CIA: The document we are hearing today is a Central Intelligence Agency memorandum
The document we are hearing today is a Central Intelligence Agency memorandum titled “Monthly Warning Assessment: China,” dated March twenty‑eighth, nineteen seventy‑nine. It is notable because it captures the United States intelligence community’s view of regional tensions in Southeast Asia at the close of the 1970s, shortly after the end of the Vietnam conflict. This memorandum was released to the public through The Black Vault. The release is identified as release number two thousand four slash one two seven two, made public in twenty‑fourteen. The declassification authority was the…
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