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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence bulletin concerning the Chinese Communist withdrawal from Korea, dated September ten, nineteen fifty‑eight. The document is notable because it records the final phase of Chinese troop movements during the Korean War and provides the agency’s assessment of the situation on the Korean peninsula. The bulletin was released to the public on August sixteenth, two thousand two, under the declassification authority identified as Mi Pd2307d. It was made available through The Black Vault, which hosts the scanned copy of the original record. The release follows the standard review process of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Archives and Records Administration, and the document can be accessed at the archive’s URL. The Chinese Communists have announced that the third and final phase of their withdrawal from Korea will begin on twenty‑fifth September. Remaining to be withdrawn during this phase are about one hundred eleven thousand troops, including the Chinese Communist First Army, two artillery divisions, an anti‑aircraft artillery division, and a rocket‑launcher division. Four armies and support units totaling about two hundred thousand troops have already been withdrawn from Korea. The sixteenth and twenty‑third Armies were withdrawn during the first stage completed on twenty‑fifth April, and the twenty‑first and fifty‑fourth Armies withdrew during the second stage completed on fourteenth August. The repositioning of the North Korean Army, which has a strength of about three hundred thirty‑four thousand men, has resulted in some loss of defensive depth, but the Chinese are maintaining strong forces across the border and

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This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Bulletin Concerning The Chinese

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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence bulletin concerning the Chinese Communist withdrawal from Korea, dated September ten, nineteen fifty‑eight. The document is notable because it records the final phase of Chinese troop movements during the Korean War and provides the agency’s assessment of the situation on the Korean peninsula.

Date: SEP 21 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Bulletin Concerning The Chinese about?: This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence bulletin concerning the Chinese Communist withdrawal from Korea, dated September ten, nineteen fifty‑eight. The document is notable because it records the final phase of Chinese troop movements during the Korean War and provides the agency’s assessment of the situation on the Korean peninsula.
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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