
United States intelligence assessment on Communist China’s strategic weapons
The record I am reading is a declassified United States intelligence assessment on Communist China’s strategic weapons program, a National Intelligence Estimate dated August third, nineteen sixty‑seven. It is notable because it offers a contemporaneous view of how U.S. analysts evaluated China’s nuclear and missile ambitions during the height of the Cold War. This document was released to the public through The Black Vault, which hosts the full text as a digitized copy of the original. The declassification was authorized by the appropriate intelligence authority, and the material is now…
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