Central Intelligence Agency special estimate dated eighteen June nineteen
This episode opens with a declassified Central Intelligence Agency special estimate dated eighteen June nineteen fifty‑two. The estimate is titled Present and Potential Offensive Capabilities of the Chinese Nationalists, and Probable Reactions to an Identifiable U.S. Program of Preparing the Nationalists for Offensive Operations against the Chinese Communists. It is notable because it documents U.S. strategic thinking on a possible Nationalist offensive during the early Cold War. The record was released through a Freedom of Information Act request and posted on The Black Vault. The…
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