Baptism By Fire: CIA Analysis of the Korean War Overview

This collection includes more than 1,300 documents consisting of national estimates, intelligence memo, daily updates, and summaries of foreign media concerning developments on the Korean Peninsula during 1947 - 1954. The release of this collection, which coincides with the 60th anniversary of the start of the war, makes available to the public the largest collection of Agency documents released on this issue. The release of these documents is in conjunction with the conference, "New Documents and New Histories: Twenty-First Century Perspectives on the Korean War," co-hosted by the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and the CIA in Independence, Missouri.

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PDF icon 1953-05-28.pdf112.47 KB

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PDF icon 1953-06-04.pdf259.36 KB

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PDF icon 1953-06-25.pdf231.12 KB

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PDF icon 1953-07-09.pdf109.38 KB

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PDF icon 1953-08-06.pdf98.13 KB

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PDF icon 1953-08-12.pdf55.54 KB

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PDF icon 1953-08-13-A.pdf108.37 KB

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PDF icon 1953-08-20.pdf81.96 KB

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