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US Intelligence on China CI01926 - Fukien Raid Secret, Cable, 003687, July 05, 1969, 2 pp. Released through FOIA request, this declassified CIA record provides insight into US intelligence on China during the Cold War era. The document, a secret cable from the US Consulate in Hong Kong, was released to the public in [release date] through [declassification authority]. It is now available on The Black Vault's website. The cable, marked SECRET, was sent on July 5, 1969, and is addressed to the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C. The subject is the Fukien Raid, a military operation that took place on July 2, 1969. [Pol 3a-/ Chitern ~ (SSR XR Pa L. Chesser - Os : Department of State TH EER AM SECRET 264 Ck PAGE @! HONG K 43687 @594462. 18 ACTIGN EA 15 INFO OCT @12CIAE YA,DODE G+ JPM G4oH B22 TNR B7sL: O32) NSAE. O8+NSC oN P .O4-RSC AteSP G2,SS PGrUSTA LesACDA 16,EUR 17(88R' a1) qe NIC glasle9 W . a add la aaa G24 466. P @50423Z Jul 49 FM AMCONSUL HONG: KONG. TO SECSTATE WASHDC: PRIORITY 7991 INFO AMEMBASSY TAIPEI PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TOKYO o Pd S FC RET HONG KONG 3687 SUBJ: FUKIEN RAID b7- LR PE Ie AS YET PEKING HAS MADF NO MENTION OF JULY 2 GRC RAID ON FUKIEN IF RATD WAS RELATIVELY SMALLSCALE HITAND¥RUN ATTACK s WE: SUSPECT CHICOMS WILL: VIEW tT PARTLY’ AS PROPAGANDA MOVE TO OFFSET EMBARRASSING T-33 DEFECTIONe ON OTHER HANDs IF RAID WAS SUBSTANTIAL OPERATION AND/OR IS FOLLOWED BY ADDITIONAL! ASSAULTS, PEKING LIKELY TO REGARE ACTIVITY AS PART OF COORDINATED! uUS-USSR PLOT TO "ENCIRCLE AND SUPPPRESS# CHINA AND» MORE SPECIFICALLY» AS CONSEQUENCE OF: JOINT US-SOVIET+GRC 2) PLANNING « Pp: IN VIEW OF THE US MILITARY PRESENCE, AND. INFLUENCE! ON TAIWAN AND IN. CONTEXT OF PEKING'S: CURRENT WAR PByCHOsSIS ABOUT SOVIET THREAT TO CHINA» CONTINUATION OF SUCH! RAIDS CANNOT BUT BE SEEN BY PEKING AS SANCTIONED OR EVEN! ABETTED BY THE UNITED STATESe TN OUR OPINION» SUCH ACTIVITY BY THE GRc THUS IS NOT ONLY HIGHLY PREJUDICIAL: TO: OUR LONGTERM' INTERESTS IN REDUCING TENSIONS: BETWEEN. CHINA AND THE! US: RUTs IN VIEW GF PEKING'S PRESENT STATE OF. MIND, INVOLVES A LEVEL OF RISK-TAKING WHICH FAR OQUTWEIGHS ANY CONCEMVABLE ADVANTAGE TO ANY PARTY CONCERNEDe as THEREFORE, IF JULY 2 RATD 1S CONFIRMED WE RECOMMEND eeparinent of Sae TH GRAM SECRET PAGE @2 HONG K 93687 6584462 THAT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TAKE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCLAIM PRIOR US KNGWLEDGE AND DTSAVOWAL: OF ANY ENCOURAGEMENT OF SUCH ACTIVITY. MARTIN BT NNN] The document suggests that the US Consulate in Hong Kong suspects that the Chinese government may view the Fukien Raid as a propaganda move or part of a coordinated US-USSR plot to encircle and suppress China. The authors express concern that continuation of such raids may be seen as sanctioned or abetted by the United States, which could be prejudicial to US interests in reducing tensions between China and the US. The document concludes by recommending that the Department of State's spokesman disclaim prior US knowledge and disavow any encouragement of…

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Case File · ARCHIVE-705Declassified

Filed AUG 7 · 2026Runtime 3 min

Declassified CIA File

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated August 7, 2026

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US Intelligence on China CI01926 - Fukien Raid Secret, Cable, 003687, July 05, 1969, 2 pp. Released through FOIA request, this declassified CIA record provides insight into US intelligence on China during the Cold War era. The document, a secret cable from the US Consulate in Hong Kong, was released to the public in [release date] through [declassification authority].

Date: AUG 7 · 2026
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What was Declassified CIA File about?: US Intelligence on China CI01926 - Fukien Raid Secret, Cable, 003687, July 05, 1969, 2 pp. Released through FOIA request, this declassified CIA record provides insight into US intelligence on China during the Cold War era. The document, a secret cable from the US Consulate in Hong Kong, was released to the public in [release date] through [declassification authority].
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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