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Welcome to Declassified. Today, a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record from March seventh, nineteen-fifty-two, concerning a naval vessel requested for a reconnaissance mission. This document is available at documents2.theblackvault.com. This record was released through Freedom of Information Act case F-two-thousand-and-one-zero-four-eight-two, on February twenty-eighth, two-thousand-and-six, under the authority of the National Archives and Records Administration, A-A-R-O, Declassification Authority. The document is a routing communication from C-I-N-C-F-E, Commander-in-Chief Far East, to C-O-M-N-A-V-F-E, Commander Naval Forces Far East, dated March seventh, nineteen-fifty-two, at fourteen-fifty-five Zulu. It is classified Secret Security Information. The message states: "Reference is made to memorandum from A-C/S G-two, G-H-Q, [two lines redacted under exemption B1] to D/I F-E-A-F and [redacted] N-A-V-F-E, dated February seventh, nineteen-fifty-two and to related correspondence on same subject. Results of this mission indicate desirability of conducting a more detailed exploration. Anticipate reconnaissance of suitable positions off Antung, Dairen, Tsingtao, Shanghai, and Vladivostok. Request C-O-M-N-A-V-F-E provide suitable vessel for period of [two lines redacted under exemption B1] one month beginning on or about March fifteenth." A "Memorandum for Record" note at the bottom of the page states: "This message requested by General Ennis." Copies of the message were distributed to C-O-F-S, J-S-P-O-G, G-two, G-two Intelligence Division, and G-two Intelligence Division P-and-B. The drafter is listed as Colonel C. B. Warden, A-G, on March seventh, nineteen-fifty-two. The Black Vault archive entry provides additional context for this document, noting that it details a request from the Commander-in-Chief Far East for a naval vessel for a one-month reconnaissance mission along the coasts of China and Russia. The request follows an earlier mission that indicated the need for more detailed exploration of locations including Antung, Dairen, Tsingtao, Shanghai, and Vladivostok. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. Find this and other documents at storyflo.com and at archive.org/download/us-china-intel-C-I-zero-zero-eight-eight-two/C-I-zero-zero-eight-eight-twodjvu.txt.

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Welcome to Declassified. Today, a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record from March seventh, nineteen-fifty-two, concerning a naval vessel requested for a reconnaissance mission. com. This record was released through Freedom of Information Act case F-two-thousand-and-one-zero-four-eight-two, on February twenty-eighth, two-thousand-and-six, under the authority of the National Archives and Records Administration, A-A-R-O, Declassification Authority.

Date: OCT 13 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was Today, A Declassified Central Intelligence Agency Record From March Seventh about?: Welcome to Declassified. Today, a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record from March seventh, nineteen-fifty-two, concerning a naval vessel requested for a reconnaissance mission. com. This record was released through Freedom of Information Act case F-two-thousand-and-one-zero-four-eight-two, on February twenty-eighth, two-thousand-and-six, under the authority of the National Archives and Records Administration, A-A-R-O, Declassification Authority.
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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