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This episode presents a declassified United States Army memorandum dated April twenty‑ninth, nineteen fifty, concerning the disclosure of classified United States military information on Nationalist China to the United Kingdom. The document is hosted in the public archive of The Black Vault. The record was made publicly available through The Black Vault’s digital collection, identified by the file...

This episode of Declassified presents a confidential letter from the United States Foreign Service, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, dated May first, nineteen-fifty. The document discusses intelligence regarding Japanese military officers in Taiwan following World War Two, and is notable for its frank assessment of information gathering during a critical post-war period. This record was released...

From Declassified, this is a record of United States intelligence on China. Today, a declassified C.I.A. record from May second, nineteen-fifty, details intelligence difficulties in the Philippines and concerns about a consul in Formosa. This document can be found at archive.org. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act and made publicly available on August seventh, two thou...

This is Declassified. Today, we present a declassified May fifth, nineteen-fifty, Department of Defense memorandum from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, regarding military aid to anti-communist forces on Formosa. This document is archived at The Black Vault. This record was released through a Freedom of Information Act request. The original document is a four-page memorandum,...

Declassified. This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record, a letter from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to Colonel Johnson, dated May twenty-third, nineteen-fifty, requesting United States military assistance for Taiwan. This document is available on documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act. It details Chiang Kai-shek's observations...

This Declassified briefing presents a top-secret cable from the State Department to General MacArthur's headquarters, detailing a potential United States assistance plan for anti-communist activities in China. This document, dated May twenty-sixth, nineteen-fifty, provides a rare glimpse into early Cold War intelligence gathering and covert operations. It is publicly available via vault.fbi.gov an...

From vault.fbi.gov, this is a declassified Army record concerning United States intelligence on China, dated June sixteenth, nineteen-fifty. It offers a detailed military intelligence perspective on Hong Kong at a pivotal moment in the Cold War. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act and made publicly available by The Black Vault archive. Its declassification authority and...

From the Declassified archives, this is a declassified memorandum discussing proposals for United States assistance to anti-communist guerrillas in China, dated June twenty-first, nineteen-fifty. This record is made available courtesy of The Black Vault at documents two dot the black vault dot com. This document was originally classified Top Secret and released under the Freedom of Information Act...

Declassified. Today, we delve into a declassified C.I.A. record concerning intelligence on Chinese smuggling operations in the Taiwan Strait. This document, originating from June twenty-second, nineteen-fifty, details early U.S. concerns regarding illicit trade and potential security risks in the region. This document is available at The Black Vault, archived at archive.org. This memorandum was re...

U.S. Army intelligence report on Chinese troop deployments, June twenty‑third, nineteen fifty, Department of the Army, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G‑2. This document is notable because it offers a contemporaneous assessment of Communist Chinese force movements in the Far East during the early months of the Korean War, and it references possible preparations for an invasion of Taiwan. T...

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Jessica, November 10th. Ten stories from overnight — sourcing first, takes second. Let's get into it. First, from Raw America. New: Trump Now Flirting with Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories After Midterms. Lauren Boebert has officially lost her House seat to Democrat Eileen Laubacher in Colorado’s 4th District, marking a significant shift in a d...

You are listening to Declassified. Today, we delve into a declassified C-I-A record concerning Taiwanese military distrust of U.S. attaches, a top-secret letter from the American Embassy in Taipei, Taiwan, dated June twenty-seventh, nineteen-fifty. This document can be found on archive.org, under the C-I-A research tool entry C-I zero zero three six two. This document was released as part of an of...

This is a declassified State Department telegram dated June twenty‑eighth, nineteen fifty, concerning coordination between the United States Seventh Fleet and the Republic of China government over Taiwan and surrounding islands. The document is hosted in the public archive at The Black Vault. The telegram was released to the public through the Internet Archive as part of a digitized collection of...

Welcome to Declassified. Today, we delve into an Army intelligence cable concerning Communist troop movements in Manchuria, dated July fifth, nineteen-fifty. This declassified record offers a glimpse into United States intelligence gathering at the outset of the Korean War, as retrieved from vault.fbi.gov. This document was released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. It is part of...

This is Declassified. Today, we examine a Top Secret letter from the Department of State, dated July sixth, nineteen-fifty, concerning a proposal for a United States-directed intelligence organization in Taiwan. This document offers a glimpse into early American intelligence planning regarding China. It can be found at archive.org. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act an...

This is Declassified. Today, we examine a secret memorandum from July sixth, nineteen-fifty, detailing early U.S. intelligence on Chinese Communist assistance to North Korea, sourced from The Black Vault at documents2.theblackvault.com. This document, cataloged as CI zero zero three seven one, was declassified under an unknown authority and released to the public domain through The Black Vault's a...

This declassified United States Army record from July seventh, nineteen-fifty, details early intelligence regarding Chinese Communist aid to North Korea during the Korean War. This document is available on archive.org, sourced from The Black Vault. This record was released through a Freedom of Information Act request. The precise FOIA case number is not publicly available, but the document was dec...

Declassified. Today we examine a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record from July eleventh, nineteen-fifty, concerning Chinese Nationalist operations against the mainland. This document explores the factors involved in launching an expeditionary force from Formosa, now Taiwan, against mainland China, and its potential impact on the Far East. It is accessible via the Black Vault archives a...

Declassified. Today we examine a declassified National Archives record: the Note by the Secretaries to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Capabilities of Chinese Communist Forces, Including North Korean Communists Now in Manchuria, to Intervene in the Korean Situation. This document, dated July eleventh, nineteen-fifty, offers an early assessment of Chinese military strength during a critical period of...

You are listening to Declassified, an audio briefing of public domain government records from storyflo.com. This episode features a declassified C.I.A. record detailing Secretary of State Dean Acheson's internal thoughts on the Korean War and Taiwan in July nineteen-fifty. This document is available at vault.fbi.gov. This three-page letter, originally classified Top Secret, was declassified under...

This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record concerning reported Chinese Communist plans for an attack on Taiwan, dated July thirteenth, nineteen fifty. The memorandum is notable because it provides an early U.S. intelligence assessment of potential amphibious and airborne operations against the island. The document was made publicly available through The Black Vault, which posted the...

Declassified. Today, we present an intelligence summary from the Department of the Army, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, dated July fourteenth, nineteen-fifty. This declassified record discusses the redeployment of China's Fourth Field Army and its potential implications for the Korean War, drawing from vault.fbi.gov. This document, labeled "Secret," was released through the Freedom of Inf...

Declassified. Today, we examine a declassified Army intelligence summary from July fourteen, nineteen-fifty, concerning intelligence on Korea and North China. This document offers an early U.S. assessment of Chinese Communist and Soviet involvement in the Korean peninsula at the outset of the Korean War. This record is publicly available from The Black Vault, at archive.org/download/us-china-intel...

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Jessica. November 9th. The news desk — ten stories, here's the one that opens it. Let's get into it. First, from Lemonde. EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : réunion à Paris lundi pour financer la réparation de l’arche de Tchernobyl. JavaScript is disabled in your browser. A required part of this site couldn’t load. This may be due to a browser extens...

Declassified. Today, we examine a declassified government record concerning Taiwan’s intent to bomb a Chinese airfield in July nineteen-fifty. This record, cataloged as US Intelligence on China CI00388, is sourced from documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act and made public by The Black Vault archive. Its declassification authority is not speci...