FE DIVISION SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL FACTORS AFFECTING AREA STRATEGIC CONCEPTS FOR THE COLD WAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01065A000100160004-6
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 6, 1952
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6 March. 1952
SUBJECT: FE Division Summary of Principal Factors Affecting Area
Strategic Concepts for the Cold War
REFERENCE: T.S. 66360, Memorandum for All Division Chiefs, 20 Feb. 1952
To examine the area contribution to the formulation of a U.S. cold war
global strategy.
II Assumption:
The Kremlin, without recourse to general war for the next five years,
will carry out an unrelenting expansion of the cold war in an attempt to
gain world-wide Communist domination.
III General Discussion:
1. The above assumption is of particular significance to the FE
Division. For the past five years the cold war in the Far East has been,
in reality, a hot war. On 19 December 1946, the Communist-led Viet Minh
commenced hostilities with the French Union Forces in Indochina. On
26 June 1950, the North Korean Peoples Republic began its aggression against
the Republic of Korea. And during this same period, the Peoples Liberation
Army completed the Communist conquest of mainland China. Since the proclama-
tion of the Peoples Republic in China, 1 October 1949, the Chinese Communists
have carried out an aggressive internal campaign to solidify control and
eliminate resistance elements; they have t"volunteereds" in support of the
North Korean aggression; they have supplied the Viet Minh armies in Indochina
with material and technical assistance; they have poised their troops on
the borders of Indochina and Burma. In addition to this, Communist-led
-insurgent groups have been active in Malaya and the Philippines. Therefore,
althou