Tonight, we examine a declassified Situation Room Log from April ninth, nineteen

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This is Declassified. Tonight, we examine a declassified Situation Room Log from April ninth, nineteen sixty-five, detailing real-time intelligence on a U.S. and Chinese fighter engagement near Hainan Island. This document offers a rare glimpse into the early moments of a critical Cold War incident. It was released from the National Archives, originally obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request and is available at documents2.theblackvault.com. The document is titled, "Situation Room Log, April eighth to ninth, nineteen sixty-five." It begins at nineteen-hundred-seven: "Weather…