1. TROOPS AND MATERIEL SHIPPED DOWN YANGTZE 2.TROOP MOVEMENTS NORTH FROM CHEKIANG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007000500011-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2006
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: February 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT 1, Troops
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ovements north from Chekiang
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all Chinese Communist
regular troops in west Szechuan were sent to Chungking for shipment down
the Yangtze to Haniow together with elements of former Nationalist troops
under TEND Hsiahou and LIU ~9'en hui ( j ),*- Elements
of former Nationalist troops are replacing Chinese Comrnanst regular troops
in west Szechuan,
900 troops left Linpoing (12018,) 30-15) on the Hangchow
ang r ay for the north; on 1 February they passed through Nanking
and continued north along the Suchowr Tientsin railway,
49000 troops Trent north from Linpaing on the IIangchovr
Shanghaillanking and Suchawr Tientsin railTrays?
(t9a ~- )
the S3 PA TV.
300 troo-)s left Chungking for Ich a ang (3.11- 17., 30--42) on
700 troops loft Ich'ang for Ilankorr on the SS LIII I:tJ/I,x ?
300 troops loft Chungking on the 3: LIIII Ii5I?~-arc-
3.1 wooden boats loaded with troops from the Southvrost Military
Area sailed from 77anhsien (108-24, 3o-49) dorm the Yangtze.
607 troops of the Yung Rang (a, &) unit sailod from Ich a ang
to oo+v on no SS MIN Ian
60 tons of ammunition and 5 tons of miscellaneous military
supplies were shipped to Hankaav from Icheang on the SS MIN TSU0
troops on 1 February,
the SS LiIN HSI ( & ) arrived in Chungking with 437 tons of
scheduled to return +o Icheang with Southwest Military Area
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ungking to I3ankvfr?
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appr ately 100 men and 82- tons of military a pP
e uax r .nchou ( A- 5!a11 ) , near Ich s ang, for Han1ww on Lighter
towed by the SHIN LIEN,.*
0 Southwest Unitary Area troops left IchIang for Hankow
wooden boats loaded with Southwest Unitary Area troops
sailed f rcm Chungking do vn the Yangtze
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o ( ), CH7ANCI CiIoITr,*** and one
o er ship eft Ich ang for Paturrg (110 -24 , 3 -02) . where they were unloaded o
These "dips were scheduled to carry 3,000 troops from Patung to an area domm
the Yangtze on 9 Febru?try?
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Co sent. TEIG commanded some
o at r dt' i s c ? aroo g north via Ch ? tap
(321.26, 31-38) 1 7
ommaent.
Hex&o a an hung
this ship carrying cargo between
Cent, According to the Chinese Communist radio, freight
.nape on the Yangtze increased by one-third in the latter half of
1950 car the corresponding period in 1949? It also stated that freight
charges in 1950 were decreased by 50 percent Ove?'cha'ges in the pre
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135 students of a chemical warfare school left Ioh'aug for
ring ang on the SS LLN T eAI.
17o Eight HUA class Chinese C st craft, moored at Ich?ang, are idle because
of a fuel shortage. Essential members of the ship s a crews have been sent
to a 8e mens' training school in Nanking for further training.
18< China Ierohants Steam Navigation coupary branch offices in Ich'ang, VIanhsien
and Wuhu will soon build new wharves and warehouses.
190 total tonnage shipped on the Yangtze was 2O58859
"'I' -g 24,9522 tons for or the army and the goverment. Of the 212 ships t1tilized by the Chinese Communists, totaling 302,136 tons, only 116 ships,
totaling 121,556 tons, are in usee The remainder are idle or undergoing
repair.asc
20. A guard battalion, 61 Division, 21 Arny,, is in the Linhai (121-007, 28.53)
Tat'ien (121-12, 28356) area.
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