1. SUBSTITUTE DESIGNATIONS FOR 4 FIELD ARMY UNITS 2. THE 23 ARMY GROUP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008000730009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 3, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

INTELIIFAX 3.
CENTRAL INT LS.IGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
DORM _POT CD NO.
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CLASSIFICATION Coil' : I-14AL r .
COUNTRY China./:ores DATE DISTR. 3 July 1951
SUBJECT I. Substitute Designations for 4 Field Army Units NO. OF PAGES 2
2. The 23 Armor Group
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1. The 42 Ar , formerly at Tsitsihar,,i had the substitute designation of "Teangshan
(j 44 ) Unit." The 124 Division was called the 1 TQ ?ange San Brigade'!, the 125
Division was the 2 T@angshan Brigade and the 126 Division was the 3 Tflangshau
Dri ade. After the 42 Arsy went to Korea its substitute designation was changed
to "Tsumeu ( P1) Unit." The 124 Division was called the TOunghus. 46..a )
Unit.
2. Four artillery divisions of the 4 Field ,tray are in Eorea. They formerly had
the substitute designation of "Shanghai Unit." The 1 Artillery Division was
called the 1 Sbonghai Brigade, the 2 Artillery Division was called the 2 Shanghai
Brierade, the 5 Artillery Division. was called the 5 Shanghai Brigade and the 8
Artillery Division was called the 8 Shanghai Brigade. After Joining the lorean
war the headquarters (sic) took the substitute designation of "Linchiang~ez
Unit" and the 8 Artillery Division was called the Chlingho (5h io) Unit.
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C..6 3. The 23 Army Group under TUG Chet-vu coln?ori ses the 36 Arita under
KAO Li-ta ing (; the 37 Army under !TANG Shih-then (k -it a' ) and, the
1 Cavalry Division under 0 Yu-san ( f ~_).3 Its headquarters h~ s been
roved to Shihchiachu ng (14328, 38.02). After three months of training the
unit will go to Yorea.
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to the Yorean front from Ywangtung in July 1950.
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Comren ,. This information on the organization of the 23 Arny
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informant.
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for information on the 36 and 37 Armies
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