Peking's Attitude Toward the Threat of U‑S Attack, Central Intelligence Agency

Storyflo Declassified — The Untold Cases · Aug 17, 2026 · 1m

Peking's Attitude Toward the Threat of U‑S Attack, Central Intelligence Agency, March eighth, nineteen‑sixty‑six. This declassified intelligence memorandum is notable because it offers a contemporaneous assessment of how the Chinese leadership framed the possibility of American military action during the height of the Vietnam conflict. The document was released to the public through The Black Vault, uploaded from a Freedom of Information Act request. The Central Intelligence Agency authorized its declassification, and the full text is available at the archive link provided by The Black Vault…