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Case File · ARCHIVE-010Declassified
Filed OCT 19 · 2026Runtime 1 min

Declassified Presents A Declassified CIA

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated October 19, 2026

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A. record concerning United States intelligence on China, specifically a cable from July first, nineteen-fifty-one, deferring an aerial reconnaissance operation. com. O. org. O. five-hundred. O. nine-two-five. The identification is "Secret" with a number two-dash-two-dash-two-dash. The releasing officer is listed as B.

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OCT 19 · 2026
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Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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Declassified presents a declassified C.I.A. record concerning United States intelligence on China, specifically a cable from July first, nineteen-fifty-one, deferring an aerial reconnaissance operation. This document illuminates early Cold War surveillance strategies and is available through the…

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A. record concerning United States intelligence on China, specifically a cable from July first, nineteen-fifty-one, deferring an aerial reconnaissance operation. com. O. org. O. five-hundred. O. nine-two-five. The identification is "Secret" with a number two-dash-two-dash-two-dash. The releasing officer is listed as B.
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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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