DISPOSITION OF CHINESE COMMUNIST MILITARY UNITS, KWANGTUNG

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY China
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 transmission 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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SUBJECT Disposition of Chinese Communist
Military Units, Kwangtung
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he 3 Independent Regiment; 1+1 Army,2 left Canton for duty in the
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
about 1+0, 000 troops of the 14.2 Army and of the 41+
Army, and 25,000 provincial public security troops were in the area south
of Canton to Changmut'ou (N 22-53, E 111+-06).
the 79 Division, 27 Army,1- one battalion of the 389 Regiment,
130 Division,-44 Army; and one battalion of the 122 Division, 1+1 Army, were 25X1
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Haifeng (N 22-58, E 115-20) Hsien coastal area. This regiment was under the
command of CH'IEN Han-wu (6929/3352/2976). Each of the four battalions of
the regiment was equipped with mortars, antiaircraft machine guns, and
light machine guns.
6. an artillery battalion of the
15 Army Group, arrived in Shenc uar} 22-32, 114-08) on the Canton-Kowloon
Railway. This battalion had a strength of over 600 men and was equipped
with 12 artillery pieces, and 4 antiaircraft machine guns. The battalion
was disposed at Ts'aiwuwei (5591/1450/0953), Huangkang (7806/1511), west
of Shench'uan, and at other nearby places.
8. the 2 Armored Battalion, 15 Army Group, was in the Haifeng
s en coastal area under FAN Shih-chun (2868/0013/1193). The battalion
had a strength of 1,500 men, and it was equipped with 12 antiaircraft guns,
9 field guns, 9 antiaircraft machine guns, 6 log-range guns, 6 searchlights,
and a total of 60 light armored cars and tanks.
negiment, c} riela Army, arrived in Canton and were billeted in the South
Village section. The battalion was equipped with 18 guns, most of which
were 60-mm. mortars-aftd a few of which were 75-mm. and 105-mm. guns; 120
cases of ammunition; and a total of 47 horses and mules.
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10. the 3 Armored Battalion, 5 Armored Regiment, of the Central and
South China Military Area, arrived at Changmut'ou. The battalion, which
was commanded by WAN Chung (5502/0394), was equipped with long-range guns,
howitzers, antiaircraft machine guns, 10 medium tanks, and 22 light tanks.
Ithe 36 Cavalry Rpaim ent with a strength of
1,b men who were equipped with sub-machine guns and
Soviet rifler,, and the 38 Cavalry lieg ment, with a strength of 1,200
men who were equipped with Soviet weapons
were transferred fro
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(N 23-05, E 114-26) to ' 05, E 113-24).
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The 36 and 38 avalry Regiments, which
are subordinate to the 4 Field Army, have been foraging for supplies in the 25X1
Huangp'u area.
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Chinese Communist army troops were concentrating at the
railway centers of Shihlung (N 23-07, E 113-51) and Changmut'ou for probable
transport to the East River Valley and to the coastal areas near Haifeng
and Lufeng (N 22-58, E 115-38).
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labout 3,000 to 4,000 infantry troops, a large
number of horses and mules, artillery pieces, and large quantities of
supplies were being transported on each train travelling southward on the
Kwangtung-Hankow railway.
1. I Comment. Available information indicates that the 27 Army
the 27 Army at Chaoan (N 23-44, E 117-12)l and other
2.
returned from Korea and is carried as unlocated in East China.
reports have been received placing the 27 Army in the Swatow area.
Comment. Units of the 27 Army have also been reported in
Yunnan; however, it is believed that the army is in the general area of
Shanghai.
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Comment. The unit designations in this and the following paragraphs 25X1
have never previously been reported to this office.
Comment. None of the units reported in paras. 4-6 and 8-12 25X1
has been reliably reported as a component of the Chinese Communist army,
and the reported organization of most of them conflicts with currently
a.rePrl:P8 T/d and E's for units of this kind. 25X1
4.I IComment. Strength in men and equipment reported is very high for a
battalion-size unit-
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