CIA: Aerial Activity of the Chinese Air Force During 1955

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This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency memorandum titled “Aerial Activity of the Chinese Air Force During 1955,” dated May eighth, nineteen fifty‑six. It is notable because it provides the only monthly breakdown of Nationalist air sorties over South China for that year, compiled from official sources. The document was released to the public through The Black Vault archival collection. The release appears as part of a broader declassification effort, posted on the archive’s website on an unspecified date. The record can be accessed at archive dot org under the identifier CI01245…