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Cold Open. This is a declassified United States intelligence cable concerning Taiwanese intelligence on China, dated August twelfth, nineteen sixty‑seven. The document is notable because it records a Taiwanese defense minister’s request that the United States consider an advance announcement of an upcoming Chinese nuclear test, and it reflects Cold War concerns about the psychological impact of such tests. Provenance. The cable was released to the public by The Black Vault, the online repository of declassified government records. The full text is available at the Black Vault URL archive dot org slash download slash us‑china‑intel‑CI01823 slash CI01823djvu.txt. No FOIA case number is listed in the release notes, and the declassification authority is indicated on the document itself as “Declassified March eleventh, nineteen‑eighty‑nine.” The Document. The cable reads as follows. DEF fl‑) CHIE! —e of ~— TELEGRAM —SECRET‑ PAGE @3 TAIPEL @938: {118432 ¢ AETMAE ENT SY TEMA ATIC REVIE EW A ee STATE OEP me Caen at shy Cc / 53 ; ggin) CO) Gere ACTION Ss 76 ‘ Retain cic tae concurrence ot . — (@%) Declassity 3/11 Gb ‘ EO 42958, 28% SE Date: INFO +87@ W FPCIHDR by L ger bre 8? net 6" R {295002 AUG 67 windrewal No. VE eee 7 FM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI : Cqrtnk Abe FO SECSTATE WASHDC 3609 “S‑E‑6‑R‑E =. TAIPEL 36] LIMOS LIMDIS be ‘DEFENSE MINISTER ‘CHIANG ‘CHING?KUO THROUGH AIDE GEN WEN ae INTELLIGENCE REPORT TO ME AUG 11 ‘CONCERNING ‘POSSIBILITY. CHICOMS MAY BE PREFARING FOR ANOTHER NUCLEAR TEST IN NEAR‑FUTURE® suas Ne CF REPORT IS BEING FORWARDED CUA Be MINISTER SENT WORD THAT HE HOPED THIS REPORT COULD BE 0) COLLATED WITH USG INTELLIGENCE ON SAME SUBYECT>o IF USG SHOULD ESTIMATE THAT SEVENTH CHICOM TEST 3S IMMINENT: MINISTER HOPES THaT CAREFUL CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO WORDING OF ANY POSSIBLE USG ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENTo GEN WEN IMPLIED ‘THAT IF ADDITIONAL CHICOM THERMONUCLEAR TEST WERE ‘TO .COME SO SOON AFTER. JUNE 27 TEST, GENERAL PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT WOULD BE GREATER THAN PREVIOUS TESTS» BECAUSE OF RAPIDITY OF ‘CHICOM’ NUCLEAR DEWELOPe ° MENTS» 92 UNFER THAT ‘CHIANG ‘CHING°KUO HAS SOME DEFINITE PAGE 2‑RUASTP G6) 1e°E‑C‑n‑or , FJHOUGHTS AS TO USEFUL WORDING OF PROSPECTIVE ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENT e S BASED ON JULY REPORTS: ALL THESE REPORTS -HAVE ED THROUGH APPROPRIATE US ‘CHANNELS “TO :CUSTOM

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United States Intelligence Cable Concerning Taiwanese Intelligence On China

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Cold Open. This is a declassified United States intelligence cable concerning Taiwanese intelligence on China, dated August twelfth, nineteen sixty‑seven. The document is notable because it records a Taiwanese defense minister’s request that the United States consider an advance announcement of an upcoming Chinese nuclear test, and it reflects Cold War concerns about the psychological impact of such tests.

Date: AUG 14 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was United States Intelligence Cable Concerning Taiwanese Intelligence On China about?: Cold Open. This is a declassified United States intelligence cable concerning Taiwanese intelligence on China, dated August twelfth, nineteen sixty‑seven. The document is notable because it records a Taiwanese defense minister’s request that the United States consider an advance announcement of an upcoming Chinese nuclear test, and it reflects Cold War concerns about the psychological impact of such tests.
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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