Central Intelligence Agency Current Intelligence Bulletin on the Formosa
This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency Current Intelligence Bulletin on the Formosa Straits, dated April thirtieth, nineteen fifty‑five. The bulletin is notable because it offers contemporaneous intelligence on Chinese Communist naval strength and activity in the Taiwan Strait during the early Cold War, a period when the United States was closely monitoring the security of the island of Formosa. The document was declassified by the Central Intelligence Agency and released to the public in two thousand two through The Black Vault archive. The release is available at archive dot org…
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