DISPOSITION OF CHINESE COMMUNIST AND NATIONALIST GUERILLA UNITS, YUNNAN-BURMA BORDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900010011-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2001
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 1, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL iNTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. IMF'
akiFORLVIATION FiE.pow "7:-D NO,
COUNTRY China/Burma
SLINECT Disposition of Chinese Communist gad Kationelist
Guerrilla Units, Yunnan-Burms, Border
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 1 ? October 1973 from the
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DATE MIR IL June 1951
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REPORT NO,
1. Chinese Communist troop disposition in south Yunnan is as follom:
Elements of the 13 tmNy are in Kraiyuan (103-III, 21-42).
b. The headquarters of the 36 Division is in Mengtzu (103-23, 23-20) with
units at Chienshui (102-500 22-38) and Shihpging (102-28, 2342),,
co The 39 Division is in Ningerh with units in Tuanchiang (101-59., 23-39)1
Meichiang, (100- 20 Sawa,' (101-04, 224,7),gad Lachung.
i. The 109 Division* in in Fohal (10G-26, 21-58) with units in the solthern
distri;te, including a regiment In the Lanteang (96441? 26-32)-Niwa
(99-71r 22-36) area, Two thousand man of the 109 Division have ben
ordered to Indochina,
4., TWO Communist soldiers captured at Nspan by.Nationalist p:uerrilles state
that ChineJe C3manist absistence to Barra in the Mengo.so (97-520 24-02)
rea is four times that given a similar ar0,1,2 in China. They report that
1200 troops have been sent to the Ho Chi Minh Governmut.
1. Jetionalist forces are stationed north of Uengaso *id south ;If Thong Cquen
_sic), Regrouped Nationaist forces now total 141000, not including 4,000
operating Ln the Lanchang** area. Food is the pressint', problem, with
h500000 catties of rice required monthly.***
4. On 13 May the Nationalist 93 Division was 80 kilometers north of Kengtung -
en route to Lantsang,
5. On 10 April 30,000 guerrillas in the YUnnan-Ktnichow-Kwangsi border area
killed 7,000 and captured 19500 Commun5sts9 and captured 2,700 rifles* 14
mortars, 71 machine-guns? and 58 Sten guns.
6. The Mitu-Cbleli 100-50, 21-5) highway passing through Kengtung, Komongp
Loshun, gad Linehiang (100-22, 21-)2), 71W5 ordered completed by the end of
1951, with in extension to Fohai. The Fdasi-guraing hiqhway will be
completed by the end of 1951.
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Comment,
1!!!!!!!!!! guerrilla units
1951.
error for tantsang.
and references for the status of
on the Yunnan-Burma border as of mid-May
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