1. ARRIVAL OF CHINESE COMMUNIST FORCES AND SOVIET ADVISERS, KWANGTUNG 2. REPAIR OF AIRFIELDS, CANTON AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006600600013-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: January 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJLCT 1. 'Arrival of Chinese Comunist Forces and Soviet
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2. '.c~air of Airfields, Canton Area
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1. Since 20 December 1950 the Chinese Com unists have added three divisions
to forces alone the Canton-icouloon railroad from Shenchuan to Puchitstun
(11E..o6, 22-36), including twenty franks. On 20 December oto division
arrived at Paimar_Chua (11438s 22-56) and P ingohan- 22--59) for
garrison dut:ier. --, 73ach day from 12 to 22 December, 100 military trucks
moved from II and; to Pingshan in the diroction, of IlaifenC and L,ufong
(1i5=3C,, 22-tea . Dy 26 December, 10,000 tr:;ops, probably of the 3 Field
Arrn [, had passed through IIaifong and Lufeng, moving toaicrd Ciratcnr. Villagos
along the Iluiyang-Changchou (sic) (117-42 24-32) higlnray are full of
troct_)s, and a nightly curfew it in force.
2. Starting in December tho Comrnmists have been urgently cm tending and adding
runxray; at 'Jliite Cloud Airfield Which are to be ccnrploted by mid-January.
One plane is na-r on the field. The Communists are
also repairing a field at iang s; un (113-14, 23-17).
3, On 19 December a soeci^l train carrying 800 Soviet advisers loft ..-uchang for
Canton. Chinese acconr-)anying thou sail that the advisors were going to various
points of coastal KKrangtung and Hainan island to supervise defense construction. - '_
if Coinr,ont. d referenced report concerning tanks.
isi Corriont. Those divisions are probably from the 22 and 23 Armies
which troro formerly in South Kiangsu.
Connont.
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CLASSIFICATION
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO..
'xceat as noted
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
concerning the arrival of mot iets
This document is hereby regraded t
CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
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