CHINESE NATIONALIST TROOP STRENGTH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000200030043-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Sequence Number: 43
• Content Type: MEMO

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ER-1581
29 January 1954
MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL ROBERT CUTLER
SUBJECT: Chinese Nationalist Troop Strength
1. Herewith the best current figures for Chinese
Nationalist forces on Formosa and the offshore Islands.
As you will see, they differ from those given Thursday at
NSC. As luck would have it, some newer and firmer figures
were received from Cinc Pac on Thursday afternoon.
2. Chinese Nationalist Troop Strengths
Place
As Given by DCI
According to New Information
Combat Guer-
Regulars rilla
Reserves
Totals
Formosa
265,000
225,000
45,000
270,000
Pescadores
20,000
25,000
25,000
Chinmen Area
45,000
47,000
9,000
56,000
Matsu Area
5,000
6,000
4,000
10,000
Tachen Area
15,000
10,000
5,200
15,200
350,000
313,000
18,200
45,000
376,200
The reserves have had a minimum of four months' training.
These figures do not include an estimated 10,000 - 12,000
combat fit troops to be recruited from among the 14,400 POW's
repatriated to Taiwan from Korea.
JJH/vcl
Distribution:
Orig & 1 to addressee
1 WPB
2 DDI
1 JJH
1 ER
s/
ROBERT AMORY, Jr.
Deputy Director/Intelligence
SOREIrm-
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ARMY
CHINESE NATIONALIST FORCES
AIR
4500000
(3500000 combat
troops & 100 0 000
service & overhead
personnel)
12 Armies
28 Inf, Div,
11 Art, Refits,
1 Airborne Gp,
3 Coastal Cads.
7 Coast Art,Regts,
7 Officer Combat Reg
1 Armored Brig,
200 Medium Tanks (M-18
300 Light Tanks (M?5)
200 S --P Guns
NAVY
680000 36#600
1 Medium Bomber Gp,
I Light Bomber Op,
4 Fighter Gps4
2 Transport Gps,
1 Reconnaissance SqV
43 Medium Bombers
18 B-24
25 P-4Y
17 Light Bombers (8-25
300 Fighters
75 F-84 Jets
225 F-47 & P-51
125 Transports (C-48)
220 Recon, & Trainers
p us 110000 Marines)
1 Destroyer
34 Patrol Vessels
13 Mine Vessels
100 Minor Vessels
US AID TO ARMED FORCES
FY 1951 through FT 1953 --------- $38300000000
FT 1954 ?----------$300,,0000,0000
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