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Declassified. Today, we examine a Top Secret Staff Summary Sheet from the United States Air Force, dated August twentieth, nineteen-fifty-three, concerning the consolidation of related actions pertaining to Far East Air Force and Strategic Air Command forces after the Korean armistice. This document offers insight into early Cold War strategic adjustments. It is available on documents2.theblackvault.com. This record was released under the Freedom of Information Act as part of the U.S. Intelligence on China collection. The declassification authority and specific FOIA case number are not stated on the document itself, but it was made publicly available on archive.org by The Black Vault. The document, titled "Consolidation of Related Actions Pertaining to FEAF and SAC Forces," details discussions following the Korean armistice. Quote: "The armistice in Korea has created an entirely new situation in the Far East and has raised many questions in regard to the proper disposition and employment of U.S.A.F. forces in the Far East area in order to carry out our new missions of: a. Maintaining a strong military position in the Far East to enhance U.S. position at the forthcoming political talks and to serve as a deterrent to resumption of hostilities short of general war and to general war. b. Providing for the security of our military forces in the Far East and preparing for instant retaliation in case of a surprise communist offensive. c. Preparing to execute U.S.A.F. missions of the Joint Emergency War Plan, particularly S-A-C Emergency War Plan and preparing to support a possible combined offensive in the event the communists renew hostilities." End quote. The summary then lists key points at issue: First, quote: "Storage of Nuclear Components." Lieutenant Colonel Carney. Quote: "Nuclear components are currently stored in Guam and aboard certain aircraft carriers in the Far East. This forward movement has given naval forces a faster delivery capability than Air Forces in the area, although no allocation of weapons has been made. Naval forces have a slightly larger capability to deliver nuclear weapons with forces currently in the Far East in terms of numbers of aircraft. It should be the Air Force position to secure forward storage of nuclears and non-nuclears in Japan, as well as other current locations, so long as forward storage is authorized by the Joint Chiefs of Staff." End quote. Second, quote: "Tactical Atomic Delivery Force." Lieutenant Colonel Talbott. Quote: "General Weyland, C-O-M-F-E-A-F, has repeatedly requested that his atomic delivery force of twenty-five F-eighty-four-Gs be increased to a full wing to give him a greater immediate retaliatory capability because the armistice resulted in loss of initiative by U.S.A.F. forces, and further, to offset the Navy's greater and more immediate atomic delivery capability. This action is currently under way. It would transfer fifty F-eighty-four-Gs from S-A-C to F-E-A-F (by water shipment) to…

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Declassified. Today, we examine a Top Secret Staff Summary Sheet from the United States Air Force, dated August twentieth, nineteen-fifty-three, concerning the consolidation of related actions pertaining to Far East Air Force and Strategic Air Command forces after the Korean armistice.

Date: OCT 4 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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