MORI DOCID 918032 a 19 September 1964 5 APPROVED FOR RELEASE MAR 2003 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN CURRENT INTELLIGENCE RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY MORI 918032 APPROVED FOR HEW CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN is produced by the DATE MAR 2003 Director of Central Intelligence to meet his responsibilities for providing current intelligence bearing on issues of national security to the President the National Security Council and other senior government of cials It is produced in consultation with the De- partments of State and Defense When because of the time factor adequate consultation with the department of primary concern is not feasible items or portions thereof are produced by CIA and marked with an asterisk Interpretations of intelligence information in this publication rep- resent immediate and preliminary views which are subject to modi cation in the light of further information and more complete analysis Certain intelligence items in this publication may be designated speci cally for no further dissemination Other intelligence items may be disseminated further but only on a need-to-know basis WARNING MEIRI DIE-CID 913032 I 5 I 19 September 1964 APPRGUED FDR RELEASE DATE MAR 2033 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN CONTENTS in 2 Communist China Soviets believe Chinese Com- munists could detonate nuclear device at any time Page 4 MORI DOCID APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE MAR 2003 Communist China 1 onate a nuclear device at any time The present US estimate-4 1 indicates the Chinese will not have enough fissionable material for a test device until after 1964 Because another undiscovered reactor may exist however the possibility of an earlier detonation cannot be com pletely discounted Moscow had detailed information about the Chi- nese nuclear program until 1960 The Soviets them- selves have stated however that they have not been able to keep well informed since then Khrushchev's references this week to monstrous and terrible weapons may have been motivated at least in part by concern over the impact a Chinese nuclear detonation could have at this time 918032 19 Sept 64 DAILY BRIEF This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu