What did the declassified documents reveal?

This is Declassified. Today, we examine a Central Intelligence Agency Current Intelligence Bulletin from January twelfth, nineteen-fifty-two, concerning Chinese Nationalist forces in Burma. This declassified record is available at archive.org. This document was released by the C-I-A in two-thousand-three, declassified under a Freedom of Information Act review completed in nineteen-ninety-seven. The declassification authority is cited as D-A-T-R, by an unnamed reviewer. The document itself is marked "approved for release" on October twenty-second, two-thousand-three. The bulletin is marked as Document Number zero-zero-zero-four-seven. No change in classification. Declassified. The classification was changed to Top Secret. The next review date is redacted. The bulletin reports, quote: "Chinese Nationalist force in Burma reported preparing for new operations in Yunnan. The U-S Army Attache in Rangoon has been informed that Chinese Nationalist General Li Mi is preparing a new attack upon Yunnan from Burma with a force of twelve-thousand. The attack is to take place sometime after January twenty-seventh, the Chinese New Year. Li Mi's force is said to include several hundred Chinese Nationalist troops recently arrived from Thailand. The Attache reports that the Burmese authorities are apprehensive over this development and believe the Chinese Communist Government is ready to serve an 'ultimatum.' Meanwhile, the Burmese Foreign Minister told the U-S Charge that he intended to take up the question of an appeal to the U-N with the Prime Minister upon the latter's return from a northern trip." The bulletin's comment section, quote: "Chinese Nationalists under Li Mi's command in Burma have been inactive since last summer, although their continued presence in Burma has remained a source of concern to the Burmese Government. This report coincides with Li Mi's visit to Taipei and growing Soviet and Chinese Communist propaganda accusing the U-S of assisting the Nationalists in attacks on China from Southeast Asian bases." This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. storyflo.com, and the document's canonical U-R-L is archive.org/download/us-china-intel-C-I-zero-zero-eight-six-three/C-I-zero-zero-eight-six-threedjvu.txt.

Why was this case declassified?

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.

Today, We Examine A Central Intelligence Agency Current Intelligence Bulletin

◆ BLUF — The short version

This is Declassified. Today, we examine a Central Intelligence Agency Current Intelligence Bulletin from January twelfth, nineteen-fifty-two, concerning Chinese Nationalist forces in Burma. org. This document was released by the C-I-A in two-thousand-three, declassified under a Freedom of Information Act review completed in nineteen-ninety-seven.

Date: OCT 14 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
Source document: View the primary source document

↯ Dispatch — press play1:00

0:001:00

↯ Share

X in r/

Episode notes

This is Declassified. Today, we examine a Central Intelligence Agency Current Intelligence Bulletin from January twelfth, nineteen-fifty-two, concerning Chinese Nationalist forces in Burma. This declassified record is available at archive.org. This document was released by the C-I-A in…

View the primary source document

Questions about this case

What was Today, We Examine A Central Intelligence Agency Current Intelligence Bulletin about?: This is Declassified. Today, we examine a Central Intelligence Agency Current Intelligence Bulletin from January twelfth, nineteen-fifty-two, concerning Chinese Nationalist forces in Burma. org. This document was released by the C-I-A in two-thousand-three, declassified under a Freedom of Information Act review completed in nineteen-ninety-seven.
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.

intelligence-vault

Related cases

✉ Dispatches

A short dispatch when a new file is released — narrated, answer-first, and linked straight to the primary source. No spam; unsubscribe anytime.

↯ Subscribe to the feed

RSS feed Browse all cases

Today, We Examine A Central Intelligence Agency Current Intelligence Bulletin

Questions about this case

Related cases

CIA From Declassified, A Storyflo Podcast.

Central Intelligence Agency Memorandum Addressed To Mr

Today, Declassified Presents A Central Intelligence Agency Record, A Memorandum

This Episode Of Declassified Presents A Central Intelligence Agency Record

This Episode Reviews A Declassified Army Intelligence Memorandum From January

Questions about this case

Related cases

CIA From Declassified, A Storyflo Podcast.

Central Intelligence Agency Memorandum Addressed To Mr

Today, Declassified Presents A Central Intelligence Agency Record, A Memorandum

This Episode Of Declassified Presents A Central Intelligence Agency Record

This Episode Reviews A Declassified Army Intelligence Memorandum From January

Get the next declassified case in your inbox