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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record titled Country Team Assessment of Republic of China Intentions, dated May fourteenth, nineteen sixty‑eight. The memorandum is notable because it provides a contemporaneous U.S. intelligence view of Taiwan’s military posture toward the mainland during a period of heightened cross‑strait tension. The document is hosted by The Black Vault and can be accessed at archive dot org slash download slash us‑china‑intel‑CI01866 slash CI01866djvu dot txt. The record was released to the public through a routine declassification process overseen by the Director of Central Intelligence under Executive Order one three five two six. It appeared on The Black Vault website on the date of its upload, with the citation indicating that the material had been cleared for public dissemination. No specific Freedom of Information Act case number is attached to this release. Now, the content of the assessment: Pol. CHILO – CH MALT Department of State TELEGRAM SECRET page one, Taipeh, May fourteen, nineteen sixty‑eight. Subject: Country Team Assessment of Republic of China Intentions. There have been no recent indications that the Republic of China intends to mount any major unilateral military operations against the mainland in the near future. Small‑scale paramilitary air operations could be launched without prior United States knowledge. Planning for mainland recovery continues, but recent emphasis appears to have been rather on exploitation of propaganda windfall inherent in the latest Maoist attacks on opposition figures, described as “KMYT reaction”. GRC actions in the Taiwan Strait wave continued to be defensive, as promised by Defense Minister Chiang Ching‑kuo at the time of the Pueslo incident. The GRC has taken no action that could be construed as provocative, and patrols have only recently resumed previous practice of flying within the Chinese claim limit, twelve miles territorial limit, with no unusual Chinese reactions in late February and early March. GRC shore batteries on the offshore islands, on several occasions, fired on a number of small high‑speed targets with no hits reported. In view of the fact that none of these targets were visually sighted, it is likely that they were radar “ghosts” or clutter. The Chinese Navy later admitted that they considered them to be products of seasonal meteorological anomalies, noting that the same type of activity occurred during the same period in nineteen sixty‑seven. The GRC has shown some concern over the augmentation of naval forces in the Fuchou‑Matsu area, which could in time pose a threat to GRC resupply of Matsu. After more than

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CIA Country Team Assessment Of Republic Of China Intentions

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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record titled Country Team Assessment of Republic of China Intentions, dated May fourteenth, nineteen sixty‑eight. S. intelligence view of Taiwan’s military posture toward the mainland during a period of heightened cross‑strait tension.

Date: AUG 8 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record titled Country Team Assessment of Republic of China Intentions, dated May fourteenth, nineteen sixty‑eight. The memorandum is notable because it provides a contemporaneous U.S. intelligence view of Taiwan’s military posture toward the…

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What was CIA Country Team Assessment Of Republic Of China Intentions about?: This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record titled Country Team Assessment of Republic of China Intentions, dated May fourteenth, nineteen sixty‑eight. S. intelligence view of Taiwan’s military posture toward the mainland during a period of heightened cross‑strait tension.
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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