1. COMMUNIST AVIATION SCHOOLS, NORTHEAST CHINA 2. NEW AIRFIELD, MANCHURIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005700520003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 5, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
COUNTRY China
SUBJEGT 1. Co~oanxni.st Aviation Schools, Northeast China
2. New Airfield, 2~>r~.nchuria
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on aativ'e duty with the Chinese Communist forces. The students are all
natives of North China ar Manchuria, and ell the instrnctars ere Soviets. Thy:
interpreters and translators are l+~anchurisns trained in the USSR The air
school has over 2b planes and operates its own airfield,
a r a en and approximately 3b0 navy students. All those grsdusted are
a Gommnnist naval. and air ac~:dea~r at Tsia~.n# had graduate50X1-HUM
a second branch of the Coma~nusist Northeast Aviation Schoo150X1-HUM
moved into the old ?+~est ~.rracks, built by the Japanese at Shihchiaohuang
(ll~+-2g, ~a3-b2). Equipment had been pro+c~red and the sohaol was in operation
`Phe school principal is LIU Chien-chiun (;~, ),## who 50X1-HUM
was gained in the USSR, The acting chief of the po~.itical sectian is KAN
Chjun lei ('~` . ~. The t~ea.J.nir~g progr~n is superi;ised by ~. Soviet adv3~
sons and J.6 enlisted men. About 250 students are in attsndanced.
A large airfield, stunt 3b li in cir~~mference~ is brt~ir~g constructed in Liaa.-
yang hsien f123-12, 11-16), south of Mukrien.
Comment. Location of the school at Tsinan is Qansidered doubtful
in view of the location of Teinan,
Coriment a Comtrtunist
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Co t. Commanding officer of the f#7 Uivisior~ of the Chinese Corgi--
urtist Army
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tha commanding officer of the S7 Division.
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