THE CONTINUING ABSENCE OF MAO TSE-TUNG (DRAFT FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00967A001000020030-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2005
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: April 6, 1966
• Content Type: MEMO

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C E N T R A L I N T E L L I G E N C E A G E N C Y
OFFICE OF NATIONAL ESTIMATES
6 April 1966
SUBJECT: The Continuing Absence of Mao Tse-tung
(Draft for Board Consideration)
This memo was designed for Board discussion. It reviews
the scanty evidence on Mao's lengthy absence and speculates on
the succession problems that will have to be faced eventually.
25X1
GROUP I
Excluded from automatic
Downgrading and
Declassification
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