MILITARY ACTIVITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200370008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 6, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
CD NO.
COUNTRY China/USSR
SUBJECT Military Ac`ty
25X1A
25X1X
DATE DISTR. 6 Jul. 1950
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO. 25X1 X
1. On 25 June 1950, 200 Soviet air advisers were stationed at the Hang-chow air
base in addition to 20 combat aircraft which included 8 jet planes.
2. around 20 June 'ihanghai airfields had an unknown number of jet planes as
well as 40 fighters of the Japanese Zero type and of another type which
"closely resembled American Black 14dows and were reportedly night fighters."
3. There is an airfield installation 17 kilometers long in the area between
Chiahsing (120--45, 30.46) and .:angtien (120--44, 30-39). The field is for
fighters and bombers. One of 3 all-weather runways is almost completed.
4. On 26 June two "high-ranking" uniformed Soviet air advisers with a ten:man
Chinese Communist Army bodyguard arrived in Canton by rails reportedly to
inspect Canton and Hainan airfields.
INFORMATION REPORT
An official of the Communist Linistry of Communications en route from
Shanghai to Canton about 22 June stated that :anchurian and 4orth china
railroadp are "very busy" in the southward movement of air personnel and
material from the "main air bases of those areas" Which include I+iukden,
Peiping, Changchun, Kalgan and Harbin. Aircraft concerned include 200 jet
planes. Chinese railways are now under the supervision of military units
of the railway corps. Most of the engineers in these units are Soviets.
6. The highway between Chiangshan (118-37, 25-45) Station and Foochow is being
doubled in width and reinforced for military use.
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7. About 15 June, 96 "landing craft" for'the Taiwan invasion were assembled at
25X1 X Shanghai and Nanking.
8. There is one "coast artillery" unit in the Hangchow area manned entirely by
Soviet personnel and equipped with 40-cm tractor-drawn guns.
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