CIA Cold Open.
Cold Open. ” The memorandum was dated December eleventh, nineteen seventy‑four, and it is notable because it documents a Chinese defensive posture that the United States believed was triggered by naval activity in the region. Provenance. The document was released to the public on August eighth, two thousand three, through the agency’s declassification authority.
- Date
- AUG 5 · 2026
- Release
- Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
- Source document
- View the primary source document
Episode notes
Cold Open. This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record titled “Peking Apparently Has Instituted a Widespread Military Alert.” The memorandum was dated December eleventh, nineteen seventy‑four, and it is notable because it documents a Chinese defensive posture that the United States…
Questions about this case
- What was CIA Cold Open. about?
- Cold Open. ” The memorandum was dated December eleventh, nineteen seventy‑four, and it is notable because it documents a Chinese defensive posture that the United States believed was triggered by naval activity in the region. Provenance. The document was released to the public on August eighth, two thousand three, through the agency’s 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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