1. INSPECTION OF FUKIEN COASTAL AREA BY EAST CHINA DEPUTY COMMANDER 2. SHIPMENT OF MILITARY SUPPLIES TO FUKIEN

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• Publication Date: October 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY China
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SUBJECT 1. Inspection of Fukien Coastal Area by
East China Deputy Commander
2. Shipment of Military Supplies to Fukien
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DATE OF INFO.
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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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On 1 September 1953 SU Yu (4725/5940), deputy commander of the 3 Field Army, left
Nanking for the coastal area of Fukien,,where he was to remain for three weeks before
returning to Nanking. SU was accompanied by more than twenty persons, including
leading cadres of the 3 Field Army Headquarters, the Political Department, and
the specialized troops headquarters. Objectives of the inspection trip were as
follows:
a. To inspect army, airforce, and naval units,
b. To inspect coastal defense works.
c. To meet with cadres of army level to transmit orders from the 3 Field Army
and discuss defense problems.
d. To discuss with Fukien Military District officials plans for the early conquest
of Chinmen (N 211-28, E 118-24) and other Nationalist-held islands.1
e. To analyze the combat experiences of Chinese Communist artillery units during
the Nationalist attack on Tungshan (N 23-45, E 117-31) on 16 July.
During September the Supply and Service Command of the East China Military Area
loaded a total of 1,500 tons of foodstuffs and military supplies on railroad cars
at Nanking and Shanghai for shipment to Fukien on the Shanghai-Hangchow and
Chekiang-Kiangsu railways. These supplies, which were transshipped to Fukien
by motor vehicles, included 500 tons of foodstuffs, 150 tons of arms and ammunition,
20,000 padded cotton uniforms, gasoline, medical supplies, transportation equipment,
and construction supplies. In the past the Supply and Service Command had maintained
a stockpile of military supplies in Fukien sufficient for 100,000 men for about
three months. During July and August transportation difficulties had prevented
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adequate supply movements and this 1,500-ton shipment was intended to return
the Fukien military stockpile to its normal level.
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25X1A 1. Comment. Chinese Communist forays against several of the lightly
e nor en coastal islands have already forced the Nationalists to
withdraw from four of these islands;
Chinese Communist activities against Chinmen have been limited to sporadic
shellings and several small raids, on one of which a prisoner was taken.
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troops and the Chinese Communists are believed at present to have neither
adequate forces nor a sufficient water-lift to attack the island. While
the probable recent return to Central and South China of three veteran
armies of the 1 Field Army from Korea will increase Chinese Communist
offensive capabilities in South China, no new forces have yet been identified
in Fukien nor has any large shipping concentration been noted in the Amoy
area. This report, if valid, probably indicates merely the continuing
resolve of the Chinese Communists to take Chinmen, rather than any ipmediate
intention to attack the island.
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