CIA: Origins of the Chinese
This declassified Central Intelligence Agency staff study, titled "Origins of the Chinese 'Commune' Program," issued on July seventeenth, nineteen-fifty-nine, offers a detailed analysis of the economic and political factors leading to the implementation of the commune program in China. This document, from the Office of Current Intelligence, reflects an early United States intelligence assessment of this pivotal policy shift. This record was released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act and is available through archive.org and documents2.theblackvault.com. The specific…
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