7 February 1963 · Classified intelligence map, later declassified
Communist China: Surface-to-Air Missile Sites
Central Intelligence Agency
Why it matters
The map is an especially literal example of “Red China” as an intelligence object. Territory becomes a field of sites, arcs, and uncertain observations prepared for one reader—the president—while the classification history remains visible around the image.
- Publication
- The President’s Intelligence Checklist
- Holding institution
- National Archives and Records Administration, Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel
- Shelfmark
- ISCAP Appeal 2015-129, Document 12, page 5
Central Intelligence Agency. Communist China: Surface-to-Air Missile Sites. The President’s Intelligence Checklist, 7 February 1963. National Archives, ISCAP Appeal 2015-129, Document 12, 5.