1. TROOP MOVEMENTS DOWN THE YANGTZE 2. CHINESE COMMUNIST MILITARY INFORMATION, NORTHEAST CHINA

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• Publication Date: April 12, 1951
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I. In mid-.'March 195]. the 10 anii 12 Armies, 2 i'ie ri,
2. The first phase of the shi.pr3ent of Southwest Military Area (SW`A) troops down
the Yangtze was completed by the end of February. During the second phase,
which will end on 20 .ey 1951, about 46,000 SWMA troops will be shipped
clown the Yangtze from Chungking, Wanheien (108-214, 30-49) and Pengchieh
(109=?31, 31-02).
In late March, Chinese Communist authorities assigned shins to carry troops
from Icheang (11117, 20-42) to Hanbaw during April and succeeding months.
Vourteen thousand five hvndzred troops are scheduled for shipment from Ich?ang
to Hankov each month for a number of months.
`. Six thousand troops of the Chinese Communist 66 Unit (sic) will be shipped
in early April from tdanhsien and Pengchieh to rcheang for traneshiment to
Yhnkow. On 30 March, 3,000 troops were scheduled to leave Icheang for Hankow
aboard the MIN SUFI ( } . YUANT FMTG ( flap, ) and the FIMSIITG (4,K$
'5. On 30 March, 1,000 troops of the Chinese Communist 81 UUnit* left Ich'ang for
M a n k o w on the HS IN H " 1 T G CHI 'K ( - A std, fj - ), aSIN MIN ( ) and two other
=chips. On 29 '.arch, 964 troops 'eft Chungking for Icheang aboard the
.HJA CH[T:TG ( ) and the CHIA!TG YU' `i (_ l-. }
6. On 28 t' .rch, a number of troops from the Chungking area left Ch'angahou
(107--03. 29.51) aboard the 1.1117 RSI for novorent down the Yangtze.
The Fighting Cultural Work Corps ( x } (sic) of the SWP-!A ik, at
hsing',cian in the Chungking area.
83~ On 30 ?arch, 2,500 Chinese Communist administrative cadre personnel left
Yunhsien (11O-48, 32--49) for. Hankow.
In March, Chinese Communist authorities in Hankow** ordered the F.wangsi
Telecommunications Administration to select five radio oueratore
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for wort cancerni 1 detection of ene :ly aircraft.
10. on 2.2 `.arch 1951, 16 wooden boats loaded with Chinese Cox unist troops
left Janhsien for :novemont down the Yangtze. On 26 i.larch 1951, about
!~00 troops left '1:anheien on the '`IN SU ( . ) and about 500 troops
:Left Feri chi.eh on the t:'+ N T t AI also moving down the Yarw,-tze.
:L 1, As of ;,.Ad-4;"arch 1951, the administrative section of the l"torthw?rest
r:lilitary Area office in Peiping ;lad a guest house at 33 'teishih
Street outside Ch'iert n %j Gate, Peiping.
12. :[n mid Tmarch 1951, elements of the Giitnese Co:n-nunist 19 Public security
J)ivisionss r- were along the Peiping--Harltotir Railway.
1.3. On 27 Februnry 195J, about 3,000 Chinese Communist troops of the
Yun sang (110 --43,, 32-49) Military Sub-District left Yur rang for another
area.
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r17-= rrI t h tang for )anion on 22 March 1951..
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tM '?t; na Military Area Col trn nc3 e
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Commentm reports a 19 Public Security
TSivasion in t e anton area on 4 December 1950.
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