Chiang Kai-shek eyed preemptive strike at China's nuke facilities in 1964

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows U.S. official documents declassified on Oct. 16, 2014. The document shows that Chiang Kai-shek, then the president of the Republic of China, planned a preemptive strike on China's nuclear facilities in 1964, fearing an attack from Beijing after the communist country successfully carried out its first nuclear test earlier in the year.

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