Today, we examine a September twelfth, nineteen-fifty-three, memorandum
This is Declassified. Today, we examine a September twelfth, nineteen-fifty-three, memorandum from Pacific Command to the U.S. Naval Attache for China, requesting military intelligence on Hainan Island. This document, originally marked Secret, sheds light on the intelligence gathering efforts of the United States in the early Cold War era. This record was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and is publicly available from The Black Vault, at documents2.theblackvault.com. It was declassified on May thirtieth, nineteen-seventy-nine, under the authority of the National Archives and…
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