CIA: Navy memorandum on Chinese Communist radar order of battle, December seventh

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U.S. Navy memorandum on Chinese Communist radar order of battle, December seventh, nineteen fifty‑three. This three‑page secret memorandum, now declassified, provides the most detailed U.S. intelligence assessment of People's Republic of China radar installations as of mid‑1953. It is hosted on the Black Vault archive. The record was released to the public through a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the Department of Defense. The Black Vault posted the full text on its website on the date indicated in the file’s metadata, and the declassification authority is listed as the Office…