record was compiled by the Historical Branch Office of the Joint Secretary Headquarters CINCPAC in 1969. The document, a part of the CINCPAC Command History for 1968, details various intelligence collection programs conducted by PACOM ships and aircraft. One such program, IVY GREEN, focused on collecting intelligence against foreign missile and space activities, particularly Soviet activity in testing their missiles and rockets. This program involved four destroyer escort type ships and four aircraft regularly assigned to CINCPAC's operational control. The document also discusses the importance of strengthening base security, particularly in Thailand, to protect US bases in the region. In November 1968, the Joint Chiefs of Staff advised CINCPAC that the Secretary of Defense had approved an i

A Photographic Intelligence Report on the Tachiu Electronic Intercept Facility in China, released by the National Photographic Interpretation Center in January 1969. This document was declassified in 2000 through a Freedom of Information Act request, and is available online through The Black Vault's archive entry. Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP78R04560A00650001@n09-8 PHOTOGRAPHIC - INTERPRETATIVE 25X1C TACHIU ELECTRONIC INTERCEPT FACILITY CHINA NPIC/R-130/68 JANUARY 1969 GROUP EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING AND OEGlassification : 25X10 Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP78B04560A008300010009-8 WARNING This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States, within the purview of Title 18, sections 795 and 784, of the U.S. Code, as amended. The transmission or revelation of the contents of this document by an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. INSTALLATION ORGANIZATION NAME : Tachiu Electronic Intercept Facility COUNTRY : China

INTEGRITY OF INTELLIGENCE ON COMMUNIST CHINA – CIA REPORT ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION, JANUARY TWENTY, NINETEEN SIXTY‑NINE. This declassified Central Intelligence Agency assessment was prepared in response to National Security Study Memorandum Number Nine, “Review of the International Situation,” and offers a contemporaneous view of the Chinese Communist Party and the People’s Liberation Army during the height of the Cultural Revolution. The document is hosted at the Black Vault archive. The record was released to the public through the CIA’s Historical Review Collection and uploaded to the Black Vault website on an unspecified date. The declassification authority is the Central Intelligence Agency, and the material is provided under the Freedom of Information Act for historical research. The full text is available at the Black Vault link. The assessment begins: “The information contained herein is in response to National Security Study Memorandum Number Nine, ‘Review of the Internation

This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency memorandum titled “Military Importance of the Offshore Islands in the Taiwan Strait,” dated January thirtieth, nineteen sixty‑nine. It was prepared for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Plans and Policy Directorate, in response to a request from the United States Ambassador to the Republic of China. The document is notable because it details the United States assessment of the strategic role of the offshore islands and of Chinese Communist military capabilities during a critical period of the Cold War. The memorandum was released through a Freedom of Information Act request and made publicly available by The Black Vault. The release is cataloged on the archive website theblackvault.com, with the document accessible at the URL https://archive.org/download/us-china-intel-CI01906/CI01906_djvu.txt. The declassification authority cited the standard “Top Secret” classification level and the document was cleared for public dissemination without furt

COLD OPEN: This is a declassified CIA record from 1969, detailing the defection of a Chinese diplomat, Lio Ho-Shu. The document is a secret telegram from the US Mission to NATO to the State Department, dated February 7, 1969. It provides insight into the Chinese government's reaction to Lio's defection and the Netherlands' handling of the situation. (Source: The Black Vault, https://archive.org/download/us-china-intel-CI01907/CI01907_djvu.txt) PROVENANCE: The document was declassified and released through The Black Vault, a non-profit organization that provides access to declassified government records. The document's declassification authority is not specified in the provided information. THE DOCUMENT: S/ Ss ig CF rik se ad of State TELEGRAM SECRET 535: PAGE' @1 NATO 99607 97225}Z. 8] camel ACTION SS 79 INFO! CIAE: @@+SS0 OGs/870: W ee BIBBIG R! 718462 FEB 69: FM' USMISSION NATO TO SECSTATE. WASHDC 4990 4 INFO! AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE A' S$ £1 C.R E T USNATO: 9697 , LIMDIS \\ ON SUBJECT?

This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency memorandum titled Intelligence Items – Vietnamese Developments and Other Matters, dated February thirteenth, nineteen sixty‑nine. It is notable because it provides contemporaneous assessments of the North Vietnamese offensive, a downed U‑S aircraft in Cambodia, and diplomatic activity surrounding the recognition of Communist China. The document was released to the public through a Freedom of Information Act request. The Black Vault posted the full text on its website, making the declassified record available on the date of release. The declassification authority was the Central Intelligence Agency, acting under Executive Order one two nine five eight. The memorandum reads as follows. Memorandum for the President From: Henry A. Kissinger INTELLIGENCE ITEMS – Vietnamese Developments Yesterday the Vietnam experts around the capital are almost unanimous in their view that the Communists hope to launch a major military effort in the next tw

Chinese strategic weapons program, National Intelligence Estimate, February twenty‑seventh, nineteen‑sixty‑nine, Central Intelligence Agency. This declassified assessment offers a snapshot of U.S. intelligence on the People's Republic of China’s nuclear and missile development during the height of the Cold War, and it has been cited in numerous studies of East Asian security. The document was released under a Freedom of Information Act request in June two‑thousand‑four, with approval for public release noted on the first page. The declassification authority was the CIA’s Office of Information Management, and the full text is available through the Black Vault archive. General considerations. Chinese efforts to develop modern weapons began in the late nineteen‑fifties, when the original program took shape with Soviet technological and material assistance. At that time Chinese expectations for rapid progress in the nuclear field and in a range of tactical and strategic missiles appeared h

This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence note dated March fourth, nineteen sixty‑nine, concerning the clash between Soviet and Chinese forces on the Ussuri River. The document is notable because it provides contemporary U.S. assessment of the border incident that escalated into armed confrontation between the two communist powers. The note was released to the public through The Black Vault archive. The declassification was authorized by the CIA’s Director of Intelligence and Research, and the material was made available without foreign dissemination restrictions. The full text is hosted at the Black Vault URL for this record. The document begins with the classification markings: SECRET, NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION, CONTROLLED DISSEMINATION. It is addressed from the Director of Intelligence and Research, United States Department of State, to the Secretary, through the appropriate channels. The author is identified as George C. Denney, Jr., Director of Intelligence an

Document: Shuang-cheng-tzu Downrange Impact Area, China Released through The Black Vault, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, on an unspecified date. The document is a Memorandum, declassified in 2003, and approved for release by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and the Department of Defense. 25X41 - 25X1 25X1D 25X1D 25X1A Declass Review by NIMA / DoD Approved For Release 2003/12/19 20E|AIRIBP? $T04759A009100010039-5 25X11 a (penance 25X1 3 March 1969 Copy 8 MEMORANDUM FOR: THROUGH: SUBJECT: Shuang-cheng-tzu Downrange Impact Area, China REFERENCE: ' Requirement NSA/SOC/R95-69 NPIC Project No. 250341 1. In response to the referenced requirement, a search of photography since was conducted within an 80-nautical mile radius of Hotien airfield, 37-03N 079-51E, for any evidence of a ballistic missile impact area. 2. The entire search area was covered on small-scale photography with interpretability ranging from poor to good and partially covered on large-scale photogr