CHINESE COMMUNIST 240 REGIMENT, 80 DIVISION, 27 ARMY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008700480006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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0 Ret;irrant, 'Sc Divislorg ' Arr ,, is organized
Artillery omnpaW,
3 artillery platoons
artillery squads cached equipped with 2 92nr~. Soviet-
t field gum-
b tar plittoon
3 wart squads e h e q ipped With 4 0 n, or'? rs
.nation platoon
3 armunition squads cacti' er a p ra with 4 itgh4 r c
Reconnaissanoc unit equipped with 2 1 i.ght. .chino guns aid. 5 sub-
spoc.Ial services company
Guard platoon eri PTw- d with Q light machine guns
Plain clothes intel11gencp agents
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Temporary train1mg unit
Staff section .
Politico section
Youth left-section
Organization su&-section
Si.g 1 co any eruip :ed with 5 telephones and I radio
trotehar bearer company enuipped with 50 stretchers
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3 infantry squads each er'uIpped with 3 light rh.3ne
guns and a burp guns
3 g n. platoons
3 squads ea6h' eq iipped with 3 60m infant', 9M IS
'battalions
f anty companies
3 'a tz r~ platoons
.ethine &n mortar compmy
3 -mchi ie gun mortar p1a ions
3 machine g '- r?t - ;squads each er ui! p d w1t:1 6 heavy
machine guns,, "`faire--throwors and 2 82,q& mortars
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of its units is a:3 follows.-
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tie'izrii', ..~ tq of the, a^egit Tit, e at
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under of the 2 Batt lion, ?f cry 3), native Of :,hantunr?;, and
ING Ch g hlun ( , ") commander of the 6 ~Compan ,, aged 31, native of
,3han uig, and ti 'ant s :?t Party rm fftbemr ,
drift's (` co l Tt?a nder of tlb 2. Platoon, nat'L ie of Hapoi, and a Cor .uri at
Party meri'r a
5 ho Limit " taas organized and ? quip,ps d In 1 al ITS en 36-14). ? rinoipr.:tkly-
u fo r sJa,tio aalia?t soldiers vh i ha I r end :rail to the Chinese Co smi- ts..
.. .I. of the coif ia.nders ..-e Co nist ?a uty raeLibea a and veterans of the 8th t3.o rte
Tvemer=,t;y of thi.3 umit are
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15 Cttot e.; x.950; left, Ttaiaan 04 routs t t ur-,g vii, Hope
VS-al u"ah via Vaeph l on (125-30, 39-55)
195b-0 o e1 the Yam Pi er ;, Sa ohu (125.02
(.26-54, 39-40).
1951: arrived in " inS021..
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20 1':pri). :1951 advnnce l to high ,round seven and one-half ,las
south of ' 4 oohon ,127 -.l3, P-54).
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long aid two &hort whi t .es. An alternative i. a long dle a!_it flash prom
a #1 x` .3hli?;ht answered by a long and two short flashes from a lash1 ght.
The totap1e food of the regiment consists of millet, s,)rght, and rice ow
caslotm-11y, all of which is brought from the Northeast. The food Is cup-
rilenerted k r ,t and vegeta :,les. On long nw.rches each man carries 6 kilo
g ar of ":riled noodles, and I litre of soybean,. This is cos oldered a week's
rat-ion,
Tt=o t :.$ ' w of the r n of the 2,C Regiment are for .er Nation .:st soldiers,
most ~,f trhom t? ould defect if they could escape Communist surveillance.
bra: r .otlng about half of the vete-ra n soldiers has fallen during, 1 ..
Anions the veteran Comm-, nx.sts who distrust and discri sir .ate against former
;atio3: alig~t soldiers, the worst are t iosp from Shantung Province, the next
t"ose from the floc thea> i;, and the rext those from Hopei Frovince?
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