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This is Declassified. Today, we present a declassified C-I-A record titled, "U.S. Intelligence on China: N-C-N-A Special Article on American Espionage Activities." This Airgram, dated July nineteenth, nineteen-fifty, provides a unique insight into early Cold War perceptions of American activities in China. You can find this document on archive.org, linked from theblackvault.com. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act and made public on archive.org, serving as a primary source from the early years of the People's Republic of China. Its declassification authority and specific case number are not immediately available within the document itself, but its presence in public archives affirms its official release. The document is an Airgram from the American Consulate General in Hong Kong to the Department of State, dated July nineteenth, nineteen-fifty. Its subject is: "N-C-N-A Special Article on American Espionage Activities." The airgram states: "The enclosed translation of a special article released by the New China News Agency in Peking on July eighth, nineteen-fifty, purports to describe American espionage activities in China. While containing no new allegations not previously put forward by the Chinese Communists with regard to American 'espionage activities' in the Far East, the article nevertheless provides an interesting [one line redacted] it includes references to alleged 'espionage activities' by [two lines redacted] the large Catholic mission at Sien-hsien, Hopei [one line redacted] and the Mukden espionage case; intensification of American activities on the perimeter of China following closing of American consular establishments on the mainland; alleged American sponsorship of anti-Communist guerrilla operations; General Donovan's trip to Hong Kong in January of this year; and the unexplained activities of Vice Consul Machiernan in Sinkiang after the closure of the office in Tihwa in August, nineteen-forty-nine." The enclosed article from the New China News Agency, titled "American Espionage Activities" by Ya Hsia, begins: "When President Truman on June twenty-seventh announced his decision to obstruct the Liberation of Taiwan by the People's Liberation Army, he also put up a show by issuing an order to the Kuomintang to cease its air and naval attack of the mainland. Explaining the reason for this 'cessation of attack', U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson on June twenty-eighth stated that the objective was to 'restore peace and security in the area'. Thus once again, Acheson has placed upon himself the role of a political swindler. For, as is well known, the armed intervention of American imperialism in Taiwan, China's territorial persuasion, and in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, has already directly undermined the peace and security of an extensive area on the Pacific. And ever since the collapse on continental China of the reactionary Kuomintang rule, it has been none other than the American…

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Case File · ARCHIVE-003Declassified

Filed NOV 8 · 2026Runtime 1 min

CIA Today, We Present A Declassified C I A Record Titled, "u.s.

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated November 8, 2026

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Date: NOV 8 · 2026
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This is Declassified. Today, we present a declassified C-I-A record titled, "U.S. Intelligence on China: N-C-N-A Special Article on American Espionage Activities." This Airgram, dated July nineteenth, nineteen-fifty, provides a unique insight into early Cold War perceptions of American activities…

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