Central Intelligence Agency intelligence memorandum on Peking, the Army
Top Secret. This is a Central Intelligence Agency intelligence memorandum on Peking, the Army, and the Provincial Authorities, dated twenty‑fifth April, nineteen sixty‑seven. The document is notable because it offers a contemporaneous CIA assessment of the internal dynamics of the Cultural Revolution and the relationship between the central leadership, the provincial party apparatus, and the People’s Liberation Army. The memorandum was released to the public through The Black Vault’s online archive, declassified by the Central Intelligence Agency under its authority to disclose historical…
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