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This is a declassified United States intelligence report on the Republic of China, prepared by the Staff Section of Headquarters Far East Command, United Nations Command, Office of the Commander in Chief and Office of the Chief of Staff, dated May 1952. The document appears in the public archive of the Central Intelligence Agency and is hosted by The Black Vault. The record was released to the public through a Freedom of Information Act request, identified in the Black Vault entry under the file name CI00906. The release date on the archive is listed as May twenty‑second, twenty twenty‑two, and the declassification authority is the Central Intelligence Agency’s Office of Historical Review. Security Information – Staff Section Report, Headquarters Far East Command, United Nations Command, Office of the Commander in Chief and Office of the Chief of Staff, May 1952. The report begins by noting heightened concern by General Clark over the adequacy of his forces for the defense of Japan and the prosecution of the war in Korea. As a possible solution he recommended that the Republic of China be requested, as a contribution to the United Nations effort, to offer a Chinese Nationalist Army of two divisions for service in Korea at the earliest practicable date. While acknowledging that the political implications of this offer had not been weighed, he listed several anticipated benefits: a) With additional forces on the United Nations side it would emphasize the resolve of Orientals to resist Communist aggression. b) United Nations Command units, with this additional reserve, would be able to rest and re‑equip themselves on a rotational basis. c) The increased reserve power would give the Eighth Army the capability for more protracted combat operations. d) The Chinese Nationalist forces would be receiving combat training and a boost in morale. e) The “will to fight” of the Chinese Communists might be weakened and they might be encouraged to defect. f) Finally, an increase in Asiatic participation might make possible a gradual redeployment of United States forces from Korea to Japan, with a consequent buildup of strategic reserves. The equipping of these Chinese divisions was considered to be without prejudice to the manpower required for the expansion of the National Police Reserve of Japan to a three hundred twenty‑five thousand man force and the expansion of the Republic of Korea Army to the proposed wartime strength of three hundred sixty‑three thousand. Intelligence Matters – The question of providing intelligence information to the Japanese was discussed by C I N C F E early in May. In personal letters to Admiral Joy and General Weyland he pointed out that in this matter he was guided by instructions from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He stated there was no intention of curtailing low‑level intelligence activities in which the Far East Command had been engaged with the Japanese during the past several years, provided these activities were not…

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CIA United States Intelligence Report On The Republic Of China, Prepared

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This is a declassified United States intelligence report on the Republic of China, prepared by the Staff Section of Headquarters Far East Command, United Nations Command, Office of the Commander in Chief and Office of the Chief of Staff, dated May 1952.

Date: OCT 11 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was CIA United States Intelligence Report On The Republic Of China, Prepared about?: This is a declassified United States intelligence report on the Republic of China, prepared by the Staff Section of Headquarters Far East Command, United Nations Command, Office of the Commander in Chief and Office of the Chief of Staff, dated May 1952.
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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