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Intelligence references in the “MacArthur Hearings,” part two – a memorandum from the Central Intelligence Agency’s Legislative Counsel dated fourteen December, nineteen fifty‑one. The document is notable because it records the testimony of General Omar N. Bradley before the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, focusing on what U.S. intelligence knew about Chinese Communist forces during the Korean War. The memorandum was released through the CIA’s Electronic Reading Room, identified in the agency’s declassification docket as CIA‑RDP75‑00662R‑000300120006‑3. It was made publicly available on the Internet Archive, where the full text can be accessed at archive.org/download/us‑china‑intel‑CI00844/CI00844djvu.txt. The release reflects the agency’s routine declassification process under Executive Order one thousand nine hundred and thirty‑five. The memorandum reads in part: “Approved for release: fourteen December, nineteen fifty‑one. Memorandum for: the Director. From: Legislative Counsel. Subject: Intelligence references in the ‘MacArthur Hearings,’ Part two. Reference is made to a memorandum for the Director dated five July, nineteen fifty‑one, which includes extracts dealing with intelligence generally and the Central Intelligence Agency in particular from hearings before the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations in the United States Senate. Those hearings dealt with the military situation in the Far East and the facts surrounding the relief of General Douglas MacArthur from his assignments in that area. Part two includes the testimony of General Bradley and the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Page numbers are those in the final printed text of the hearings. Testimony of General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: “Senator Wiley: Is it not true that the Government had intelligence that Chinese Red troops stationed opposite Formosa were moving north some time before they entered the war; and that you had that intelligence, did you not?” “General Bradley: Yes, sir.” “Senator Wiley: Did you inform MacArthur?” “General Bradley: I am told that all of that information was sent to General MacArthur. However, the agent who does that is General Collins, in the Army, who acts as executive agency for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has prepared a very thorough analysis of what information was furnished to General MacArthur, and General MacArthur’s headquarters, and he will be prepared to give you that when he comes before your committee. He can give it to you in a lot more detail than I can.” “Senator Wiley: Will he also be able to give us the general, overall picture as to the information that was sent to MacArthur, from world sources, as to the subject—whether Red China would intervene in this battle, or not?” “General Bradley: I think he can tell you any information that we had at that time on the subject, and just what was passed on to…

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CIA Intelligence References In The “macarthur Hearings,” Part Two – A Memorandum

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Intelligence references in the “MacArthur Hearings,” part two – a memorandum from the Central Intelligence Agency’s Legislative Counsel dated fourteen December, nineteen fifty‑one. The document is notable because it records the testimony of General Omar N. S. intelligence knew about Chinese Communist forces during the Korean War.

Date: OCT 15 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was CIA Intelligence References In The “macarthur Hearings,” Part Two – A Memorandum about?: Intelligence references in the “MacArthur Hearings,” part two – a memorandum from the Central Intelligence Agency’s Legislative Counsel dated fourteen December, nineteen fifty‑one. The document is notable because it records the testimony of General Omar N. S. intelligence knew about Chinese Communist forces during the Korean War.
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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