CIA: Chinese Communist Short-Range Military Intentions

Declassified. Today, we examine a declassified C.I.A. intelligence estimate, focusing on Chinese Communist military intentions in the Taiwan Strait. This document, dated July fifth, nineteen sixty-two, offers insights into the strategic assessments made during a period of heightened tension. You can find this record on documents2.theblackvault.com. This Special National Intelligence Estimate, S.N.I.E. thirteen-five-point-one-sixty-two, titled "Chinese Communist Short-Range Military Intentions," was declassified by the C.I.A. in nineteen ninety-six. It was released as part of a larger collection of U.S. intelligence documents pertaining to China. The estimate begins: "Special National Intelligence Estimate, Chinese Communist Short-Range Military Intentions. Note: This is the final version of the estimate, and additional text will not be circulated. Subject: S.N.I.E. thirteen-five-point-one-sixty-two; Chinese Communist Short-Range Military Intentions. The Problem: To assess the significa