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Welcome to Declassified. Today, we delve into a declassified C-I-A intelligence report titled, "Chinese Intentions toward Korean War," dated December seventh, nineteen-fifty. This top-secret document provides a snapshot of U-S intelligence assessments at a critical juncture of the Korean War, drawing on information obtained from vault.fbi.gov. This report was declassified under Executive Order Twelve-one-fifty-nine, with the specific declassification authority and release date remaining redacted under exemption B-one. The document was made public through the Freedom of Information Act and can be accessed via documents2.theblackvault.com. The report opens by stating: "This is a report which reviews what is beginning to be seen as the critical meeting of decision by the Chinese Communists in Peiping on November tenth. The report presents a clarification of what went on at the meeting, obtained, allegedly, from [one line redacted]. So-called clarification includes the statement: (a) Third World War considered inevitable by C-C-P. (b) Chinese preparing for winter warfare because U-S-S-R prefers fighting then since it has best winter-trained troops. (c) To protect Pacific area, Japan must be defeated before it can re-arm. It is reported that a pre-war objective is the destruction of five million anti-Communists. (d) Establishment of a Sino-Soviet command system. (e) Chinese Communist supply lines must be protected and local militias organized. (f) Communist forces in Viet Minh, Thailand, Burma, Philippines to be mobilized and aided by Chinese Communists. (g) Anticipate attack on the mainland from Taiwan and use against China of the atom bomb. It was stated that the Chinese Communist objectives in Korea are to drive U-N troops out of Asia, obtain military bases in Korea, and enable continuance of the Soviet naval base at Najin. The report continues: "From [one line redacted] and other sources we have had items bearing on almost all of the (a) to (g) points, except (b) and (c). It could be said that this piece is possibly the construction of a policy statement of intentions from reports previously made. However, because it seems to be pretty much the obvious program that is unfolding, it is fair to give it a C-three evaluation as being somewhere between possibly and probably true that decisions made in November by the Chinese Communists were along the above lines." The document then introduces a contrasting perspective: "A late report from what we believe to be a non-Nationalist source throws a different light on possible Communist intentions in Korea. This source states that the Communists plan to move to the thirty-eighth parallel and believe that by the time they reach there U-N and U-S will grant their demands. According to this source, the Chinese Communists felt that use of the atom bomb in Korea as tactical support of U-N troops would not precipitate war, [four lines redacted under exemption E-O twelve-one-fifty-nine, three point three C] but…

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Filed OCT 27 · 2026Runtime 1 min

CIA Today, We Delve Into A Declassified C I A Intelligence Report Titled, "chinese

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

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Welcome to Declassified. Today, we delve into a declassified C-I-A intelligence report titled, "Chinese Intentions toward Korean War," dated December seventh, nineteen-fifty. gov. This report was declassified under Executive Order Twelve-one-fifty-nine, with the specific declassification authority and release date remaining redacted under exemption B-one.

Date: OCT 27 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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Welcome to Declassified. Today, we delve into a declassified C-I-A intelligence report titled, "Chinese Intentions toward Korean War," dated December seventh, nineteen-fifty. This top-secret document provides a snapshot of U-S intelligence assessments at a critical juncture of the Korean War…

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