LOCATIONS OF CHINESE COMMUNIST ARMOR AND SUPPLIES

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CIA-RDP82-00457R006800470011-1
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 14, 2016
Document Release Date: 
April 5, 2001
Sequence Number: 
11
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Publication Date: 
January 25, 1951
Content Type: 
REPORT
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CONFIDENTIA L Approved For Release 2001/12/04: CIA-RDP82-00457R 06800470011-1 25X1A CLASSIFICATION SbUIStAk CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. COUNTRY Korea SUBJECT Locations of Chinese Communist Armor and Supplies Approved For Release 2001/12/04: CIA- 8 04 .. DATE DISTR. 25 Jan. 1951 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) 25X1X SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 1? On 25 December on the road to Sinmak (126.1L, 38-26), 5 kilometers south of Sariwon, some Chinese Communist troops erected straw-roofed huts to conceal supplies. The huts were built on top of destroyed houses or in open areas and snow was piled on top of the straw to further the deception. The entire area, about 500 meters square, is a supply depot, containing mostly gasoline and motor oil and some food, The area is restricted to civilians and is staffed by 700 Chinese Communists? 2. On 29 December a battery of three anti-aircraft guns were set up by North Korean troops on a plateau northeast of the Sinmak railroad station approximately opposite to and east of the destroyed bridge north of Sinmak on the road to Pyongyang. 3. Jarly on the morning of 26 December 16 Chinese Communist tanks arrived at Sinmak railroad station where they were supplied with oil and shells of an undetermined caliber. The tanks ,coved in the direction of Kumchon (126.28, 38..10) an hour later. GJL G