ACTIVITIES OF THE TIBETAN MILITIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000800100009-3
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 31, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CE.N.T.RA.L..INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY China.
SUBJECT Activities of the Tibetan Militia
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about 2,000 Tibetan militiamen, including approximately
1,400 infantry and 500 cavalry troops, were ih.spected by the-Tibetan
Militia Headquarters of the Choni (N 34-39p E 103-12) Autonomous Area. Following the inspection, CHOU Hsiang-ch'u (0719/4382/0443), deputy
commander of the Kansu Military District., told the militia, which was
under the command of YANG Fu hsing (2799/1788/5281), that in order to
achieve stability and peace in the Tibetan Autonomous Area, it was
necessary to eliminate the partisans of MA Pu-fang.
The Kansu Military District gave 200 rifles to the Tibetan militia
and declared the time for the militia to start its
anti-guerrilla operations.
25X1 Comment. The Choni Area, which is inhabited principally by
Tibetans, is south. of Linhsia (N 3536, E 103-03), west of
Minhsien (N 34-29, E 104-01), and northwest of Hsiku (N 33-48.,-
E 1014.22), in the border area of Kansu, Tsinghai, and Szechuan.
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