CIA: Communists Prepare to Expand Korean Air War – an intelligence memorandum

Storyflo Declassified — The Untold Cases · Oct 17, 2026 · 1m

Communists Prepare to Expand Korean Air War – an intelligence memorandum from the Central Intelligence Agency dated October thirty‑first, nineteen‑fifty‑one. The document is notable because it records an early U.S. assessment of Chinese Communist air activity and the prospect of expanded operations from Korean airfields during the Korean conflict. The memorandum was declassified and made publicly available through The Black Vault. The release was approved for public dissemination on February sixth, two thousand nine, under the authority of the CIA’s declassification office. The full text can…