Civil Air Transport (CAT) (IATA: CT, ICAO: CAT, Call sign: Mandarin) (民航空運公司) was a Nationalist Chinese airline, later owned by the CIA, that supported United States covert operations throughout East and Southeast Asia. During the Cold War, missions consisted in assistance to Free World allies according to the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949.
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