CHINESE COMMUNIST MILITARY ACTIVITIES WEIT'OU AREA
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CIA-RDP80-00810A007000200006-9
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RIPPUB
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1
Document Creation Date:
December 21, 2016
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September 3, 2008
Sequence Number:
6
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Publication Date:
June 10, 1955
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REPORT
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United t;t Ws within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Bees. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in nay manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law.
C-O-1-P-1-D-$-Z-T-I-A
Weit'ou A --32, 2 118-34). The tarn was being garrisoned by troops, and all
travel into and through Veit fou and its harbor by Lead or sea was prohibited.
This regulation was rigidly enforced. Rumors Nws current in Wait'ou that 25X1
heavy artillery weapons were being smolaeed in the area.
SUBJECT Chinese Communist Military DATE DISTR. 10 June 1.955 25X1
Activities o Weit'ou Area
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the Chinese Cosunists began evacuating all civilians from
There d been no Chinese Commmnmist naval activity in ireit'ou Bay
3. angai (3152/533T), a village about 25 ailes north of Weit'ou with a 25X1
population of 1,000, was guards& by 25 militiamen used with four grenades per
man and a total of six or seven rifles. The residents of Yangai were rationed
to three ounces of rice per day and two ounces of peanut oil per month. The
villagers of Yangsi cooperated with the Ckineae Communist Authorities.
1+. Theirs were two barracks at Chinching (R 24-34, a 118-36) which housed a total
of 200 troops. Each barracks was two stories high and approximately 15 by 60
feet. One hundred of these troops were armed with submachine guns, and the
remainder were armed with rifles. The troops spoke Mandarin and wore khaki
colored uniforms with Peoples' Liberation Army patches. one six
wheeled truck was observed at the barracks. 25X1
5. Two rectangular buildings were under construction outside the east gate of Weittou.
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