Central Intelligence Agency cable concerning a Chinese Communist Party
This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency cable concerning a Chinese Communist Party official, known only as Sun, who defected to the Soviet Union in August of nineteen sixty‑seven. The document is notable because it reveals how the United States sought to manage the diplomatic fallout of that defection with both the Soviet and Indian embassies. The cable was released to the public through The Black Vault, which hosts a scanned copy of the original CIA record. The material was made available as part of the agency’s routine declassification process, and the digital file is hosted at…
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