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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 declassified records. The National Archives and Records Administration authorized its declassification, and the file was made available on the archive site without a specific Freedom of Information Act case number. The entry can be accessed at the Black Vault URL for this document. The telegram reads as follows: “Action FE i, Sh G OLI UNA DCR 433/sso | A ‘INCOMING TLE © Department of State thas TELEGRAPH BRANCH 552 Sob SEs Re Contra: L2654 ae ‘Reed: June 28, 1950 FROM: Paipei — - 2 ‘ES 9339 pom Te: eecrenaty. of State ea. eo. NO: ‘000, . June 29, 1 aot. é wt vr ste Oe 8 Be see ee Ste Foreign Minister: .¥6h: 10 ome Sune 28% | phe. ‘Chinese. abienaene 4s. in receipt of Bs aide memoee f sthe. mission: assigned -66. thie US Seventh Fleet with referénee. ie so fe x ee Ho DISTRIBUTION Me ve ; SMYTEL- poi June: 28. Se eee ne faeces ee oe “Pollowing is FOWOFF ‘tra nslatior of reply handed’ me by No.. 93, dated 27 JUNE g : 1956, -Of.. the Embassy. of ‘thesud ited States of. Atierica; .expressing the cencern of the United”: States Government over the security of the Pacific are view .of; the. attack of-the :Northern Korean £éréés Jagat Republic. of Korea. ‘anid informing. the. Chinese -Govermnen to Pormoga , . and requesting the Chinese. Government to extend to the US Government full cooperation’ in issuing necessary orders to terminate its air and sea operations against the Communist—-held mainland, or against shipping in Chinesé waters or on the bien SEAS o we tm + 4 a @oneideracion. of the “urgent mative ef the communication and the common interest involved inthe proposal, the Chinese ‘Government wishes to express agreement in principle, and to inform the US Government that necessary orders to suspend the air. and Bea operat tons as requested have been. issued. ‘WhesChinese, Government. wishes, however, to call the sttentton of the US Government; to. the fact. that “the Chinese Government Br is at present. maintaining : ‘positions im Uintin® and the ‘Lema Tslands:. off, Canton; im the Island. of Kinmen off Amoy, in. the Island of. Matsti off’ “Foochow , ; and in Pachen Islands off the Chekiang Province: . gTheae island: positions, together with. these of..the Pestadores, fden’ part. ef thedefense of “faiwan. Phey are defended by’ S.considérable number of Chinese land forces with the BuRROE? of Chinese: @ir and pee forces. They : prance dec ANON EAA RI nave ee 6) SECRE ams or AM: 2VORT we Fo - 4 ee LA RIOR ITT REPRODUCTION GF Tals MESSAGE IS PRORIDITED 4 ~ -B4#11000, ‘June 29, l Boles from mespet

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Case File · ARCHIVE-002Declassified

Filed NOV 9 · 2026Runtime 1 min

State Department Telegram Dated June Twenty‑eighth, Nineteen Fifty

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated November 9, 2026

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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.

Date: NOV 9 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was State Department Telegram Dated June Twenty‑eighth, Nineteen Fifty about?: 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.
Why was this case declassified?: This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.

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