TOP SECRET Formosa 8. It was recently announced that all shipping in Formosa Strait would be subject to air attack by Nationalist aircraft. The Chinese Nationalist Air Force (C.N.A.F.), H.Q., have denied issuing this notice, but point out that under existing orders shipping in China's territorial waters is liable to air attack. 9. We appreciatedø earlier this month that a Communist attempt at invading Formosa early in 1950 is possible. It appears that the Communist Navy is not progressing very fast nor is the Nationalist Navy disintegrating.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- China Formosa Soviet Union
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/7/20
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 158/7
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0007.020
- Keywords
- Foreign Policy Chinese Civil War Hong Kong Empire Colonies Imperial Defence Defence Military Intelligence Communism Geographic Intelligence Contingency Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Battles Military Strength Assessing Enemy Strength Politics Morale Chinese Army Military Situation Reports Public Opinion Refugees Border Controls Chinese Navy
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Ministry of Defence United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 3
- Persons Discussed
- Valentine Boucher Lawrence Pendred Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Military Intelligence
