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 updating the monthly warning assessment on China, dated February twenty‑six, nineteen seventy‑nine. It is notable because it records the first public acknowledgment that Chinese forces had entered Vietnam in mid‑February of that year. This memorandum was released to the public through a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the Central Intelligence Agency. The declassification authority marked the material as approved for release on December second, two thousand four. The full text is available from The…
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