CHINESE COMMUNIST 240 REGIMENT, 80 DIVISION, 27 ARMY

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CIA-RDP82-00457R008700480006-5
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RIPPUB
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C
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3
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December 14, 2016
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March 26, 2001
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6
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Publication Date: 
October 6, 1951
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REPORT
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Approved For Re:1e.af620f 110.4/0 VK.CIA RDP82-0046M O 1y~e,LOfM r~y 4 'F+ r - R, FAN A " - 1 P P O R T Co NO, w~irL '0 machine s a'EC? Ch.tnese Co~r~a niat 240 itagimQnte NO. OF PAGES 80 Diivisiox;.: 27 .& ty PACE Ak C:'URED DATE RDISTR C Clot 51 NO. OF ENCLS,. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 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 25X1A 25X1X Transportation eoi a ,9 of $ged with carry:' food and a : tion on aatoo ;ales Temporary train1mg unit Staff section . Politico section Youth left-section Organization su&-section Si.g 1 co any eruip :ed with 5 telephones and I radio trotehar bearer company enuipped with 50 stretchers 3 13 . :?f '#CAT3ON C.s;~ ,-'i _....____.__ Approved For Release 2001/04/01 : CIA-RDP82 Document No. JF ------------------- No Change In Class. Declass>ged Class. C1@a:rgr To: TS S C Aufh,.: HR 7C,2 ? Q 57RQ0$?00 0006-5 : 24,__-- 25X1A Approved For Release 2001/044JQ,;g.LtDP82-00457R00 C1.L!'i t'::'ifr .ihTr1+L~-?1~: 3 lnte 3 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 )t.` er aqu an ~: a _rwgi ,.ont inc1m1es Tho app ro i..,w to a . 'eng, ub of Inf ltry 40m; uehIne g : Recai, rail ,,-m c ut 60 hor `ism the cagiment rmd some 2,o500 S;pe d;e: t co ir.a y Modica 1n)-it o p :r' y training, unzit 220 11.( S ISO .1.0Gi :. 1.6? 63 (h IP,0 25 108 of its units is a:3 follows.- .;icing 3 doct rs) tie'izrii', ..~ tq of the, a^egit Tit, e at . o~: ?~oirio :~~ . 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 as .#'c s j4 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.. ics and 2,) and Tokch 4 on and !an gdo. I. f roh 1 T,1 v d from ~' LikT.s kA to iorich 9 on. and &4,r in tho'ox a a 20 1':pri). :1951 advnnce l to high ,round seven and one-half ,las south of ' 4 oohon ,127 -.l3, P-54). Approved For Release 2001/04/01 : CIA-RDP82-00457R008700480006-5 25X1A : e. ,zmb.)y this refers to the entire 27 Ar_r ;r.o CONFID Approved For Release 2001 /04/6``' 4- 1IVP82-00457R0087(058bb06-5 4i.CLiu TRAj., .~.1l1'1~j LI(rbLCii li~i.i'aJC ? "sad < ar: x, the night are a Io~ a~nl a s t o i 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? Approved For Release 2001/04/01 : CIA-RDP82-00457R008700480006-5