CIA: China‑Vietnam‑Soviet Union triangle and United States policy – a Central
China‑Vietnam‑Soviet Union triangle and United States policy – a Central Intelligence Agency assessment dated April seventeenth, nineteen seventy‑nine. The document is notable because it offers a contemporaneous analytical snapshot of how the United States viewed the shifting balance of power in Southeast Asia at the height of the Cold War, especially the interplay among Hanoi, Moscow and Beijing. The record was released through a Freedom of Information Act request. The declassification authority marked the material “Approved for Release” in the year two thousand, with an additional release…
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