1. SOVIET TROOPS AND AIRCRAFT, MANCHURIA 2. MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION, MANCHURIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007400610002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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1. Soviet Troops and Aircraft, ::lanchuria:,,
2. "liscellaneous Mlitary Information, :JanchUri
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1. In late January 1951 approximately 2000,000 Soviet troops In the Uortheast
were dispersed in the following areas: 90,000 in tae Port Arthur-Dairen
area, 12,000 at Harbin, 5,000 at liun;,,,chuling (124-50, 43-32),50000 at
Suifenho (131-09, 44-23), 10,000 at Changchun, 20,000 at 7.1uizden, 50000
at Tarin, 10,000 at Tsitsihar, and 40,000 in the Lountainoun area near
":,..mghuangehleng (4k1_, a, VA), north of Antung. In addition, during
February 120,000 3o
iet troops arrived at :larbin and 5,000 at ::ungchuling,*
2. The Sovias have e ablished a transportation and suppLy depot on the
border near -anchouli. Approximately 200 freight cars loaded with
ammunition, gasoline and ':eneral uilitary equipment arrived daily at this
depot, To purposo ,)r the depot is not only to support the present lawean
2ighting? 'out also for future _tce Li tie ovleLE: as a -ti;y2ly base r they
arc ciraIm' Ito actual aff,:t'..n Ln -orce,
3. :n late Jannary there unrc 1,200 Soviet jet aircraft in the -:ortheast?
stationed at !W.:den and Antung? in addit'..on to aircraft engaged in the
:ere= fihting. Durinz February another 30 jet planes arrived at an
airfield three .:1-1.1e5 southeast o2
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4. A 7110.:den factor;:,-,which formel7ly produced trench mortars is malzingm:.
aircraft,. YiajCir arsenals uere moved from :Iulalen to mountaLlous areas
in late 1950, and the reAaining arsenals are doing repair 1/0e: only.***
) and Peiling (.1LA t?: ), near
5. Airfields at Ttngta ( 4
:ukden, have C3mplete radar installation. ,
66 Twenty thousand :ore.= troops arc in 7uhden, and 10,000 :Ongolian troops
in the Tlehhsi ( lixj, ) Actrict.it*-114
7. On 26 February 1951, 90,060 mon o2 the 3 Field Army;wearing the unit
designation "2530" :WM along the railroad line between 7,41kden and Antung.*****
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8. There are 150,000 Chinese Communist regular and 150,000 public security
troops in the :Tortheast.
9. The Chinese Communists have decided to train seven million militiamen
who will be used to replace troops killed or wounded on the :orean
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2ijKaig-781-53A1-ral nongo an troops In LiuIccIen,
41** Comment. This may refer to the Chinese cable code, in
ZATETTIOnniiLber would be nTsaoli? possibly indicating the none
of the commander.
Comment. from the same source, reports
that on 7 Ja uary 1951 there were 50,_00 Soviet troops in the
Mukden area. Twenty thousand of these (according to
from the same source) were transferred in late January0
from a different source, says that in November 1950 there were
Soviet divisions in the Northeast. , from a different
source, reports 200,000 Soviet troops in the Port Arthur-Dairen 25X1A
area in early December 1950. According to from a differem
source, before 10 February 1951 there were only two Soviet divisions
in north nanchuria and none in south Manchuria. ? from 425X1A
different source, reports 9,500 Soviet troops in Luk den In mid-
.g! Comment. It is probably assem9Rarcraft.
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