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U.S. intelligence cable concerning Soviet targets in Communist China, transmitted on October thirteenth, nineteen fifty. The document is a top secret communication from the Joint Strategic Planning Office, and it is notable because it outlines the conditions under which U.S. forces might be authorized to strike Soviet installations located within China. The text was released to the public through The Black Vault, uploaded as a digitized copy of the original cable. The release appears as part of a broader declassification effort, and the source URL is archive dot org slash download slash us dash china dash intel dash CI00519 slash CI00519 underscore djvu dot txt. No specific FOIA case number is listed, but the declassification authority is indicated in the archival metadata as a standard government release. Now, the content of the cable itself: o4 GENERAL BRADQUART™S, nn yer PAR BAST COMMANMist UP ALOT Bo oe gO Uae, MEGOING MESSuGR Li 8 “Mig PRCH: CINGFE TOKYO JAPAN Qi : | BA. ASH a & a A ea a Coe ee em FRIGRITY x z Urusg ¥ 93706, Caray. re t5 Gees dad | : ot srapanad tn Fart 2, urusg, would provide authority to attack 'Seviet targets In Comminist Chins under conditiona stated. CEPICTALY | APPROVED: - eS ne RR. WRIGE Brigadier General, USA. Brigadier General, GSc. Adjotent General Shiets, JSPOE Gepied tas: - GING. SefS. Gaz JSPOG (return) u/as 1, By radio Ck 63539 POU queried D4. on JCS. position on attacking. pode targets in G6 in event of war with Russia... fad was sent in reaponse to a véquesh from FEAR for ¢lavifleation: oni: thia mat cee a reply, $9378, vefars. to. comments they propose: to. make te JES o aca SiSd PROP 1-50 and requests. GINCEE a: views: on thede Eappestis Re- teh reg’ te: PEC. query DE oreposes.. tz thats no: OpYiE. bs: aondusted : eatnat har chee ia, OO mtd]. status oo: va-a-vig: pe baie elarifie iy A addy. policy: qould: not preven: agetion against. edt. ox Soviet: arenes forces or facilities shich-are in agtive use by such, forces and. whose axiabenes posed a direat beac eg threat Sep = on” FEC, regatileas- af location. bs. DA makea a second: propasiil;: neti: elated ta PRG query. Tn aubetande, this proposal ts to suanend action, anti the completion of Korean. hoetih ities; on detemining: the shortages: in the materials: which are nesded by FRG toc SuBES ee EOE 1-50; 2, Sbordinat: tom on. ‘Wa haves Gah. (ol 8 S 8 Gian}. ere gee ht gage, oo, pa erg a. # Xe » 2 ose tatek fas, pes

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This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

Case File · ARCHIVE-001Declassified

Filed OCT 31 · 2026Runtime 1 min

Intelligence Cable Concerning Soviet Targets In Communist China, Transmitted

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated October 31, 2026

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S. intelligence cable concerning Soviet targets in Communist China, transmitted on October thirteenth, nineteen fifty. S. forces might be authorized to strike Soviet installations located within China. The text was released to the public through The Black Vault, uploaded as a digitized copy of the original cable.

Date: OCT 31 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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U.S. intelligence cable concerning Soviet targets in Communist China, transmitted on October thirteenth, nineteen fifty. The document is a top secret communication from the Joint Strategic Planning Office, and it is notable because it outlines the conditions under which U.S. forces might be…

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What was Intelligence Cable Concerning Soviet Targets In Communist China, Transmitted about?: S. intelligence cable concerning Soviet targets in Communist China, transmitted on October thirteenth, nineteen fifty. S. forces might be authorized to strike Soviet installations located within China. The text was released to the public through The Black Vault, uploaded as a digitized copy of the original cable.
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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