MILITARY INFORMATION: APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL HU CHIA-CHI AS DEPUTY COMMANDER OF MUKDEN AREA DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800500011-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: August 26, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Military Information: Appointment of
General HU Chia-chi as Deputy Commander of Mukden
Area Defense Headquarters
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General H i i,:, a~ci, Director at '!,Re rk)r.i.Aaast i?X $lD-1i ba i;a
Central Training, Corpe, has been appointed Del-uty Commander of the Lukden Area
Defense f3ePC?c;~}Axte: s and concurrently p Actin; Commander of the same headquarters
to re lace General. LIA.NG wia-she g whc is now in Nankir . (See
Gene.-:,al Kill ass-used his office n 5 July 1948,; and General LIANG nay,
return to Mukden s oun to .r asign his post as Commander of the h,aadqua rters
2,; General HU is a native of :}iunan Province and a 'Wham-pos. Military Academy graduate
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He is not a rich gran,, poesibly an indication of incyosrruptness. His mi
ability is excellent. During the war against Japan, General HU held posts as
regimental, brigade and division commander, After Japan's surrender, he bec
commander of the Nataonaiiat 88th Division of the 71st Army and was sent to t'
Northeast.. When General HJ disagreed with General CH'EN Mires-jah 4 j
then commander of the 71st 1 rmy, HU resigned .
While holding no official position for oeverai month, HU lived in Mukden with
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his friend, General PIE% Pi--stung ' 17 i ,,
Mu.'kden Garrison Headquarters., General FrL"TG and General HU are friends o~.
General 110 ying-chr.in (49 r A;r ), Mini.-ter of National Defense, and
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General iiU s new apf ?ainttlc.nt Te is an in,...rJ i _natio2x of 110's influence in .7orthta..n".
r: ilitary circles (See -
4n Upon the resignation of % er:rral LIU An-chi ( Ij now Pavifie::uti.on
Commander of the 1.1th. Pacification Area, eastern Shantung$ as director of the
Northeast Branch of the Central Trainirg Corps, General HU was appointfed VLcew
Dirc.ctor of the Northeast '.)ranch of the Central Training Corps. i%s was
subsequently promoted to Director of the Corr when General LIB was
to the post of commander of the 71st Army.. 11t3 held the -ost of Director of the
Corps until his appointment to the M4ukden Area Defense Headquarters.
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