CIA: Estimate of the Far East Situation
This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency memorandum titled Estimate of the Far East Situation, dated June first, nineteen fifty‑one. The document is notable because it records the agency’s early Cold War assessment of Communist activity in Korea, China and the broader Pacific region during the first months of the Korean War. The source is listed on the Black Vault archive. The memorandum was approved for public release on September fourteenth, two thousand by the Central Intelligence Agency under its standard declassification authority. It was made available through the agency’s…
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