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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 a larger collection of declassified intelligence records pertaining to China, made available through the Black Vault archive. The specific declassification authority is not cited within the document itself. The document, an incoming message from the Department of the Army Staff Communications Office, is marked "Secret". From: Assistant Military Attaché, Taipei, Formosa. From Poston, signed Barrett. Re: OP one six nine. Statements concerning Washington official spokesman of the President's Office newsmen statements quoting Fisher Hou, M N D G two and Army Ground Force quoting Shanghai reports. M N D G two O B Section will not confirm movement of Communist troops Manchuria. They do confirm movement of troops Fukien Coast, and of absence of Korea column from Fourth Field Army. Even move of thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth Armies Changchun and Mukden still unverified. They believe Russian trained Manchurian troops will be used to back North Korea and that presence Chinese troops with North Koreans will be difficult to identify. If confirmation of above received from [four lines redacted under exemption B one] will be forwarded soonest. New subject: General Chow Chih-Jou commented to [two lines redacted under exemption B one] July, big difference between Soviets and U S was: Soviets committing satellite troops, whereas U S using own forces. New subject: Some highly placed Chinese feel Soviet objective to get U N (U S) committed in F E with Western troops against [two lines redacted under exemption B one] capitalize on universal anti-aggression. New subject: Taken units reported moving Manchuria are forty-first or forty-second Armies which I will not buy as yet. Last location forty-first Army Yencheng in Hsiang [one line redacted under exemption B one] and forty-second Army Tienshui in [one line redacted under exemption B one]. Comment by Army: Believe past experience with overzealous reports concerning Soviet forces Manchuria has made O B Section M N D gun shy about committing themselves. Notation: Information G three. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. For more declassified documents and their stories, visit storyflo.com, or access this document directly via archive.org/download/us-china-intel-CI00368/CI00368djvu.txt.

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Case File · ARCHIVE-003Declassified

Filed NOV 9 · 2026Runtime 1 min

CIA Today, We Delve Into An Army Intelligence Cable Concerning Communist Troop

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

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Welcome to Declassified. Today, we delve into an Army intelligence cable concerning Communist troop movements in Manchuria, dated July fifth, nineteen-fifty. gov. This document was released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. It is part of a larger collection of declassified intelligence records pertaining to China, made available through the Black Vault archive.

Date: NOV 9 · 2026
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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…

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What was CIA Today, We Delve Into An Army Intelligence Cable Concerning Communist Troop about?: Welcome to Declassified. Today, we delve into an Army intelligence cable concerning Communist troop movements in Manchuria, dated July fifth, nineteen-fifty. gov. This document was released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. It is part of a larger collection of declassified intelligence records pertaining to China, made available through the Black Vault archive.
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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