Today's episode of Declassified features a Central Intelligence Agency

Today's episode of Declassified features a Central Intelligence Agency memorandum, dated February fourth, nineteen-sixty-three, concerning the review of nuclear energy targets in China. This document offers a glimpse into early American intelligence efforts to monitor the People's Republic of China's nascent nuclear program. You can find this declassified record at documents2.theblackvault.com. This document was released by the Central Intelligence Agency under the Freedom of Information Act. It was declassified on October twenty-second, two-thousand-three, by an authorized declassification authority. The document is an example of routine intelligence analysis and reporting during the Cold War era. The document reads: MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence. SUBJECT: Review of Nuclear Energy Targets in China. One. In response to your instruction, C-O-M-O-R has examined what targets in Communist China might be associated with nuclear energy activities over and above those which