CHINESE AID TO VIET MINH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 18
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 13, 1950
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
Amp, Ne(
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
Approved Forqplease 2000
Project: lEs
VIA-RDP79T01 I W00100090001-7
CAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WICE OF REMITS AND ESTIMATHS
ItS100...Nli--a-U2kigePoralagia
To: Di
From: Publications Division, Projects Planning
aubject: dA0460: C;k&
Date:- (.3 t4cw
RWAINA#APS-9,3PA:
=AR: 6_\\RYCA0S1 --())
.1421219E; e-Au-At. ocA &WYNC14$941/43-41 tket tilt41
dimkgI GSW411ft\MidAt
&so:
"k \VCIA ?V,ststry, &su1/4;TsielS) by \ttrArksv jitirN
'pica
"Aq4,1L0,1)th
gas: TottOWNWAXANNA (Aitk-
RICIAR9-1.4.-PAVR: eaki& CaNYZNINCM.Q.,
AnsImmif_t_JsTAPAOlive
Iitavgatilat.2111?19P.: btEE
IntgaraLgawLivAlcm: eEhr
25X1A
2antrimtaLEsonnilaitkiao: efOut.
(7.2.4mittottgra9,1,v_ailhisharAtarks
ittustrangstRipm atIctat..
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
Approved For_Release
2000/144 4
viDEMIAt04u
A 00100090001-7
MEMORANDUM FOR: D/Pub 13 March 1950
25X1A ATTENTION
SUBJECT : Request for Estimate
1. It is requested that this office be furnished an estimate of the aid
being furnished the Viet Minh by the Chinese Communists.
2. We 'would like this information as soon as possible.
25X1A
- 01
Approved For Release 2000/040514FiNSTIAL9A000100090001-7
25X1C
Approved For Release 2000/04/17
:t,et Tho classiacation of
the classification
rFktOWN1043A00010009000/ -7
tbAsWgggaOaum 401sr, LAs .c3.1.aeo,
or the draft it certlem
4roitik10014 FOR OITIV. PULAL ICAT IONS DIVISION
IMeaCCT: Transmission. of Draft Report
114CLOWRE2
fr
,ijate 23 March 1950
1P-81 "Chinese Communist kid to Vietnamese Resistance"
+1,,,,,T.?...SsornO/00.111???13.4...,1*Ilmayan,.......*???????WnoraTWOi.061,-..treTaMmv..rni*S.N.a
Enclosure is forwarded herewith for aOralia/W/WWW
transmittal to requester.
;!,? This draft report has been coordinated informally with the
organisations checked below:
14.:1;ffila
DfNO
fl/LA
DAB
Ditfa
j DAM
?I Other
..2rLtdk. Litt21,41
state (Ora)
Ainv (Ip/dsusl)
Navy (ONI)
Air (AID)
Other
3,, Maps and/or Graphics to be included in thin report and
arrangements completed for their produotiov by the Hap Division or
the Presentation Staff are as fellows3
NONE
4, engulesOsj Because of probable general interest in the subject
of IP-81,_a recommendation has been made informally to the Current Branch
of Publications Division that the material be presented as a special
article in the current ORE WEEKLY.
D/FE
Olvlsion
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01040A000100090001-7
S-Ec RET-
14,4.4
25X1C
25X1A
25X1X
25X1X
Approved For Release 2000/04/4EUEV79T0104JA000100094-011-h4
22 Itereh 2953t
Miitt
A
41:
eels pireonnel have been r*ovtng beck and
without interference The infornation does
existent* at pre cont ora Urge-wale prom
*id nor is there reliable evidnce or Chinese
veregainett Marren:h.
Pabronry Preadh officers in the border to A' Unseen told a
Aent t!nt the Resistance was receiving erne fres the
that the extent of such aid was not Omer. Thies
that tho Resistance ims probably getting no mere fres
-ry for. They aloe stated that, on three Separate
oesseta flesist* units had assembled in Chinese territory for gate** 011
of Chinese Coi,tt a2 to
is almost certainly soma
Vesistances and that Resist-
roes the Indochina border
however, establish the
of Chinese Corarnist military
ommunist mart/a/pat/on in the
et
by say of
at Ilan Tao.
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : COR9101049A000100090001-7
25X1X
25X1X
25X6
25X1C
25X1C
SECtz' ?.?
Approved Per Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A0001000900012gX1X
Resistance setillery fire during the Iw1u aie i 25X1X
ttutd deftnite evidence of Chinese Casennist aid
on the btrder and ready to infiltrate Vietnam an/ Join
25X1C
25X1C
he Ch
050 Cuni
tities of
the latei
45th argr
sore are V
Chinese Ceesaniste.
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
SEtWt.
0.
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 $gc-kEk9T01049A000100090001-7
25X1C
report is considered extremely doubtful, not only
because the source is notoriously unreliable, but also because the French are
in a Won to Observe such developments and would have little reason to
25X1C wea1 the knowledge. Partial truth in the report is
probably contained in the reference to the sale and/or delivery of
some arms and ammunition to the Resistance and the presence of ease Chinese
ommuntsts with the Reeistence. The infiltration of 10,000 Chinese Communists
is, doubtful in view of the fact that such a large nuMber of Chinese, even if
*tattered* would be conspicuous in Tonkin and would represent a contradiction
to Refs emphasis on nationalimn. Uoreovero the Resistance is short of munitions,
and probably of skilled military teOhniclans, rather that of manpower. 25X6
25X1X Mhtle same suspicion attaches to
25X6
reports,
it is
nevertheless believed that these reports reflect a generally trze picture of
limited aid to the Resistance-. It mast be noted, however, that arms traffic
across the border from South China, and arms smuggling from the Philippines
Thailand and other places to Resistance areas has been eontinuing for severe
years. 11th the Chinese Communists in control of South China and publicly
committed to the support ("moral and material, where possible") of the various
liberation" movements of Southeast Asia, the present tendency is to attribute
all Resistance acquisitions of military aid to Chinese ComMunist aid. It is,
in fact, extremely difficult at present to determine exactly from what sourcee
Resistance munitions are being received and what percentage of them wen if
reestved from Chinese Cosauniste on the border are fraa the "Peoples RepUblic
of China" as part of an active prOkram of military and political support.
tApproved For Release 2000/04/17 : VIII/ 01049A000100090001-7
Privirlf
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-1415 1440500100090001-7
It ie quite likely that moat of the arms obtained by the Resistance are
sulfured locally manufactured, or purchased from avariety of scums
including the Chinese Communists. The fact that there has been no visible
increase in the military capabilities of the Resistance indicates either
(1) that the Resistance has achieved no really significant increase in its
armaments, or (2) that, assuming military aid is being received, it is being
held in reserve for future large-scale operations.,
The apparent increase in Chinese Communist-Re istance contacts, when
viewed against the ideological background of the Chinese CommunistResietance
relationship, establishes the practical certainty of some aid, at present,
and the strong probability of increased physical aid over the next three
months to a year:. This prediction is, however, based upon two aresumptionst
(1) that the Chinese Communists will succeed in consolidating their South
China position and will not be exclusively preoccupied with the pacification
of an unruii peasantry or the irmasione of Hainan, Taiwan and Tibet, and
(2) that .64 Resistance under Ho Chi Minh will not openly break with the
Staliniet bloc.
CI
AD
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDOVT01049A000100090001-7
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01649A000100090001-7
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
'
r.i.ojeot:
To:
Approved Foia-eRelease 200
eD(E-E?
Gsc.acks
1 . CIA-RDP79T01/11116A000100090001-7
tltqftRitl, INTELLIUME AUNtli
mum or RUCKS AND ESTIMATra
t
Date: c MaD(ZO
Fro= Publications Division, Projects Planning
5ubject: tkirerNot&We-EAV(10>ek' klb Sztiern:6:2335-
I' i
Xigin: (Nr\-f?ar.& ttz. -S.J111111111 25X1A
.4.9.t1M; "FS v-y611-04. 64.4; kt t 6Y-I cagcic& Ato-oisaa, gtewko:43
Gyi1/4 mNkDscas, ko ' t
i\(ti ; "tt,- 1`60\c,r,t _ lkh tec?itMte_ ktAfkkii ke-c\teit '61e241"14/aa i(Jatt
65-NM0.911-00k( ti%\r) - -7r0-t.r--- cfSMURA411 to* exfirttIS-14. &:AR441141
2EWAUAILAAX/:
MENVerM1/41
&AO_ slam jp_pigja A3y
aMti
k515vLis;st =UZI
(\ 401Y Sb
DIta*-2,,SMItEll9n: SRDA
IniittaaULEMagg: N6\4-sL.
Se tset
wtAely
Itirammlaillazsgmtisat.
Approved For Release 2000/04/17: CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
1)/ecw'r
2 ft,rch, 1950
Memo on D/Pub's request to D/FE for info in tin and tungsten shipments
to Poland via Antwerp.
D/FE has no/ information indicating that tin or tungsten has been
indirectly shipped to Soviet Satellites in recent years.
We find, however, that in 1949 OUT records for 10 months show that
50 tons of wolframite (65% W03) were shipped to Holland. The bulk of
wolframite exports went to the US, about 20% to the UK and the remainder,
about 25%, to Belgium, France, Holland, Sweden and the USSR. The source
for above is S0-34068, 26 Jan 50. Traders in Hongkong have frequently
expressed the apiximx suspicion that some tungsten and tin to Western
Europe has been transshipped to the USSR (particularl- through Sweden).
No mention of Satellite demand has been made.
eer-
4-4
---totet
25X1A
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
?
25X1A
1 NMI
Amoved For.%lease 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
25X1A
25X1A
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR: D/Pub ORE
ATTENTION
?
?
23 February 1950
SUBJECT : Request for Information
1. This office has a requirement for all
available information on irregular shipments of tin
and tungsten from Hong-Kong through Antwerp to
Poland.
2. Shippers, points of origin, forewarding
agents, points of destination and ultimate consignees
are of particular interest re this request.
3. your assistance in this matter will be
greatly appreciated.
Reference: Case
CONFIDENTIAt
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
25X1A
Approved Forllease 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T010494000100090001-7
Nof
Nme
de CONFIDENTIAL
7 March 1950
MEMORANDUM FOR: D/Pub, ORE
25X1A ATTENTION
SUBJECT : Request for Information
25X1A
1. ()RBIs Eastern European Weekly of 29
November refers to ferromolybdneum and tungsten
shipped from Belgium to Poland. Can you ascertain
the shipper, point of origin and consignee?
2. It is requested this information be
furnished by 15 March or as soon thereafter as
practicable.
Reference:
CONFIDENTIAL
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA- 9 1049A000100090001-7
Approved ForRelease 2000/04/17 ? 9T010rA000100090001-7
lo
_
25X1A itarertialle
25X1A
25X1A
15 March 1950
90 tom of 657, weltleuelte
WA ewer& aboot 55%
the remettuder# about W.
# and the Ut=1
41.#01M kIN) of togfreet
Isere 1.1 to
Safi
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
Noe Noe
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
?
Approved For Relupe 200Q/ 9A0V0090001-7
04(-17 : CI -(Cia-RDP79T0104 (Krqz)
11:ojeot:
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE CIF REPCRTS AND ESTIMATES
ftsitet-.74414V-S-01.911%.'DAM
To: IDIFE..
From: Publications Division, Projects Planning
subject: (niecrita /ri
Date.: I G (Ylosc-citr\.
,gtatertia# gi.Proleet:
%Wm k4ASVAGSZ -0
Th
Ada.: m e),st,$))..\-og. %Az., Aal-CTWA-- C"
.42922;
iiraP149/LCILANti:
?csa: Hemittsakm&KwYYN Covt%,i,
Ann due in DiSM13,': I Goo eai, Wtoksv St
Re122122204e DiviAtCP:
Coo_ra___Aiina 143: ?
MaaarlikeataLlutpxgallitisr Vt5Nitst.,
111.gber thaw, cets,A-
magniatkasuiamimtunt_ CaTraw
a?gstvLLatte,tosso,pm",
fLswij,
Doc) ayk lc titaff
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
25X1A
Approved For Release 2000/0t17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
law
,Memorandum For: DiPub March 16, 1950
25X1A Attention:
Subject : Request for Evaluation
25X1A
Reference : State Telegram March 13
1. It is requested that this office be furnished an evaluation of
reference telegram.
25X1A 25X1A
2. has already discussed the matter with
of the
China Branch to inform him of our particular interests with regard to
this telegram.
3. The evaluation would be greatly appreciated if received by 1700
hours today.
25X1A
Reference: D-02
Approved For Release 2000/04/17 : CIA-RDP79T01049A000100090001-7
frAND:RD,Animpved For Release 2000/04/17 : SIEERUT01049A000100090001-7
Nrsol
Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES ,GOVERNMENT
TO Chief, DAub DATE: 16 March 1950
FROM Chief, DAE
SUBJECT: Transmittal of IP-83
1. The attachment here to (in triplicate) is submitted in
compliance with verbal instruction for production of IP-83.
25X1A
Approved For Release 2000/04/17SKRET79T01049A000100090001-7