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Central Intelligence Agency record concerning United States air reconnaissance

This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency record concerning United States air reconnaissance flights over the People’s Republic of China, dated March fifteenth, nineteen fifty‑two. The document is notable because it provides a contemporaneous operational assessment of a reconnaissance mission conducted by Task Force Seventy‑two, and it reflects the early Cold War intelligence focus on Chinese maritime activity. The record was released to the public through The Black Vault’s online archive. The file appears in the Black Vault collection under the identifier CI00888 and was made…

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