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Case File · ARCHIVE-002Declassified
Filed SEP 29 · 2026Runtime 1 min

Today On Declassified, We Examine A Declassified Central Intelligence Agency

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated September 29, 2026

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Today on Declassified, we examine a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record from October nineteen-fifty-four, regarding Chinese military capabilities. S. intelligence assessments during a critical period in the Cold War. com. S. intelligence on China. The release is a direct scan of the declassified cable, as archived by The Black Vault.

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SEP 29 · 2026
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Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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Today on Declassified, we examine a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record from October nineteen-fifty-four, regarding Chinese military capabilities. This document offers a snapshot of U.S. intelligence assessments during a critical period in the Cold War. You can find this record on…

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Today on Declassified, we examine a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record from October nineteen-fifty-four, regarding Chinese military capabilities. S. intelligence assessments during a critical period in the Cold War. com. S. intelligence on China. The release is a direct scan of the declassified cable, as archived by The Black Vault.
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