ARRIVAL OF CHINESE COMMUNIST TROOPS TIENTSIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006400680007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 13, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/07/18 :CIA-RDP80-00810A006400680007-3
SUBJECT Arr. ival of Chinese Communist Troops, DATE DISTR.
Tientsin
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT NO.
PLACE ACQINRED REFERENCES
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
fNE SOURCE !VALUATIONS IN TNIi RE-ORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
fNE ArIRA1SAl Of CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(f'OR KE1~ SEE RNERS!)
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
I N FORHIATi -~tEP'ORT
RD
13 April 1955
the Tientsin-Peiping Railway was damaged by
guerr a approx sly 0 miles from Tientsin. On the sates day peoplg living
in Tientsia were questioned during a search for suspicious iridividw-1s. With
a heavy loss, a freight car was overturned at the damaged section of the rai1wE25X1
the following areas:
2. A large ntmtber of Chinese Com~unist troops, approximately, 50,000 to 60,000 men,
recently arrived in Tientsin. They were mostly young soldiers about 20 years
of age, and they spoke with a northern Chinese accent. It was rumored that they
were redeployed from North Korea. these troops were stationed in 25X1
b. At the Jen Teo (0086/0155) warehouse located at the end section of Chieh
Fang (6037/2397) Road. Guards observed in the vicinity of T'angku wore
waist and autmunition belts made of cloth, green-colored unit'oz7RS, and black
rubber shoes. They were armed with drimm-type machine guns. These guards
wore no insignia except a patch stating that they were members of the army
of liberation and a blank red strip of cloth on their chests.
c. Warehouses in the area extending ,from the Chao Shang Chu (2156/0794/l~~)
(China Merchant Steam IQavigation'Cospany) Pier towards the harbor were
occupied by about 10,000 soldiers. Civilians were not permitted in this area
after 2200 hours.
a. In the vicinity of T?angku terminal.
An estimated 10,000 troops occupied two rows of civilian houses, totaling
about 50 in number, on the south side of the residential area within the walled
C-0 N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L
IBJFORN
r F~~ AEC
Thi. mpterW coac.,a. mronaatiaa .aectiaa the x.-
t1on11~'Oefiaee of the IIn1tM! Rape vlthtn the mew-
1t1~ Il' the ip~gM/lp Lw~, TiW 1a, II.8.0. 8eaa. 7Y3
sad TN, the teRO~an oe re~eLttoa of whtoh is
~ auanlr to e~a lfwutl-ae1MQ pee~on is prohibited
b~ law.
C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L
NOFORN
Approved For Release 2008/07/18 :CIA-RDP80-00810A006400680007-3
 Approved For Release 2008/07/18: CIA-RDP80-00810A006400680007-3
C-O-N-F-I-D-E N-T-I-A-L
NOFORN
city of Tientsin. These troops wore grass-green quilted cotton uniforms and
spoke with a Taman accent. Apparently they had been sent there for rest,
and they seemed in high spirits. These troops seemed to be sleeping on the
floors of the houses, because the floors were covered entirely with straw.
3. Many soldiers were in Tientsin markets and on main streets. Soldiers comprised
an estimated two-thirds of Tientsin theater audiences. When going in and out
of theaters the soldiers pushed and crowded each other as if they had little
discipline. Civilians usually tried to avoid the soldiers.
Comments
la The line may have been damaged by disgruntled farmers and not necessarily
by an organized guerrilla unit.
2. A Peiping broadcast announced that the Chinese People's 25X1
Volunteers Headquarters ha eci a to withdraw six divisions of the
Chinese People's Volunteers from North Korea and trane~f~r them to China
C -0-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L
N?FORN
Approved For Release 2008/07/18: CIA-RDP80-00810A006400680007-3