COLD OPEN: This is a declassified CIA record from August 1968, detailing
COLD OPEN: This is a declassified CIA record from August 1968, detailing the establishment of a strategic missile force by the Chinese Communist Party, also known as CHICOMs. The document is a one-page intelligence summary, cataloged as CI01883. It was released through The Black Vault. PROVENANCE: The document was declassified and made available through The Black Vault, an online archive of declassified documents. The canonical PDF can be found at archive.org. THE DOCUMENT: (b)(1) (b)(1) STRATEGIC MISSILE FORCE ESTABLISHED BY CHICOMS OMMUNIST China has created a new arm of the People's…
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