INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI (AP) -- Documents released by the CIA show the young agency's struggles in the Korean War.
The CIA released 1,300 documents Wednesday that included 900 papers that either had not been made public earlier or contained new information.
One CIA analysis said "American military and civilian leaders were caught by surprise" when North Korean troops moved south across the 38th Parallel in June 1950.
It also describes how U.S. military and civilian leaders were caught off-guard four months later when the Chinese "intervened in massive numbers as American and UN forces pushed the North Koreans back."
The documents were released to participants at a two-day conference on the Korean War at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Mo.
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