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This is a declassified United States Army record concerning a reported Chinese plan to attack Indochina, dated December thirteenth, nineteen fifty‑one. The document appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for historically released government material. The record was made publicly available through The Black Vault’s digital collection. The release is part of the agency’s ongoing declassification effort, and the document is presented without alteration in the archive entry dated twenty‑first, September, two thousand twenty‑three. The declassification authority is the Department of the Army, acting under the provisions of the Executive Order on classified national security information. Now, the text of the original cable, reproduced as it appears in the source file: “GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, FAR EAST COMMAND ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE – RADIO BRANCH (SECURITY INFORMATION) PRIORITY – TOP SECRET FROM: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, G‑2, WASHINGTON D.C. TO: G‑2, TOKYO, JAPAN; US ARMY, HONG KONG, CHINA; US ARMY, SINGAPORE; US ARMY, TAIZHOU; US ARMY, SAIGON; US ARMY, BANGKOK; USAIR, TAIZHOU REF: DA 89436, CABLE, TAIPEI, 28 DECEMBER, NINETEEN FIFTY‑ONE SUBJECT: CHINESE COMMUNISTS INTEND OFFENSIVE IN INDO‑CHINA, THIRTY‑EIGHT DECEMBER, PART OF CHINESE COMMUNIST ARMY WILL THREATEN THAILAND BORDER REQUEST: YOUR EVALUATION AND COMMENTS NO SIGNATURE ACTION: G‑2 – AO 08 CHIEF OF STAFF, JOINT STAFF PLANNING ORGANIZATION – ADDED DISTRIBUTION PRIORITY – TOP SECRET SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: P SECRET. CONSULT CRYPTO CENTER BEFORE DECLASSIFYING. HANDLE AS CORRESPONDENCE OF CLASSIFICATION CARRIED HEREON PER PARAGRAPHS SEVENTEEN A ONE TWO AND FORTY‑ONE C TWO THREE AND G ONE, AR 380‑5, FIFTEEN NOVEMBER NINETEEN FORTY‑NINE. COPY NO. I” The Black Vault’s editorial note accompanying the file reads: “The document is a top‑secret cable from the Far East Command adjutant general’s office, dated December thirteenth, nineteen fifty‑one, warning that Chinese Communist forces were planning an offensive in Indochina and a possible threat to the Thai border.” This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. storyflo.com https://archive.org/download/us-china-intel-CI00842/CI00842djvu.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.

United States Army Record Concerning A Reported Chinese Plan To Attack Indochina

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This is a declassified United States Army record concerning a reported Chinese plan to attack Indochina, dated December thirteenth, nineteen fifty‑one. The document appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for historically released government material. The record was made publicly available through The Black Vault’s digital collection.

Date: OCT 15 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was United States Army Record Concerning A Reported Chinese Plan To Attack Indochina about?: This is a declassified United States Army record concerning a reported Chinese plan to attack Indochina, dated December thirteenth, nineteen fifty‑one. The document appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for historically released government material. The record was made publicly available through The Black Vault’s digital collection.
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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