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Declassified. This episode features a declassified C-I-A record concerning U.S. intelligence on China. The document includes minutes from the One Hundred Fourteenth Meeting of the National Security Council, held on April second, nineteen-fifty-two, along with memoranda dated March fourth and March twenty-eighth, nineteen-fifty-two. This top-secret record outlines crucial policy discussions regarding anti-Communist Chinese forces. The full document is available on The Black Vault, at documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act and made available by the National Archives. It serves as a historical record of high-level discussions within the U.S. government concerning its strategic posture in the Far East during the early Cold War era. The minutes from the National Security Council meeting on April second, nineteen-fifty-two, state: "A. Discussed the reference report by the Secretary of Defense on the subject (NSC One Hundred Twenty-eight). B. Directed the NSC staff, after preliminary discussion by the Secretaries of State and Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence, to prepare a report for Council consideration in the light of a review of NSC Forty-eight/Five, insofar as it pertains to United States policy toward Formosa, the Chinese Nationalist Government, and other anti-Communist Chinese forces, and in the light of the views of the Secretary of State contained in NSC One Hundred Twenty-six. C. Noted the reference report by the Department of State on the subject. D. Noted the status of C-I-A projects as of March thirty-first, nineteen-fifty-two." A memorandum from the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, dated March twenty-eighth, nineteen-fifty-two, and addressed to the Steering Committee, states: "Subject: United States Policies on Support for Anti-Communist Chinese Forces. References: A. NSC Forty-eight/Five. B. NSC One Hundred Twenty-eight. At the request of the Department of Defense, the enclosed views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the subject are transmitted herewith for the information of the Senior State, Defense, J-C-S and C-I-A members of the NSC Staff in connection with the review of certain of the policies contained in NSC Forty-eight/Five, as recommended in NSC One Hundred Twenty-eight. As requested by the Department of Defense, in view of the highly sensitive nature of certain matters mentioned in the enclosure, the latter is being given a special distribution limited to members of the Steering Committee. James S. Lay, Jr. Executive Secretary." A memorandum from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, dated March fourth, nineteen-fifty-two, details their military perspective: "Subject: United States Policies on Support for Anti-Communist Chinese Forces. One. This memorandum is in response to your memorandum of January third, nineteen-fifty-two, in which you request that the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from the military point of…

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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.

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Declassified. S. intelligence on China. The document includes minutes from the One Hundred Fourteenth Meeting of the National Security Council, held on April second, nineteen-fifty-two, along with memoranda dated March fourth and March twenty-eighth, nineteen-fifty-two. This top-secret record outlines crucial policy discussions regarding anti-Communist Chinese forces.

Date: OCT 11 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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Declassified. This episode features a declassified C-I-A record concerning U.S. intelligence on China. The document includes minutes from the One Hundred Fourteenth Meeting of the National Security Council, held on April second, nineteen-fifty-two, along with memoranda dated March fourth and March…

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What was CIA C I A Record Concerning U.s about?: Declassified. S. intelligence on China. The document includes minutes from the One Hundred Fourteenth Meeting of the National Security Council, held on April second, nineteen-fifty-two, along with memoranda dated March fourth and March twenty-eighth, nineteen-fifty-two. This top-secret record outlines crucial policy discussions regarding anti-Communist Chinese forces.
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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