CIA: Cold Open.
Cold Open. This episode presents a Central Intelligence Agency memorandum titled “Memorandums in Support of the Vice President’s Trip to China,” dated August nineteen seventy‑nine. The document offers a contemporary U.S. intelligence assessment of China’s domestic politics, foreign policy, and economic outlook at a pivotal moment in the early post‑Mao era, and it was declassified in December two thousand seven. The source is archived at archive.org. Provenance. The memorandum was released under a Freedom of Information Act request, with an approval for release dated December sixth, two…
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