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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence information cable concerning economic dislocation in Chungking following weeks of serious fighting, dated June twenty‑six, nineteen sixty‑eight. The cable is notable because it offers a contemporaneous assessment of the civilian impact of the 1968 clashes in the city. The document was made publicly available through The Black Vault, which posted the full text of the cable on its online archive of declassified records. The declassification authority is the Central Intelligence Agency’s Office of Information Management, and the cable bears an approved release date of May nineteen eighty‑two. It was released under the Freedom of Information Act, case number not specified, and is reproduced here in its entirety. The cable opens with a summary of the fighting and its aftermath. The serious fighting which raged in Chungking from mid‑March to early May was brought under control by the intervening forces, and the weapons previously seized from the military by the warring factions were confiscated. By eight May a semblance of order had been restored in the city, and order was being maintained by armed military patrols. However, the legacy of the fighting included damaged plants, closed schools, and shortages of basic commodities. The report notes that the fighting broke out when the Liberation Army and opposing elements seized weapons and ammunition from the Liberation Army troops, and the city was filled with the sound of gunfire. Markets and shops were closed, and traffic came to a complete standstill. Anyone walking in the streets was vulnerable

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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence information cable concerning economic dislocation in Chungking following weeks of serious fighting, dated June twenty‑six, nineteen sixty‑eight. The cable is notable because it offers a contemporaneous assessment of the civilian impact of the 1968 clashes in the city.

Date: AUG 8 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was CIA This Is A Declassified Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Information about?: This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence information cable concerning economic dislocation in Chungking following weeks of serious fighting, dated June twenty‑six, nineteen sixty‑eight. The cable is notable because it offers a contemporaneous assessment of the civilian impact of the 1968 clashes in the city.
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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