DISPOSITION OF CHINESE COMMUNIST ARMY UNITS, YUNNAN

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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
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SUBJECT Disposition of Chinese
Communist Army Units, Yunnan
REPORT I
DATE DISTR. 24 February 1954
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
China, Yunnan (November 1953)
1. By September ;953, the 1 and 2 Battalions of the 116 Aegimeit., which wag otationed
at Nanchiao (N 22-07) E 100-11), had received 10 machine guns, 200 rifles and'
four pack howitzers, which were being used in field exercises and target practice.
2. On 1 October the 5 Company, 2 Battalion, 116 Regiment, moved to Talo (N 21-38)
E 100-03). The company was equipped with 50::rifles, four late model machine guns,
and two 60-mm. mortars. Fortifications were being constructed surrounding Talo.
Burma, Lashio (November 1953) .
3. In August 1953, the 14 Army, which was in western Yunnan, had the 41, 42, 43
Divisions as its subordinate units (F-4).2 LI Ch'eng-fang (2621/2052/5364) was
25X1 commander of the 14 Army, with WANG Ch'i-wing (3769/0796/2494) as deputy com-
mander and CHU P'ei-hsuan (2612/0160/1357) as political commissar. CHU Chia-pi
(2612/1367/1084), who was formerly the army's chief of staff, had been transferred.
25X1 On 5 May 1953 the headquarters of the 14 Army had been transferred from Tali
(N 25-43, E 100-11) to Paoshan (N 25-07, E 99-09). The army's subordinate divisions
were disposed as follows:
25X1 a. On l.May 1953, the headquarters of the 41 Division was moved from Paoshan to
Chenk'ang (N 24-07) E 99-25). The division was commanded by CH'A Yu-sheng
(2686/3768/2573), with I Chi-sheng (0122/7162/3932) as deputy commander. The
25X1 headquarters of the 121 Regiment under the command of WANG Chen-pang (3769/2182/
-1.6721), xioved: -from Mangshih (N 24-27, E 98-35) to T'engch lung (N 25-01) E 98-29)
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The headquarters of the 122 Regiment, under the command of CHU Ying (2612/
5391), moved from T'engch?ung to Kengma (N 23-33, E 99-25). The 123 Regiment
moved from Chenk'ang to Lungling (N 24-34, E 98-42), Mangshih, and Chefang
(N 24-15, E 98-18)~
b. In April 1953, the headquarters of the 42 Division, which was commanded by LIAO
Yun-chou (1675/6663/0719), moved from Tali to Shunning (N 24-35, E 99-54). The
subordinate 124, 125, and 126 Regiments were stationed east of the Mekong River.
c. In late May 1953, the headquarters of the 43 Division was moved from Lichiang
(N 26-51, E 100-15) to Erhyuan (N 26-08, E 99-57).
Comment, The 116 Regiment is a component of the 39 Division, 13 Army.
2 4omment. Available information indicates that the 14 Army comprises the
, and Divisions, which are carried in the T9engch'ung, Paoshan, and
Paoshan-Lungling areas, respectively. The 43 Division, a former component of
the 15 Army, is tentatively carried in Yunnan but its subordination and status
are unknown. This report suggests that possibly a reorganization has taken
place within the 14 Army in which the 40 and 43 Divisions were merged and the
40 Division lost its identity. Such a consolidation would be in accord with
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