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Declassified. Today, we examine a declassified C-I-A record detailing a request for a code name for contemplated reconnaissance operations along the southeast China coast, dated March seventeenth, nineteen-fifty-one. This document is available on documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was declassified under Executive Order, per a J-C-S letter dated August twentieth, nineteen-seventy-five. The original classification was Top Secret. The document is an incoming message from the Commander Naval Forces Far East, to the Commander in Chief Far East, with information to the Commander Seventh Fleet. The message reads: "Request assignment code name for contemplated operation plans to be issued by Commander Seventh Fleet. Following information accordance Paragraph three, C-I-N-C-F-E Letter A-G three hundred eleven point five (twenty-six November forty-eight); A. Special serial reconnaissance southeast China coast, B. Top Secret, C. C-I-N-C-F-E, C-I-N-C-P-A-C-F-L-T, O-N-O, C-O-M-N-A-V-F-E, C-G F-E-A-F, C-T-F seventy, C-T-G seventy point six, and C-O-M Seventh F-L-T, N-C." The note appended to the message states: "This message received direct from C-O-M-N-A-V-F-E via courier." It specifies "Paraphrase not required" and references correspondence of classification hereon per paragraphs one-seven-a-(one)-(two) and four-one-c-(two)-(three) and nine-(one), dated one November nineteen-forty-nine. The context provided by The Black Vault states that this document is United States intelligence on China and specifically refers to reconnaissance over China. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. storyflo.com, and the document's canonical U-R-L, which is archive.org/download/us-china-intel-C-I-zero-zero-six-eight-two/C-I-zero-zero-six-eight-twodjvu.txt.

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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.

CIA Today, We Examine A Declassified C I A Record Detailing A Request

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Declassified. Today, we examine a declassified C-I-A record detailing a request for a code name for contemplated reconnaissance operations along the southeast China coast, dated March seventeenth, nineteen-fifty-one. com. This document was declassified under Executive Order, per a J-C-S letter dated August twentieth, nineteen-seventy-five.

Date: OCT 22 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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Declassified. Today, we examine a declassified C-I-A record detailing a request for a code name for contemplated reconnaissance operations along the southeast China coast, dated March seventeenth, nineteen-fifty-one. This document is available on documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was…

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What was CIA Today, We Examine A Declassified C I A Record Detailing A Request about?: Declassified. Today, we examine a declassified C-I-A record detailing a request for a code name for contemplated reconnaissance operations along the southeast China coast, dated March seventeenth, nineteen-fifty-one. com. This document was declassified under Executive Order, per a J-C-S letter dated August twentieth, nineteen-seventy-five.
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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