RETURN TO NORTH CHINA OF CHINESE COMMUNIST 1 TANK DIVISION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001000050007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2009
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 14, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
groups to -the Peiping-Tientsin area from North Korea and Northeast Ch
The division was to begin a three-month training program in this area
and was to receive new Soviet equipment. 7a
PEC RET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY China/Korea
Return to North China of Chinese
Communist 1. Tank Division
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its tr&nsmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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DATE DISTR. itApril 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
listed the Chinese Communist .1 Armored Division in North Korea. At
that time, as a result of a reassessment of information regarding the
location of the division, it was accepted in the Peiping area.
LComment.
the 1 Tank Division entered the Korean wart, but received
2. ~
in Korea
FEC tentatively accepted the 1 Armored Division
Ithe Chinese Communist .1 Tank Division returned in several 25X1
available information tentatively
few re lacement d, little materiel. The division was ordered to leave the
front and helped to train new tank units in Korea and Northeast
China
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