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Declassified, a storyflo podcast. This is a CIA Intelligence Summary from February 20, 1973, titled "NUCLEAR ENERGY Reported Foundering of China's Nuclear Weapon Program: Untrue." Released through a Freedom of Information Act request, this document was approved for release in August 2006. The document originates from the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence and the Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center. It was released by The Black Vault, a non-profit organization dedicated to declassifying government records. Here's the key content of the document: MORI Directorate of Science & Technology Weekly Surveyor, DocID: 1345976, Top Secret, approved for release date: August 2006. "SPSECRET WEEKLY SURVEYOR — 1973 Directorate of Science and Technology. This publication is intended to furnish the intelligence community with a timely survey of significant current scientific intelligence. The items herein are based on selected incoming reports of all kinds received during the previous week. The comments represent the views of the Office of Scientific Intelligence and the Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center and are coordinated to the extent possible in the time available within CIA but, being based on the material at hand, are subject to change on receipt of further information or analysis. We caution against action taken solely on the basis of the preliminary evaluations herein. Substantive questions concerning items in this publication may be addressed directly to the Surveyor Staff, OSI, CIA Headquarters, Langley. Questions concerning distribution should be forwarded through mental channels. CONTENTS. Page No. NUCLEAR ENERGY Reported Foundering of China's Nuclear Weapon Program: Untrue... 2 According to a report, the production of nuclear weapons in China is grinding to a halt. He also stated that China's nuclear weapons program has foundered and that the program is marking time because Mao Tse-tung has cancelled all the nuclear projects started when Lin's downfall. The current hiatus in the preparations for another test at Lop Nor is not unusual for this time of year. The construction of the gaseous diffusion plant and the reactor complex in Szechwan Province has continued without apparent interruption, and the production of plutonium at Yu-men and U-235 and Lan-chou has not stopped. It is inconceivable that nuclear weapon production would have stopped, particularly in view of the deployment of the CSS-1 and CSS-2 missiles and the need for warheads for these systems. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. For more information on this document, visit storyflo.com. The document is available at https://archive.org/download/us-china-intel-CI02014/CI02014djvu.txt.

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Declassified, a storyflo podcast. " Released through a Freedom of Information Act request, this document was approved for release in August 2006. The document originates from the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence and the Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center.

Date: AUG 6 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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Declassified, a storyflo podcast. This is a CIA Intelligence Summary from February 20, 1973, titled "NUCLEAR ENERGY Reported Foundering of China's Nuclear Weapon Program: Untrue." Released through a Freedom of Information Act request, this document was approved for release in August 2006. The…

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What was CIA Declassified, A Storyflo Podcast. about?: Declassified, a storyflo podcast. " Released through a Freedom of Information Act request, this document was approved for release in August 2006. The document originates from the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence and the Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center.
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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