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From Storyflo, this is Declassified. Today we're examining a declassified National Security Agency record: an Intelligence Summary, dated October thirteenth, nineteen fifty, outlining U.S. intelligence on China during the Korean War. This document is available at documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act by the National Security Agency, approved for release on March twenty-third, two thousand ten, under declassification authority HR seventy-zero one four. It summarizes intelligence from all available sources at the time. The document begins: SITUATION SUMMARY October thirteenth, nineteen fifty. Summary of Current Indications Based on All Available Sources. Central Intelligence Agency. Declassified. One. Far North, Alaska. Nothing new to report. Two. Korea, North China, Japan. As of October eleventh, a North Korean force of one hundred thirty-two thousand, five hundred was believed available for combat north of the thirty-eighth parallel, including eighty thousand in ten fairly cohesive line divisions with their supporting units and remnants from the southern front, twenty-two thousand, five hundred in seven security brigades, and thirty thousand in police-type organizations. An additional fifty thousand men are believed still in training. New units are being organized. Despite reverses, North Korean messages indicate the intention to continue the fight. Prior to the South Korean attack on Wonsan, there was an effort to withdraw equipment from the area, and there has been an attempted supply [two words redacted under exemption B one] in the Pyongyang area. There are continuing indications of plans for air operations. Airfield construction continues, new Air Force radio stations have appeared, and equipment and personnel have been ordered back to the forward areas. A October tenth message requested information about potential air targets, particularly at the Kimpo and Suwon airfields, and established visual night recognition signals between North Korean air and ground units. There is no information on the availability of aircraft. North Korean difficulties are illustrated by a deterioration of radio communications between combat units and by messages which mention small uprisings of "reactionary" civilians, and the formation of "Combat Stimulation Units" to prevent front-line defections. Shortage of vehicles has impeded both supply and salvage operations. Soviet, North Korean, and Chinese Communist messages continue to show Soviet and Chinese logistic support. There is still no reliable evidence that Chinese Communist units, as such, are in Korea. There is no further [one word redacted under exemption B one] evidence of additional units in Manchuria, but communications intelligence shows the development of a new air radio net in Manchuria and indicates increasing activity in the Korean-Manchurian border area. On October third and fourth, communications intelligence showed a very high level of…

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Filed NOV 1 · 2026Runtime 1 min

CIA From Storyflo, This Is Declassified.

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated November 1, 2026

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From Storyflo, this is Declassified. S. intelligence on China during the Korean War. com. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act by the National Security Agency, approved for release on March twenty-third, two thousand ten, under declassification authority HR seventy-zero one four.

Date: NOV 1 · 2026
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From Storyflo, this is Declassified. Today we're examining a declassified National Security Agency record: an Intelligence Summary, dated October thirteenth, nineteen fifty, outlining U.S. intelligence on China during the Korean War. This document is available at documents2.theblackvault.com. This…

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What was CIA From Storyflo, This Is Declassified. about?: From Storyflo, this is Declassified. S. intelligence on China during the Korean War. com. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act by the National Security Agency, approved for release on March twenty-third, two thousand ten, under declassification authority HR seventy-zero one four.
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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