EIC CONTRIBUTION TO SIE-3

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79S01011A000100030003-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 22, 1952
• Content Type: MF

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of the heavy equipment, POL, and some light equipment and supplies
are obtained from the Soviet Union,. , Present ti;estern control measures
apparently have increased Communist Chinats dependency, upon the Soviet
U ni,,n as n source of supply, but seer, to have had no other effect upon
the supply situation of the Chinese Corrmunist Arn y (G-2).
The logistical requirements and sources of supply of the Con.iurnist
Chinese ground forces are as follows (0-2) :
(1) The total daily consumption of the Communist ground forces
in Commtinict China and in North Korea (including North Korean Forces)
is estii.atod as follorm :
L;etric Tons
Class I
Food.
1,700
Class II
T eapons, equipment,
800
and IV
Class III
clothing) engineer-
ing
POL
900
Class V
Aimnunition
2p500
Total
_8,900
(2) Of the total consumed, the following esiimateci amounts
are required per day for the military operation in Korea:
Metric Tons
Class I
Food
1,700
Clays II
Y eapons, equipment,
340
and IV
Class III
clothing, engineer-
ing
POL
700
Class V
Ammunition
Total .
4j,865
(3) Food for these ground forces comes from Corat,uni.st China and
North Korea. Practically all heavy equipment and POL?is shipped by rail
from 'the USSR. Part of the light equipment, and a share-of the azxmunition
is produced in Cor,~raanjst China, and the remainder is supplied by the
Soviet Union.
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(14) A tabulation of the equipment captured from the Chinese
Communist Forces in Korea during July, August, September, and October
of 1951 follows:
Total
Ca turgid
Nunber of
USSR
I.,anufacture
Percent
of
Total
Si 1.1 arms
2,, 235
1047
60
Sul chine gum
1,693
4421
84
:c.c::ine guns
602
311
52
::ortars
293
36
12
Artillery pieces
96
13
114
(5) The munition: industry of Communist China is producing the
bulk of the light equipment and supplies for the Chinese Commni.st ground
forces. Estimated 1951 output-is given below:
Rifles 600,000
Submachine guns and pistols 17,000,
Machine guns 63,000
Grenade launchers and knee 56,000
mortars
Mortars
27,000
Recoilless rifles
300
Field artillery
700
small arms ammunition
500,000,0000
Hand grenades
18,000,000
Rifle grenades
2,000,000
:mortar shells
2, 000,000
Artillery shells
5,000,000
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(6) The main centers of munitions manufacture, listed
approximately in order of importance are:
Mukden Tcinan
Chungking Shanghai
Tsiyuan Ilunchun
ilankow Nanking
Canton Peiping
T sitc9 har Kunming
(7) The tjor materials required to manufacture the munitions
produced in 1951 are ectthatecl as follows:
`!etric
Tom
:.'etric
Tons
Carbon steel
19,000
Chrome
15
Alloy steel
5,600
Nickel
50-
Castings
6,800
tlolybdenum
30
Copper
.15,000
Propellant powder
2,000
Zinc
3,500
Totryl
40
Lead
3,300.
TNT or equivalent
1,500
Aluminum
600
(8) The tonnages required to support munitions production are
relatively small and the bulk of the materials are produced in Communist
China. Most of the remainder is obtained from the Soviet Union.
Com;tunist China is heavily dependent on supplies from the USSR only in
the cases of ,copper and zinc.
(9) Considering the importance of munitions production, Co^uminist
China would give priority to munitions in the allocations of mterials
and the USSr?. probably rouls supply whatever additional sup_:liec are
required.
b. Air Force capabilities
Communist China does not possess an aviation industry and is wholly
dependent on imports for aircraft frames, engines, spare parts, and other
aviation equipment. In addition, Communist China is dependent on imports
for 100 percent of her avgas requirement of 1!O,OOO metric tons per year.
Communist China is probably able tp produce at least a part of her jet
fuel requirements of 60.,000 metric tons annually, but no exact estimate
of Jet fuel production capabilities is possible. Cor,z~nurd st China is,
and has been since early 1950, importing practically all her aviation
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