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This is a declassified United States government record concerning Kuomintang forces operating in Southeast Asia, dated February seventeenth, nineteen sixty‑seven. It appears in the State Department’s secret cable series and is notable for its discussion of irregular units in Thailand and alleged supply routes through Laos. The source is The Black Vault archive. The document was released to the public through The Black Vault, uploaded as file CI01795. The release date is listed as the date of upload on the archive, and the declassification was authorized by the United States Government under the standard classification authority for diplomatic communications. The record is available in the public domain at the archive URL. The document itself reads as follows: “VEr b‑5 ChiwAa@r ‘OMING – TELEGRAM Department of State me SECRET ‘ Action W NNNVZCZCM JASS6ASA763TPAGDS — RR RUEHC S:S dE RUASTP 2460: 9.480936 So ; we ZNY SSSSS | : | | info RR L78758Z — - O18751 aN TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC TNFO RUMTBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK RUMURV /AMEMBASSY RANGOON RUM JFS/AMEMBASSY VIENTIANE STATE GRNC Br . S$ EC RiE T TAIPEL 2460 LiMbD IS CREF TAIPEL 2351 le DURING CALL BY JOE YAGER AND MYSELF ON DEFMIN CHIANG CHING‑KUO TODAY LATTER RAISED SUBJECT OF MY APPROACH TO MOFA FEB 8 ON GRC IRREGULARS IN TRI‑BORDER AREA. 2. HE INDICATED MILD SURPRISE THAT I HAD GONE TO MOFA SINCE, HE SAID, MOFA WAS NOT CONVERSANT WITH THE PROBLEM, I REFRAINED FROM REPLYING THAT THAT WAS ONE REASON I HAD GONE THROUGH MOFA

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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.

United States Government Record Concerning Kuomintang Forces Operating

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This is a declassified United States government record concerning Kuomintang forces operating in Southeast Asia, dated February seventeenth, nineteen sixty‑seven. It appears in the State Department’s secret cable series and is notable for its discussion of irregular units in Thailand and alleged supply routes through Laos.

Date: AUG 16 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was United States Government Record Concerning Kuomintang Forces Operating about?: This is a declassified United States government record concerning Kuomintang forces operating in Southeast Asia, dated February seventeenth, nineteen sixty‑seven. It appears in the State Department’s secret cable series and is notable for its discussion of irregular units in Thailand and alleged supply routes through Laos.
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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