CIA: National Intelligence Estimate on the Economic Outlook for Communist China
National Intelligence Estimate on the Economic Outlook for Communist China, dated June twenty‑ninth, nineteen‑sixty‑seven, prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency. This estimate is notable because it offers a contemporaneous U.S. intelligence assessment of China’s economy during the height of the Cultural Revolution. The document was released to the public in May two thousand eight under a Freedom of Information Act request. The release appears in The Black Vault archive, with the declassification authorized by the Director of Central Intelligence. The full text is available at the…
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