WORK OF CHINESE COMMUNIST ARMY RAILWAY ENGINEERING UNITS IN KOREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001300790004-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 3, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELL.LGE.NCE: AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURIT? INTOWATION
COUNTRY 'China/Korea
SUBJECT .Wox^k' of Chi e e. Con un st 40Y
Railway Zngirneering Units in Korea:
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PLACE ACQUIRED
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional IDetenee of the united States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR.
3 June 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF' CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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In.Septemb4'r.1952 representatives of the Chinese Communist Army railway engi-
neering units in Korea, including. Meritorious Representative P'AN Tewch'uan
(3382/1795/035.6), returned to China to participate in the 1 October National
Anniversary. At a rece'p'tion held. at the Ministry of Railways, these represen-
tativS reported the following information concerning the work of engineering
units. in Korea,:
a. Because of the shortage of ?fa lway" mechanics in Korea, the Chinese railway
staff and workers were dear ting`..90 percent of their labor to repairing
bridges and raiJ?oads dal aed. by' ; it raids.
There .was a, shortage of materials needed for repait% work.
c,W The destruction of water.supply,sources along the railway lines was hind-
ering.,.the movement of supplies.
The technique of camouflaging train-s with steam during air r+i .
'usually ineffective d
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Comment. Since source did not specify his informant, it is possible
Zrt the po?t is transcribed from propaganda used to show the necessity of
Chinese aid to.NOrth Korea
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