CIA Southeast China Situation
Declassified. I-207, dated August twenty-third, nineteen-fifty-six. This document, available through the Black Vault archive, offers a unique snapshot of American intelligence gathering during the Cold War. This record was declassified under review by N-I-M-A, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, and D-O-D, the Department of Defense, with an approved release date of August twentieth, two-thousand-one, under C-I-A-R-D-P-seventy-eight-T-zero-five-four-three-nine-A-zero-zero-zero-three-zero-zero-one-seven-zero-zero-zero-nine-five.
- Date
- SEP 23 · 2026
- Release
- Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
- Source document
- View the primary source document
Episode notes
Declassified. Today's briefing brings us a Central Intelligence Agency intelligence memorandum titled "Southeast China Situation", GP.I-207, dated August twenty-third, nineteen-fifty-six. This document, available through the Black Vault archive, offers a unique snapshot of American intelligence…
Questions about this case
- What was CIA Southeast China Situation about?
- Declassified. I-207, dated August twenty-third, nineteen-fifty-six. This document, available through the Black Vault archive, offers a unique snapshot of American intelligence gathering during the Cold War. This record was declassified under review by N-I-M-A, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, and D-O-D, the Department of Defense, with an approved release date of August twentieth, two-thousand-one, under C-I-A-R-D-P-seventy-eight-T-zero-five-four-three-nine-A-zero-zero-zero-three-zero-zero-one-seven-zero-zero-zero-nine-five.
- 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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