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This declassified Central Intelligence Agency document, dated February tenth, nineteen-sixty, is a codeword routing sheet concerning United States intelligence on the supply of Chinese Communist troops in Tibet by airlift. It offers a glimpse into C-I-A internal protocols for handling highly sensitive information. This record is available on documents two dot the black vault dot com. This document was released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act and declassified on July third, two thousand fifteen, by the A-A-R-O, or Assassination Records Review Board, acting as the declassification authority. The document is titled "Codeword Routing Sheet." It bears the approval for release stamp from the C-I-A. The sheet includes sections for approval information, with boxes for signature, action, direct reply, return, comment, preparation of reply, dispatch, concurrence, recommendation, and file. It also indicates "N-S-A Declassification/Release Instructions on File." Under "Remarks," a handwritten note states: "Dr. Beecher asked to point out where U-A-P fits in with this, i-e, where this information came from." This is followed by "[four lines redacted under exemption B1]." The document further notes, "D-D/P Appended Document Contains Codeword Material." It also states: "Appended document contains information within the meaning of Title Eighteen, U-S Code, Sections seven hundred ninety-three and seven hundred ninety-four, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law." The Black Vault archive provides additional context to this document, noting that it pertains to intelligence gathered on the logistical support for Chinese Communist forces operating in Tibet. The specific details of the intelligence itself are not contained within this routing sheet but are implied to be in an appended codeword document. The routing sheet primarily serves as an administrative record for the handling and approval process of such sensitive intelligence within the C-I-A. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. Find this document and more at storyflo dot com, specifically at archive dot org slash download slash us-china-intel-C-I-zero-one-three-seven-eight slash C-I-zero-one-three-seven-eight underscore d-j-v-u dot t-x-t.

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This declassified Central Intelligence Agency document, dated February tenth, nineteen-sixty, is a codeword routing sheet concerning United States intelligence on the supply of Chinese Communist troops in Tibet by airlift. It offers a glimpse into C-I-A internal protocols for handling highly sensitive information.

Date: SEP 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was This Declassified Central Intelligence Agency Document, Dated February Tenth about?: This declassified Central Intelligence Agency document, dated February tenth, nineteen-sixty, is a codeword routing sheet concerning United States intelligence on the supply of Chinese Communist troops in Tibet by airlift. It offers a glimpse into C-I-A internal protocols for handling highly sensitive information.
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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