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Cold open. This is a declassified United States Army memorandum dated December seventh, nineteen fifty, requesting a statement on the capabilities of Chinese guerrilla forces for inclusion in the so‑called “Black Book.” The document is hosted by The Black Vault. Provenance. The memorandum was released to the public through The Black Vault archive, which reproduces the original scanned record from the Army’s Office of the Chief of Staff. The declassification authority is the United States Army, Office of the Chief of Staff, and the file was made publicly available without a specific FOIA case number. The document. MEMORANDUM FOR: ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF, G‑2 ATTN: Colonel J. W. Middleton SUBJECT: Statement for inclusion in “Black Book.” 1. Reference is made to memorandum from the Secretary of the General Staff to the Comptroller of the Army, dated twenty‑nine November, nineteen fifty, subject “Presentations to the Congress in Support of the Second Supplemental Appropriation for Fiscal Year fifty‑one.” 2. Request has been received from the Chief of Staff to include in the “Black Book” a statement of “capabilities of the Chinese guerrilla forces in China.” 3. It is presumed this pertains to an all‑out collision as a result of the Chinese‑Korean aggressions. 4. It is requested that this statement be prepared and forwarded in six copies to the Comptroller of the Army, ATTN: Program Review and Analysis Division, as quickly as possible, for inclusion in the “Black Book.” FOR THE COMPTROLLER OF THE ARMY: W. H. Heavey, Colonel, G‑S‑C, Office, Program Review and Analysis Division Six December, nineteen fifty. Context. No additional contextual statement was supplied by the Department of the Army regarding this memorandum. Outro. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. storyflo.com https://archive.org/download/us-china-intel-CI00606/CI00606djvu.txt

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Filed OCT 27 · 2026Runtime 1 min

United States Army Memorandum Dated December Seventh, Nineteen Fifty

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated October 27, 2026

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Cold open. ” The document is hosted by The Black Vault. Provenance. The memorandum was released to the public through The Black Vault archive, which reproduces the original scanned record from the Army’s Office of the Chief of Staff.

Date: OCT 27 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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Cold open. This is a declassified United States Army memorandum dated December seventh, nineteen fifty, requesting a statement on the capabilities of Chinese guerrilla forces for inclusion in the so‑called “Black Book.” The document is hosted by The Black Vault. Provenance. The memorandum was…

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What was United States Army Memorandum Dated December Seventh, Nineteen Fifty about?: Cold open. ” The document is hosted by The Black Vault. Provenance. The memorandum was released to the public through The Black Vault archive, which reproduces the original scanned record from the Army’s Office of the Chief of Staff.
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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