ANTI-COMMUNIST GUERRILLA GROUPS IN NORTHWEST CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001600140008-1
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL.INTELLI.GE.NCE AGENCY
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Anti-Col IEUUist Guerrilla Groups
in Northwest China
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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guask foroes in the provinces of Northwest China
The anti-COmn=ist In l1961 a total
71 late
are J=wix as the Mutual Salvation Association. l
/0342). .was opera-
(7150
foroe of 14,000 guerrillas, headed by DEG Suang
ting in three deparate'aareas a
fisi~w 85-26,
ao About 3,000 guerrillas were in tj3z S distriots of , tMin ma's'er (1 34- 19 E' 104- ),
B 102-23)s T?ao fiver 103-12). near t4a borders of Hsu, Ts i 1 and Choni (1~ 34-39, 1 were concentrated inthe aT' ao
guerrillas s area
and S BeohuazL Province a . The
most and Min river valleys, in a moul ai ouJAVIoa Of t vh10h beat
8,000 feet above sea level. TEL pop mostly of the nomadic Idbae
100,000 persona, it 90 percent Tibetan, mostly these tribes
SistoriaallY
3706/06~77.with .. d3oalI.-Suiber 96) tribes.
have been anti-0I' in senti t, and are regarded asabout awl
allies of the guerrilla forces. The leader of this gr ups
d the xeet Chinese, in late 1951 was
third of Whom were Tibetans an
LU Wei-yang (6677/4850/6978).
i Proviaae llsin About 8,000 guerrit of. Yee u,, (t 33ro g.5#)' north 'Tr'ait.'
extending fhrotm 6&a
,(gD86/6671/5468)2, comprising about two-thirds of the ro4iuoe.
The population, largely Mongol, is m jn y,nomadic and unorganised
politi.oallaye The area is self-sufficient in food. About halt Of
the guerrillas are Tibetans, and the late 1951 owagsollsssTCh(416e1nd. ? LIJ U,slems. The leader of this group
guerrillas, led by MA LuA-pin (7456/094 2430), were in
o. ut e i and Sinkiang Provinces meet 3
the the are a a wh wher re Sa~LSU, Tsingha
2. In the first area mentioned above, the Chine~~o ~s s had established
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military foroes in their areas and had complete authority over the oivil
administration. These comeissioners had their headquarters at IJAWsiAm''
(I 34-29, B 104-01), lute (N 33-26, S -104-54) and- Idaiisia (i d6-66, * =448
respectively. These strong military administrations were ostabliad ed to
offset the threat of the guerrilla forces noted in paragraph 1 a above.
25X1 1. LIN was foz'merly-'a mesber of the Nationalist Asseaaab]lr, and leader of
the Pao Ko (5916/0766) eoeret sooioty.
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Co t
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from, Kansu Pro oe. the gaw-
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2. This is presumably the Amame TMaahin area.
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area
about 3,00 #asW&s i the 4stla
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