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Korean Intelligence Failure Essay

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Intelligence officers were impeded by the refusal of their leaders to accept the reporting of Chinese presence. Colonel Percy Thompson, G-2 (intelligence officer) of First Corps received information from a variety of sources that made him believe that the Chinese have already entered North Korean territory in late October 1950, however his Commanders of the First Cavalry Division did not believe him. Colonel Thompson’s intelligence assessment was accurate as the Chinese attacked on October 25, 1950. Even at the Battalion level, human intelligence from farmers of the thousands of Chinese on horseback fell on death ears as the leadership thought the idea of Chinese on horseback was absurd. Additionally, the intelligence received from the …show more content…

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