the CIA report spoke with the clarion voice of authority: “This pattern of events and reports indicates that Communist China has decided, regardless of the increased risk of general war, to provide increased support and assistance to North Korean forces.” Smith suggested that the “Chinese Communists probably fear an invasion of Manchuria despite the clear-cut definition of U.N. objectives.” The possibility cannot be excluded, he warned, “that the Chinese Communists, under Soviet direction, are committing themselves to full-scale intervention in Korea.”
