MILITARY UNITS ON THE THAI FRONTIER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900700001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INT?LLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
COUNTRY Indochina/Bu,-ma/Thailand
SUBJECT Military Units on the Thai Frontier
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DATE DISTR. r Aug. _1951
NO. OF PAGES 2
Thailand-Laos Border Area
1. The Lao Government is constructing a military post at Ban '*oh, approximately
five kilometers from Vientiane, where a recently activated infantry battalion
will be trained by French officers in joint command with a Lao captain.,
One Chasseur Company will be assigned to this battalion.
2. A Laos Inspection Unit, including a Cavalry Squadron, is being trained under
the supervision of a French police officer. This unit was formerly organized
as a French Territorial Unit charged with internal peace maintenance,
3. Although Laos has no airforce, a company of parachutists, commanded by a
French officer, is receiving intensive training four kilometers north of
Vientiane.
14. French forces in Laos include a fully armed and equipped Regimental Combat
Team, composed of French, 4 oroccan and Lao troops under the command of a
French lieutenant colonel. This regiment is supported by a motorized unit
and an artillery unit.
5a The military budget of the Lao Government amounts to 200 million piasters
out of a national budget of 125 million piasters. Government officials have
been gratified by the attitude of increased cooperation shown by French
authorities in Vientiane.
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Thailand-Burma Border Area
The Chinese Nationalist troops at F:,ong Hang (99031, 21-39) have now reached
a total of 2,0000 This force has 6-700 pack animals available for transport
duty.
There is little change in the disposition of Burmese units in the northern
Shan States. The main force is at Loi We (99-L5 21-.10), while one unit
will be dispatched to (long Yawng (100-20, 21-06). Both of these
camps are equipped with radios. The Kengtung air is currently being
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# ,ommento According to information available to this office,
ie~num 3F-of Chinese Nationalist troops currently in this area is 10500.
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