CONSTRUCTION OF COASTAL DEFENSES BY THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007500240005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2013
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 9, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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SUBJECT Construction of Coastal Defenses by the
Chinese Communists
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the Chinese C.:oainunists began constructing c
from Ir cu(12243, 40-40) to rfsukou (119--22, 34-43) and
began working on defenses between Fisul.:ou. and Panechoeng (1O823. 21-46
the initial Dart* of these defe?ISeS had been completed,
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inariequate labor suPply and. had. weather. These latter defenses are still
under construction. The defenses cover a distance of 4200 kilemetPre along
the coast and conest of coast artillery, anti.,;.aircraft gun -oositions and.
blockhiuses and trenches at strategic notnts, which are linked. by a chain,
of pillboxes and. blockhouses. Thatched-roof obserratiou towers, Installed by
local militia or COMIT4U1/1 St troops, h:.ve been placed between the blockhouses.
Highwezrs connecting major defense points have been reconditioned and. telegraph
and radio stations h.ve been established. in areas not covered by tele-
communications lines, residents have organized teams of runners at stn. tions
five kilometers apart.
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