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COLD OPEN: A 1968 CIA report detailing alleged GRC military activity in South China has been declassified. Released through The Black Vault, this document is a State Department telegram, dated September 7, 1968. It sheds light on the extent of the GRC's involvement in anti-Maoist activities on the mainland. PROVENANCE: This document was released through The Black Vault, a non-profit organization dedicated to declassifying government records. The canonical PDF is available on the Internet Archive, cataloged under the identifier CI01887. The document was likely declassified in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. THE DOCUMENT: Pol 23°97 CHICO Ke Pol. Ch Kan- CHA Department of State TELEGRAM : pueeose 50 ee ee Ee ¢ = set EQUIPMENT ‘TQ COMMUNICATE WITH UNITS. INSIDE COMMUNIST " CHINA AND WITH TAIWAN® SECRET 148 PAGE @! TAIPEI 64418 @796082 wa 20 = ACTION EA {5 TA) (f INFO CIAE BG,D0DE G02GPM O4sH B2xENR~G7sL' G3+NSC: IGP M4eRSC B1,SP 2 SS A5,USIA T2eNSA B2sNIC- BisRSR. a7) San @29/091 W BAS va Ter CCS TRAST na og eS Nett R 9705352 SEP 68 FM AMEMBASSY TAIPE! TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6951 : INFOQ AMEMBASSY TOKYO - AMCONGEN HONG KONG OS77 77 SE CRE T TAIPEI 4419 SUBJECT? ALLEGED GRC MILITARY ACTIVITY IN SOUTH CHITNA fs ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY DATELINED HONG KONG SEP TEMBER 6 STATING: THAT MNATTONALIST ‘CHINA. HAS: INFILL. TRATED AGENTS AND WAR: SUPPLTES: INTO KWANGTUNG PROVINCEN WAS GIVEN PROMINENT COVERAGE IN TAIPE] PRESS MORNING: OF SEPTEMBER 7 STORY ALSO FEATURED ON GRE RADIO. @« EMBASSY HASNO FIRM EVIDENCE: OF: LARGE SCALE | GRC’ INVOLVEMENT OF THE TYPE REPORTED IN THE AP. STORY? ARMIES OF SEVERAL’ HUNDRED: TO SEVERAL. THOUSAND: WELLE. EQUIPPED WETH MODERN. WEAPONS, AMMUNITION AND RADIO‘ BY tb Qe CAS Tabpei Has NO INFORMATION: THAT: WOULD SUGGEST SUCCESSFUL’ GRC ACTIVITIES OF THIS: NATURE ON THIS SCALE ea 4e IN PAST» ALLEGATIONS ABOUT KMT PARTICIPATION IN ANTI®MAOIST ACTIVITIES ON THE MAINLAND’ HAVE APPEARED TO EMBASSY TAIPET.TO HAVE! MOST OFTEN BEEN THE RESULT OF AN ATTEMPT BY ONE CULTURAL! REVOLUTION GROUP: TO’ DISCREpIT, ANOTHER» IN: OTHER. CASES, SUCH, ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN’ APPARENTLY BASEG ON THE FACT’ THAT THE INDIVIDUAL: CHARGED HAD ATONE TIME. SERVED: IN THE KMTs TTS GOVERNMENT OR [7S ARMIES. CASES SECRET Department of State TELE GR A M SECRET PAGE @2 TAIPED 94410 8706982. INVOLVING KM AGENTS. WHO HAVE! BEEN: IN RECENT CONTACT WITH: TAIWAN APPEAR TO: HAVE BEEN’ EXTREMELY RARE« ; TAIPEI PRESS: HAS: IN RECENT’ MONTHS BEEN: PLAYING UP: ALL! SUCH ALLEGATIONS: HEARD FROM THE MAINLAND: IN' THE APPARENT HOPE THAT. THEY WILL. BE ACCEPTED: ON FACE: VALUE BY. THE POPULATION: OF: TAT WAN: zs AND THEREBY GIVE! CREDIBILITY TO! GRC ‘STATEMENTS’ ABOUT EVENTUAL! RECOVERY OF THE MAINLAND e Bre PROFESSOR FRANZ MICHAEL, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: OF THE INSTITUTE. FOR SINO=SOVIET. STUDIES, . GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY) TOLD: ME! DURING A CALLI ON THROUGH’ JAPAN: BEL WAS. TOLD! ay. FRIENDS. IN PRESS CIRCLES THERE THAT THE GRC. HAD! RECENTLY BEEN: PRO=…

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COLD OPEN: A 1968 CIA report detailing alleged GRC military activity in South China has been declassified. Released through The Black Vault, this document is a State Department telegram, dated September 7, 1968. It sheds light on the extent of the GRC's involvement in anti-Maoist activities on the mainland.

Date: AUG 7 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was Cold Open: A 1968 CIA Report Detailing Alleged Grc Military Activity In about?: COLD OPEN: A 1968 CIA report detailing alleged GRC military activity in South China has been declassified. Released through The Black Vault, this document is a State Department telegram, dated September 7, 1968. It sheds light on the extent of the GRC's involvement in anti-Maoist activities on the mainland.
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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