MILITARY INFORMATION, EAST CHINA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008000100006-0
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 21, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT D co. 14TF-LLOFAX IS
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO,
COUNTRY China
DATE DISTR. 21 June 1951
:SUBJECT !'ilitary Information., East China . NO, OF PAGES 3
PLACE 25X1 A
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DATE OF
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-- early June 1951, except as noted
Choki.ang
1 In mid-41ay 1951 elements of the 25 Army arrived in I'lenchou from Fukien in
nine large vessels which returned to Fukien on. 30 ' ay with full loads of
rice. Shortly after arriving at ;Yenchou the troops left for an undeter-
mined area north.
2. in late ay the 483 Regiment, 161 Division? was at Nanchleng (116-35, 2733),
China
3 , In late "?ay headquarters of the 105 Division was at hair. en (121--25, 28-443)
and elements of the 315 Re,. i:acnt were also in the 'Iaimen area. The 3l1
Reginent ran in the T' uhsiaeh s i.ao (121-32, 23-48) area. The 313 Regiment
was in the Teaochu (121-33,,, 28-5i) .>hihtBang (121-36. 23-17) -Sungnen
(12136, 28-22) area.
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on 19 I M gr approximately 1,000 troops of the 10) Division arrived in the
; ienling (121-21, 23-23) and 4iuan en (121-15, 23-41) area from Chumon.
Ei ht hundred troops of an Unidentified Chinese Corax Dist unit arrived at
Chunen from Yuhuan (121-13, 23-09) in three steamships. In late ".ay head-
quarters of the 104 Division and the 311 liogiu.uent were at '=er link . The
310 ReCinent was in the Chmmen area and the 312 Reginent was in the Yuhuan
area,
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On 20 ,:ny approximately 2,000 Chinese Communist troops recentlyl recruited
in the Cheuchou (118-52, 28-57) area arrived in Linhai (121-07, 28-53)
from Lishul (119-51., 28-28) via Loching in one hundred shill junks.
6. Around 8 a.m.. on 2 June four Chinese Communist motor junks TM-re near
Nationalist held Peichishan (121-12, 27.39),. apparently on a reconnaissance
mission. They withdrew shortly after toward ',enchou.
7. on 2 June approximately 600 troops of the garrison brigade of the Chekiang
5 ' .l3! tary 'District arrived at llsi aoch' iulung (.-d )2? w nt ashore for
a short times and returned to their original base.3
8* in early June Chinese Communist motorboats "assi ned to troops at Iiuangtaao
(121-06, 27-59) by the Chekiang 5 "ilitary District Command were ordered
to return to ,-.enchou imediately with an undetermined type of ar?xr_nxnition.4
9. In early June the 1 Battalion, 315 Reciment, 105 Division, was moving from
an undetermined area on iiuanivtaao Island to ahayen .', il- ) in the southern
part of the island. The 2 Battalion,; 315 H.egii ont$ was also moving its
position.
10. On 5 June approximately 500 Chinese Communist troops of the :3outh Chekiang
Garrison Brigade in nine motor junks attacked and occupied 'Nationalist-held
Po:i.lungshan (120-59, 27-11) Island.
11. On 7 June elements of the 105 Division in five motor junks attacked Tungttou
(~I ) Island but were forced to .r ithdraw by a Nationalist naval vessel.
Afterwards the Chinese Communists attacked Sanp'an Island and engaged in
battle with Nationalist guerrillas under the command of WANG The
Nationalist gfuerrillas were forced to evacuate to Nanchi Island (121- 27- ),
taking with them seven captured Chinese 'Communists.
12. In early June headquarters of the 6tx Division, 22 i\r[% r,~ was at rrutou Ia
Village north of _`'`oshanling (y' ,_, ~T) on Taishan Island (122- , 30 )s
Regiments of this division ..,ere on Taishan, Chan; t'uchan (122-16, 30-16)
arm other nearby islands.
Chinese Communist Personalities
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13. In mid-:''ay CIIA IG Ai-p' ing,, f osr; er comt:iandor o" the East china Naval District,
was transferred to take cc stnancl of the 7 ~rt:iy Group.5 In mid- ay CHAT G
inspected the coastal defense status in east Chekiang an r7 the cities of
Aangchow, Chiahsini and :uhsi.ng, and called a high--level conference at gin po
to discuss coastal defenses.
14. In late 'Say ISIJ Yun-piao )6 was cormnand:~r of the Chekiang I Garrison
Brigade and of the 5 is 1i.litary ..strict, both with headquarters at 4 enchoua
China
15. In late "ay the comma ncJer of the (,hekian ; 6 "ilitary District was FANG inr,p-m
sheng (J,i ); x 'fua ( ) was deputy Gof.>rlander7, Ti Ping (el )
was political commissar and It "fir Jung-li (,t " ;01 ) was chief of staffo
16. In late 'ay C1111 MINT I went to south Thikien to inspect coastal defenses in that
area. He was scheduled to return to Shanghai on 1 June and leave for Peiping
on 2 June.
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17. In aid,--'.lay elements of the 21 Army arrived in Shanghai.
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13. In early June the 3 Company, 70 ?%etachrrent, Zia Shari (1 .y) Unit (sic ), rras
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19. Chinese Cournunist preparation at Amoy for the invasiorr of C'hinraen Island may
be completed by the and of July.
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20. In early June, 120,000 to 150,000 troops were concentrated on the Fukien
coast.
2]. 1 rom 23 ' ay to 3 June one or to ::rotor junks .rer:?e carry n;; food and firesrood
daily from Foochow to Pwingt'an (119-47,, 25-30) for C.hlrrose Cornr:unist troops
in that area. I".ach junk is approximately 2' tons.
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1. 111115C=,iont. Presumably early "lay.,
25X1 X 2m - Cod:iment. Believed to be a s;2a11 isl:: nd nc:a the mouth o-" the N
River (121- , 23- )
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3. Con ment0 Proaur. ably ~`Ienchou4
dig Comment. it is not clear whether the tri sacs :or the purpose of
delivering the anmunition. 25X1 A
25X1A5, _ Corment. CH I a was also reported to have been appointed political
courarissar of the Chekiung -:ilitary District Command in
25X1 A mid''ay. 25X1 A
;ornment0 'r`hi-s seems to confirm and correct inforrna?; ion in
25X1A Presunably the ;;ccond sentence of that
report shculd read "IIe was replaced by CHANG Ai-pin ,,
25X1 A formerly corwander of the East China Navy."
60 ~Wommnent0 Also reported a4 '1'S1A Yun-f of
7. Ca ent0 ?`A Hua was reported as cot L ander of the 104 Division in
early April;
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