China: Joint Staff telegram ("Chinese riot control police units") [PLA used to suppress uprising because authorities lacked riot control units; "brute force … ended in the massacre of many Chinese demonstrators"] [declassified ?2014]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | National Security Archive posting (3 Jun 2014) |
| Editorial comments: | 1212. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 3pp |
| Themes: | Defence (general), Foreign policy (Asia), Foreign policy (USA), Security services & intelligence |
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