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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence summary on China‑India border tensions, dated March twenty‑four, nineteen‑eighty‑seven. The record appears in the public archive as a four‑page Top Secret Ruff document, identified in the Black Vault as file CI02276. The document was released to the public through The Black Vault archive. The Black Vault entry provides a downloadable text file at archive dot org slash download slash us‑china‑intel‑CI02276 slash CI02276djvu.txt, and the same file is available as a PDF at the identical URL. The release was made under the authority of the CIA’s declassification office, with the release date listed as two thousand one. The document reads as follows: e ca, oe Secret (Qe Cra\Coas WED -Sealx.... can Ponies RSMAS (ease ide — Bx of : r as | Special Anatysie GRIN“ Reting s Warder Baanahip {China maybe preparing for nit mitiary stiensgaioat nce snd i privately woring third parton that Honing ie ey ‘rapt ata next month slong tne borcer near Bnet. Chine’ {saber rating wi prosabty fal fo atiatdate Row Delt, ed the ‘nclana give no indication iat they will ba procaad ato retarning {fo magetiations cn Chios's tore. The Chineve may engege lalen ‘forces in limited scion and ail ors new round ef berter ks Inhenas that the specter o« tee cent! wil induce New ain int accepting China's lengntanaing propose! to seep {errtoriatconceesions ateeg the brdee New Bath istry 12 ‘raipand miliary to say proveceton| oon ‘3 ‘ating probably expects the indians to take note ot combat ‘reparations aa an macabon of Chinas Getorminaon fo back order cline wn matey loos, Cura may ao be seking fo wer ro ST (hina woud be wna to atack the cay supers ncian forces ‘etore moving twat 20,000 aden top to Tet, and ere "om evidence that such a move a under wy, Chinas abit fo ‘lore and veauopy ts woope Tet dopa most erty On the 750-1200 tomar tighmay connecting Liana wath he sa Sear ae 4 Prospects for Canes Batore Sommer 1. New Out shows 10 gn of mating it potion on the border {dupute ovr Ina nan mone ig ray ove to encuat ormrt by poweting #rnermatwy Gator vrs nan ore Bontn The Chines wous probably ala Van provocations agar {het tronter guards and oct naotaren. Bang wad explo eck lact

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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence summary on China‑India border tensions, dated March twenty‑four, nineteen‑eighty‑seven. The record appears in the public archive as a four‑page Top Secret Ruff document, identified in the Black Vault as file CI02276. The document was released to the public through The Black Vault archive.

Date: AUG 2 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was CIA This Is A Declassified Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Summary On about?: This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence summary on China‑India border tensions, dated March twenty‑four, nineteen‑eighty‑seven. The record appears in the public archive as a four‑page Top Secret Ruff document, identified in the Black Vault as file CI02276. The document was released to the public through The Black Vault archive.
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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