United States Air Force intelligence brief on the build‑up of first‑class

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This is a declassified United States Air Force intelligence brief on the build‑up of first‑class airfields in southern Manchuria, dated July sixth, nineteen fifty‑one. The document is notable because it provides a contemporaneous assessment of Chinese airfield construction during the early phase of the Korean conflict. The record was made publicly available through The Black Vault, an online repository that publishes declassified government documents. The brief appears in the Black Vault entry for “US Intelligence on China CI00768 – Build‑Up of First Class Airfields in Southern Manchuria…