CHINESE COMMUNIST MILITARY AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES IN KWANGTUNG

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 11, 2001
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• Publication Date: March 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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3e C;omnanist. Order of Battle and Y'-iitazy Information'~ a tun
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On 2I December 1950 the ; En _inecers Rogasnent (abouxt 2.,000 men) of the 3
i+n'id iTq arrived at vh 4" uchiang (113----33, 2b?~-50) with about 20 wagons of
s;zx;pl.iesi, and established headquarters on K Isngjih i" fr-) ) Road,, They
-ere assigned to work on de- ensns cast of Ch "uchiang 3 The ccmma.ndi ~g
officer is 1123 ( 1 ) . a native r f Arhv.re1?
On 26 December about 200 cava men and. 100 horses of th6 3 Fie:i d A.vy
arrived at Ch, uchiar ; by train, and cent to llapa (113-32 t 24 41.3) v On -2'
:S ac;~smber about 800 inf ontr nen of the 3 :ie lam' A. .,.W and rrer ; quartered
t , uJ_.c. ` J.n ,
of ec.rly ecomher 1950 hoad-uartors of the 123 Division
e Ial turn rr~3s at
,'.isini-rn on t~t?n roam I]e't:~recn Tcn''iIiai (1ltt-209' 22--L17) and Aot"ou (114-:32: 22-10).
(11111r, were mounted and canoiflareed in 5 anti-w-roraft (AA) machine rim eaapl_ace-
r. sent
giro iiussian naval advisers to wataw to supervise the construction of coastal.
;.' ?fence works being orectod by the K ?.arn' urg I,Ii?_i?taxyy District Cos -el (' ) .>
:,e 1,91DO is also using several thousand civilian 1aborsrs to co'nstru t a road
Veen Jaop~ing (n&--b8, 23--a58) and CUehyang (116-2o, 23-32).
11.-. `rhe MC has ordered the Central. Kwaugt?ung Unitary District Cornm nd CI :LOC)
=?() increase coastal. defense works. Defenses of Yaimen (it j ), Much u
anci Lilo have a1a early been enlarged,, and the garrisons
a.atal 2,500 men.
W )ad Repairs
eehnsc ans and laborers have been sn plied by the H.~lC to help local gove
;. nts repair the Canton nS as toxr,g r'aoa.;: t:hench 1 uan, and Canton l m, loon roads
I me military use,.,
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' .he gq; in miff 17ecenbe: rent tied 4 independent Si gna1 Utdt under CH "EN ?ei
with a Sovic arlvj e r to corstr c , a toIe-cc grani.cations ne+. ork on
ire c .sue of the L,asy? Raver a ea,
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=. _. 'As, of early January :1951 the of"icers Inez organization of the 'Kwangtt.ng
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i ver Defense llcadouartors }( c~i Dii) wore as i
Head of the i 3il: ',',5:.flQ .h ong '?. `A A - )~
:deputy Ui 1f ` so--ya.o ( r F s? ,~~i 1
Chief of Staff L' IIuaii^han; r- R - )
w non (!~ ship )
? ea r.'l River ~,
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z : 4 OO ton t WL' Wil' - s.r L) CI .1J .:. ~11v
i>;nboat~ oi' 1 es^ than 500 tons: FEII TCU i`
FO I{r"L'T ;:, `~. i lull TAI { ~ ) $ F L Ytnnn.r
1'? 3SC S ?-' 'teauF': um- +.?? ( 'per 3
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to C1 .I FJ1.IIG/1 . The nosi; are
',C+'.} Sd:Llsioneed launches;,
Central. l{wantgtung Squadron and G ,.aochou Sv ataar Squadron:
+ ,nUral '~'Rsn stung Squadron.: about 10 anti----~
:Lin,- boats and a few sG1 fproIsellecl :rrncrxed
tt,:r7
ts,. i he Chaochou/Swatcw squadron has about, 10
mored =rte!t;. :,
Lanshan Patrol 1Ieadquarterss
bout 3 00 mn deg Loyed in the M rishan :.sland;s.
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WJrj 7,38y .s wrison Aeadc ersa
1bout 1.,000 .Th
illnt r ?and artillery under,
TI1 NC tr ai an ?a~tx a ~, a with header Barters
-it tot z Harbor.,
a :tx ;ra Tigris Patrol Detachment.
?n. s :_qon cif about - ?OOO on Boeca Tigris candor
Ts;--yao0 Also several a ml". -,unbor-.bs .in.
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tarr~:,Headquarters7 be t,
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29 t:ovc labor '1950 twrs 41aa 1.l C t> n ti : ;; gunboats hearing r iz b ers 201 . and 206
4? s? i rt cr"s.L1 siM, along :,lacy e ~. J ?`"' ?''r" and Bias L~
`;n I o~~ c ,itxr `950 the `'sran;rturg I" vc z? Defense Ile,arlgt;t~'~ttes sent its c-triet;
=_i ct a site for a naval- `ka t r.:I.s-r; t+t'm:?, wC ac~ecs w:0-1. be CCe wed ir the
spring of 1951" 'hc carom wiE 1 be undf r coxsa and of VTAM' Tsayao.
d- t k, )n 24 November. 8 naval officers rncc. tr:.ro trained in the LAS t arri ve,t in
s n:toon,? ar were assi,gnad to tha F+~t"mnPLun4r ' iver Defense Ileadn~uarter
.Brims officer it, 101 Fey-ho i native of 11
O n :l Decerber Iio rIl-tca ft a vov ..et. adv~,ser to die "entra1
"mil 5oui`'a China a Lilitary and .Adsa311i $tr. tive. Ccm miti-ees and Z` 'M Tso-yao
m
ryr% agected Boeca T1((gris ITanz sxa (?~j ?) and Lunghsu - i aboard c rta=,:`= craft,
'ields in Kwa ttx
e Cloud Airfield has beer. ertl r&rr d t.o a.nclyd.e the area of
id Li.uhuach-iao to Ur.= north of 3aiptc I.i It ztt +
_r 16 Deca ber the Ghttr4sher I'" _i.tarq Control Cc arti.ssi~.on way 3 or de:rod to rai
: laborers to Cori true t C Lri3Y?73 and '"t$"'^f3`' ou C' s ,n. ~.eaY '4 c3t`ao jt. 2n i..'^ 5.e LCI t,6
;5t ?ire a~~er i9 C the Mouth C 1T nn ::=ii p' r D ot of the .'liar I o ce IIeaS'r uartc?r
to disimant7_e its titac", 11.irf_? eld unrl 'Hogue its ,>urrg _i ~.,
, ui 1.` % s Il" l1'a. to Fluahsi.en. dcno'u expcc'i;ed to mcare ove2"1tul:LjIy to y
7..ngtc
Dcafensein I,crarigung
he Canton Air Defense head. t asters tart a control- ; ttat.Lon in the C,nr_;o ->Fcw1o,rn
a..ii ray station at Carton, :ovi.et tcacr_nician are operating i,hc r .I i-o. tel.Q-:
December about 00 n of 6 Coarc.'ar, , 2 Anti -Aircraft Gun Batt .1=_0
n :i-
` exse 13a is of Uric Centr c??-:tlC: South Chin M3 i'Gaxty Area Cc,s lands ed
ith 6 x +v5 inth AA gun, 2 sound detectoxssmyi cane stnaL". radar set ; left
anton for att ?.,
e Nations Defense Researr:h Cczmntittrae.>. and about 10 others to the Wt,,ishan
lands t to set trp a small radar station. at Kanr-ao
s?.. tit 3Et' jU 1, s;? +'~ r~r kra~I CHU 14"Tong-tten F, w?2jd `..) a section cm .3i of
f rt T Dez .rher the Nwang _ng Military Arnr Ccmr^.an ? a;fsnt it :s 5 olr ;t arse- i Seri
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2r: The C"I. ~ichi ani 11.333 2?~ - 5C) c:ffice of the Military Supply Departxrr tat
th. Central- and South China ?,i itan end Administrative Corn. n.ittee 1.3
-i -;.ha first floor of the lb e inc Wien .; I:atel? CIIti S~ awchar
? l0 Deceaal: r 1950 about 30 truck 1,.)a&:; of gasoline,,; kerosene ,, and ?orei n
d tines arrived in Fluiy< 11; .26 e
, 3-05) from A otr Harbor., The gasoline
3 stored in dugouts outside the south city fate= and the medicines in l el tires
adqua.;"ters; the kerosene went to tree vast River Try Compaany,,
s ?i.t 10 Deceni[b)or 1950, about hO x 3.5 inch A. un and about 20 1A mach.: ne: guns
rived at the r r7anc;tunr; I.Ii_lit3.ry Dr' trio t Corru7 xul Headquarters via the Canton-
rakc ~_YYra-Julfroad The runs acre; delivered. to iMh,iiaooa. (Z..Z3..?2 . &1 3.05) and Shako
~T ldy d F.
On 11 Deca er 1950 tho Kiranr lrunrr Ui-it.a? District C and sent 26 guns to
zcixrl Bra on eight large .~unl am, and -0-located about "10 AA r. ich- e gun to ' the
rangtiing I iver Defense Headquarters for patrol craft in Vie Pearl P .ver ,
n 10 De ember 1950 the Kwon] turg Piil.itar r" Control Commission at Can'.on is5txerl
-,out e7]0 ~,OOO rifles and c rbi.n.es and ai o at 2,0001 machine guns from c turgid
:-4tionalie t, supplies to subordinate c omnni ds in the Kiaangtung :M.Mta:-r District
rr? distribution to mil,it_La n who have corrp;1eted trainixn? ah tal; ; isst od
.: de.- to rmke available all arms in store to the ?r"ilitia.,
On 2 and 26 December 195b about 700 m.i l.i tiamon Were sent to Ch puchia;,=ag frc i
!t;Ce, in the North River Jistrict. r.'1^o hoc L defense hoadouarters took thrum
i?'eng ata ~ t } 4^ ) for t?raini_ng.
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Rcor iJ ing, Kwangtung Area
are ref,"s'11_1Lir n 1ddic scbcxI s ,ur ient:.s C L-10 Yang ( } ,? C'.''t..rt^C for
`~udents and the uner,1oyod in Y?rru ;turf' are being; recruited for the ~Conatn, Lst,
. t s and 11,atiofaiist n9 son r s var are 41-so being pressed into
fIG ;Gc, W
soc:retary of the };ast Rimer Working. Ccmnittee of 1,11o TIOW
c :; acv - outh Corps and I13,U T 1? ,m out 20 te~aas to eni. ou a.we rrct S:U?l t to ioin the arr~!y
3 T$iciYAfT ho is director < the pr apex, a.rvda departairtt of the C ton Chinese
t=arr: st Party,. On instruc?y.i.on.a from Chicr:-;q-ing he ?las orgaru (nO.. the lcx31
ti_--;mcri ,.n and Aid to Korea C vn tter' f ,?,F,c3
iai 'man end ISIAO and ?LT Fan 4V 11_ ,.aur .. (..
are, vice-chalqll
ij.. The !vTanrtung I litary District Cc mkand has ordered the 10ohilizatien. of the
-oopuiation0 Robilization con lists of the training o3 all" dents., tec:tu?r:ic_ians