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This Declassified briefing presents a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record, dated May fourteenth, nineteen-fifty-four, concerning the recruitment of personnel in Taiwan for United States intelligence activities in Korea. This document is notable for detailing the operational cooperation between the United States and the Republic of China on Taiwan during the Cold War. This document was released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act and is accessible via The Black Vault at documents2.theblackvault.com. The specific declassification authority and exact release date are not cited on the record itself. The document reads: TO: Major General Lat, Wing-tang, Supreme G2, Ministry of National Defense, Republic of China. HEADQUARTERS FAR EAST COMMAND, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff J2, Intelligence. APO five hundred. May fourteenth, nineteen-fifty-four. SUBJECT: Recruiting of Personnel in Taiwan for US Intelligence Activities in Korea. One. References: A. F-E-C letter, File M-one-one-four-dash-five-four O-A-R-M-A, subject as above, dated eleven April nineteen-fifty-four. B. M-N-D letter, File forty-eight-dash-zero-zero-four, subject as above, dated seventeen April nineteen-fifty-four. C. F-E-C letter, File M-one-one-four-dash-five-four O-A-R-M-A, subject as above, dated eighteen April nineteen-fifty-four. D. M-N-D letter, File forty-eight-dash-zero-zero-five, subject as above, dated twenty-two April nineteen-fifty-four. Two. The cooperation and assistance by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and you in this effort in a common cause is greatly appreciated and has been recognized in reference "C" and in other communications on this subject. The status of all S-A-C-K-S personnel in Korea, however, is and must be that of civilians. This requirement is dictated by the over-riding necessity for security. Three. It should be recognized that all agents are performing the same training, missions, and duty. Therefore, all should receive the same treatment and basic allowances. On the other hand, a plan to permit additional allowances for team leaders in accord with their greater responsibilities was outlined in paragraph two-g, F-E-C letter dated eleven April nineteen-fifty-four. Morale, esprit, and efficiency would be impaired if payment is handled in any other manner. Four. Certain privileges and prerogatives can be worked out between the U-S Commander and the senior representative in the form of additional recognition for group leaders and instructors in consonance with paragraph twenty-seven of reference "A" above. We feel such recognition together with allowances [four lines redacted under exemption B1] and [one line redacted] U-S policies. The document concludes with [two lines redacted]. The Black Vault archive entry provides the following summary: This document concerns the recruiting of personnel in Taiwan for US intelligence activities in Korea and includes a Memorandum for Record, Secret, Memorandum, May fourteenth…

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This Declassified briefing presents a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record, dated May fourteenth, nineteen-fifty-four, concerning the recruitment of personnel in Taiwan for United States intelligence activities in Korea. This document is notable for detailing the operational cooperation between the United States and the Republic of China on Taiwan during the Cold War.

Date: OCT 1 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was This Declassified Briefing Presents A Declassified Central Intelligence Agency about?: This Declassified briefing presents a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record, dated May fourteenth, nineteen-fifty-four, concerning the recruitment of personnel in Taiwan for United States intelligence activities in Korea. This document is notable for detailing the operational cooperation between the United States and the Republic of China on Taiwan during the Cold War.
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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