Central Intelligence Agency intelligence brief titled U.S

This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence brief titled U.S. intelligence on Chinese Nationalist forces in Burma, August eighteenth, nineteen fifty‑one. The document is notable because it records the Agency’s assessment of the movements of Nationalist troops after their defeat in China and the resulting security concerns for the United Kingdom’s ally, Burma. The brief was released through a Freedom of Information Act request filed under case number unknown, and it was declassified and approved for public release on October twenty‑second, two thousand three by the CIA’s Office of Information Management. The source of the text is the Black Vault archive, which provides a digitized copy of the original briefing. The document reads as follows. “[Top Secret – Code Word Excised] – Approved for release. State Department review completed. Approved for release October twenty‑second, two thousand three. CIA‑RDP79T00975A000300440001‑9. Subject: Chinese Nationalist forces in B