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Preface

Introduction

Selected China NIEs, 1948-1976

Compact Disk

Selected China NIEs, 1948-1976

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Section 1:  ORE 45-48 The Current Situation in China,
22 July 1948—(Summary only)
0.1 MB
Section 2:  ORE 12-48 Prospects for a Negotiated Peace in China,
3 August 1948
0.4 MB
Section 3:  ORE 77-48 Chinese Communist Capabilities for Control of All China,
10 December 1948
0.8 MB
Section 4:  ORE 29-49 Prospects for Soviet Control of a Communist China,
15 April 1949—(Summary only)
0.1 MB
Section 5:  ORE 45-49 Probable Developments in China,
16 June 1949
2.1 MB
Section 6:  ORE 89-49 The Food Outlook for Communist China,
3 February 1950—(Summary and pp. 2-3)
0.3 MB
Section 7:  NIE-2 Chinese Communist Intervention in Korea,
6 November 1950
0.6 MB
Section 8:  NIE-10 Communist China,
17 January 1951
0.3 MB
Section 9:  NIE-58 Relations Between the Chinese Communist
Regime and the USSR: Their Present
Character and Probable Future Courses
,
10 September 1952
0.7 MB
Section 10:  NIE 13-54 Communist China’s Power Potential Through 1957,
3 June 1954
1.2 MB
Section 11:  NIE 13-58 Communist China,
13 May 1958
3.2 MB
Section 12:  SNIE 100-9-58 Probable Developments in the Taiwan Strait Area,
26 August 1958
1.1 MB
Section 13:  SNIE 100-11-58 Probable Chinese Communist and Soviet
Intentions in the Taiwan Strait Area
,
16 September 1958
0.2 MB
Section 14:  SNIE 100-12-58 Probable Developments in the Taiwan Strait Crisis,
28 October 1958
0.3 MB
Section 15:  SNIE 100-4-59 Chinese Communist Intentions and
Probable Courses of Action in the Taiwan Strait Area
,
13 March 1959
1.9 MB
Section 16:  NIE 100-3-60 Sino-Soviet Relations,
9 August 1960
2.5 MB
Section 17:  NIE 13-60 Communist China,
6 December 1960
2.6 MB
Section 18:  NIE 13-2-60 The Chinese Communist Atomic Energy Program,
13 December 1960—(Minus annexes)
1.4 MB
Section 19:  NIE 10-61 Authority and Control in the Communist Movement,
8 August 1961
1.8 MB
Section 20:  NIE 13-63 Problems and Prospects in Communist China,
1 May 1963
2.1 MB
Section 21:  SNIE 13-4-64 The Chances of an Imminent Chinese
Communist Nuclear Explosion
,
26 August 1964
0.3 MB
Section 22:  NIE 13-9-65 Communist China’s Foreign Policy,
5 May 1965
1.0 MB
Section 23:  NIE 13-7-65 Political Problems and Prospects in Communist China,
5 August 1965
0.7 MB
Section 24:  SNIE 13-66 Current Chinese Communist Intentions in the Vietnam Situation,
4 August 1966
0.4 MB
Section 25:  NIE 11-12-66 The Outlook for Sino-Soviet Relations,
1 December 1966
0.9 MB
Section 26:  NIE 13-3-67 Communist China’s Military Policy and Its
General Purpose and Air Defense Forces
,
6 April 1967
1.9 MB
Section 27:  NIE 13-7-67 The Chinese Cultural Revolution,
25 May 1967
1.1 MB
Section 28:  NIE 13-5-67 Economic Outlook for Communist China,
29 June 1967
0.8 MB
Section 29:  NIE 13-8-67 Communist China’s Strategic Weapons Program,
3 August 1967
1.1 MB
Section 30:  NIE 13-9-68 The Short-Term Outlook in Communist China,
23 May 1968
1.2 MB
Section 31:  SNIE 13-69 Communist China and Asia,
6 March 1969
1.0 MB
Section 32:  NIE 11/13-69 The USSR and China,
12 August 1969
1.2 MB
Section 33:  SNIE 13-9-70 Chinese Reactions to Possible Developments in Indochina,
28 May 1970
1.0 MB
Section 34:  NIE 13-7-70 Communist China’s International Posture,
12 November 1970
1.4 MB
Section 35:  NIE 13-3-72 China’s Military Policy and General Purpose Forces,
20 July 1972—(Summary only)
0.5 MB
Section 36:  NIE 11/13/6-73 Possible Changes in the Sino-Soviet Relationship,
25 October 1973
1.3 MB
Section 37:  NIE 13-8-74 China’s Strategic Attack Programs,
13 June 1974—(Minus annex)
2.5 MB
Note: Sections are complete unless otherwise noted.
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