TRAINING OF VIET MINH TROOPS ON HAINAN

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CIA-RDP82-00457R006100630008-1
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RIPPUB
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C
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1
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December 14, 2016
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February 6, 2001
Sequence Number: 
8
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Publication Date: 
October 26, 1950
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 200,-~1/p3~ V P82-00457R006100630~g .. n~~.~es?n(.eln.l-S\~ ~ ~5X1~ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY Indochina SUBJECT Training of Viet '.'inh Troops on IIainan PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INFO. 25X1X 25X1A R R~ ll~R~ CD NO. DATE DISTR. 26 Oct. 1950 NO. OF PAGES 1 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 1? Five thousand Viet : Iinh troops are completing a three-month course at the former Chinese :Jationalist training center at T'eng Ch'iao (109-1i3, 13-23) on ::ainan Island, 2. The center is referred to locally as a training center for the Chinese Co;:mmntnist 15 gray Group, and is visited often by Ceiiera3. ,'umm 'Iua, co-,,,.;and--r of that army. 3. The training of Viet ::firth troo')s is under Soviet supervision. The Vietnamese recruits are known by Chinese naiaes, !t. a grow,) of 300 Viet :.:irth air force personnel is pres.:ntly being; trained at' Sanya on Hainan. These nen are being trained by ex-Luftwaffe prisoners of war under Soviet supervision. Thirty additional German prisoners of wae ara expected to join the staff in late October.* 25X1 A Comment. Virtually this same information was broacast in .~nglish I:orse, on 23 October 1950, from Hong Kong by the Pan ,siatic "le-us .llliance, a Chinese .Jationalist news a;eney, The broadcast stated, however, that the number of 'Diet inh trainees had not been ascertained. 22 3e-Dte .tber 1350, reported the depart2b51 A of 37 former German . it ponce personnel from Ca en for Hainan on 25X1 A Comment. CONFIDENTIAL in al.cordic.nce with th letter of 10 October 1978 from the Director of Central Intelligence to the Archivist of the United States. Next Review Date: 2008 This document is hereby reg;ac:ecl t~ Approved For Release 2001/03/05: CIA-RDP82-00457R006100630008-1