Memorandum on radar‑scope photography of Chinese targets, issued

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This is a declassified memorandum on radar‑scope photography of Chinese targets, issued by the Headquarters of the Far East Air Forces on August twenty‑four, nineteen‑fifty‑one. The document is notable because it records an early U.S. intelligence effort to capture radar imagery of strategic locations in the People’s Republic of China during the Korean War era. The record was released to the public through The Black Vault archive. The entry was posted online without a specific FOIA case number; the declassification authority is listed as the United States Department of Defense, with the…