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U.S. intelligence cable on Taiwan‑U.S. military relations, January twenty‑first, nineteen sixty‑three, a declassified diplomatic communication that illustrates the language of coordination between Washington and its overseas posts during the early Cold War. The record is hosted on The Black Vault, a public archive of government documents. The cable was released to the public through a digital upload on The Black Vault, which makes the material available under the agency’s declassification authority. The upload includes the full text of the original transmission, preserving the formatting and any redaction markers present in the source. No specific Freedom of Information Act case number is attached to this release; the document is presented as part of the broader collection of U.S. intelligence reports on China and Taiwan. The document reads as follows: “2i JANUARY 1963 ae FOR CLOUGH FROM HARRIMAN CINGPAG FOR POLAD BLUE LION YOUR TAMI CONCUR FULLY IN POSITION YOU PROPOSE TO TAKE WITH ‘3 FOREIGN MINISTER. YOU MAY STATE THAT YOU ARE ACTING UNDER INSTRUCTIONS. YOU NEED NOW REFER TO POSSIBILITY YOU WILL RECEIVE FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS SINCE NONE MAY BE NECESSARY. ; ASSUME YOU WILL MAKE CLEAR BEYOND DOUBT U.S. HAS: NO INTENTION AGREEING £0 MODIFICATION U. 5. – GRc PREATY AND RELATED EXCHANGE OF NOTES AND THAT OPERATION PROPOSED WOULD GLEARLY COME WITHIN THEIR TERMS, END OF MESSAGE }&.0. 12958, Sec. 3.6} ae rig, A” No additional contextual statement was issued by the originating agency or a neutral source accompanying this release. The Black Vault entry provides only the document itself and a brief editorial note indicating its place within the collection of U.S. intelligence on China. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. storyflo.com https://archive.org/download/us-china-intel-CI01547/CI01547djvu.txt

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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.

Intelligence Cable On Taiwan‑u.s.

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S. S. military relations, January twenty‑first, nineteen sixty‑three, a declassified diplomatic communication that illustrates the language of coordination between Washington and its overseas posts during the early Cold War. The record is hosted on The Black Vault, a public archive of government documents.

Date: SEP 9 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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U.S. intelligence cable on Taiwan‑U.S. military relations, January twenty‑first, nineteen sixty‑three, a declassified diplomatic communication that illustrates the language of coordination between Washington and its overseas posts during the early Cold War. The record is hosted on The Black Vault…

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What was Intelligence Cable On Taiwan‑u.s. about?: S. S. military relations, January twenty‑first, nineteen sixty‑three, a declassified diplomatic communication that illustrates the language of coordination between Washington and its overseas posts during the early Cold War. The record is hosted on The Black Vault, a public archive of government documents.
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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