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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency cable concerning Kuomintang activity in Thailand and Burma, dated July eighth, nineteen sixty‑five. The record appears in the agency’s overseas political analysis files and is notable for its detailed assessment of irregular forces operating along the Burma‑Thailand border. The cable was released to the public through The Black Vault, an online repository that publishes declassified United States government documents. The release does not cite a specific Freedom of Information Act case number; the document was posted on the archive’s website and is available for download as a text file at the address archive dot org slash download slash us‑china‑intel‑C‑I‑0‑1‑6‑8‑7 slash C‑I‑0‑1‑6‑8‑7 underscore djvu dot txt. The document reads as follows: Wb INCOMING ‘TELEGRAM Department of State : “L Action 3S JAnto’ TO RUEHCR/ SECST ATE: WASHBC™ te | BEPTEL » AT AND: RANGOON’ $1 | | IN ITENS CITED -RANGOON’S REFTEL WE FAIL TO SEE. eevibeice THat: DE /= oS GMAT ' ~ SECRET | ase. een gn °h “VV. MJas@4T Cad24 RR RUEHCR BE -RUMTBK 167K. 1890748 ee ee ZNY SSSSS | igen R. @3@655Z ZEA. : hay RS PM AMEMBASSY. BAN GKOK: INFO RUMJRV/ AMEMBASSY RANGOON 18: RUAST P/ AMEMBASSY TAIPEI THREE .. - RUMJFS/ aMEM.BASSY: VIENTIANE 11 RUM JDH/ AMCONGEN HONG KONG TWO = ee RUHLHOY CINCPAC © 18 CITE. BEBES5Z | arolee GRNC ” SECRET guys “” CINCPAC FOR POLAB LIMBIS ANY SIGNIFICANT CHINAT HARASSING OPERATIONS AGAINST. YUNNAN © ° ARE LIKELY, AMORPHOUS IRREGULAR FORCES UNBER GENERALS TUAN, | ‘LI AND FU ARE‑NOT AGGRESSIVE (FTB‑8917) ANB DIRECTLY. GRC‑CON= |. TROLLED FORCE OF GENERAL MA, AND KMT.2ND SECTION, LACK CaPA‑. ~~ mda: QUOTE. SOURCECOMMENT Ect £028 WHICH EXPRESSES bouBT at cee PAGE TWO RUMTBK 167K.S EC RET LIMBIs - ee he ATTACKS WILL “ACTUALLY TAKE. PLACE, FTB‑8931 IS. “ACCOUNT OF OPER=” ait i AT IONS. INITIATED -BY. BURMA ARMY AGAINST FORCES OF SAWBWA OF «= KOKANG, IN WHICH LATTER WITHDREW TO THAILAND, ASSISTANCE IN @°2 7 THAT INSTANCE: GIVEN BY LI WEN‑HUAN'S IRREGULARS NOT SURPR

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Central Intelligence Agency Cable Concerning Kuomintang Activity In Thailand

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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency cable concerning Kuomintang activity in Thailand and Burma, dated July eighth, nineteen sixty‑five. The record appears in the agency’s overseas political analysis files and is notable for its detailed assessment of irregular forces operating along the Burma‑Thailand border.

Date: AUG 20 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was Central Intelligence Agency Cable Concerning Kuomintang Activity In Thailand about?: This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency cable concerning Kuomintang activity in Thailand and Burma, dated July eighth, nineteen sixty‑five. The record appears in the agency’s overseas political analysis files and is notable for its detailed assessment of irregular forces operating along the Burma‑Thailand border.
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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