CHINESE COMMUNIST SUPPORT FOR KOREAN WAR EFFORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009100460011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 30, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
I F RM T1O REPORT CD NO,
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SUBJECT
Chinese Cormmunist Support for Korean War Effort
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1, From 9 to 11 September 1951 a Dirge number of Chinese Corm nist troops left
irancow on the ri .nicow-r,ei ins; railroad. Included wGs a unit w..ose troops all
spoke a riwanrisi dialect, and elements of the 2 Field Army, including troops
recently recruited in hunan. Ju.rin;; the seine period two trainloads of heavy
artillery pieces, field guns and otner military equipment and supplies also
left. Hanrzow on the Han,cow-pei )ink; railroad. According to some of there
troops, all of the equipment and troops were on route to Korea.
2. On 12 September, 350 Cia,inese Communist trooos con.,leted training at the
Central and. Oouti: Ca ina. t.9 i.itar, Area Command Artillery Center, iiankow,
Shortly thereafter the;. were all ar si med to the 50 Army. The main force
of this arm is in Korea.
3, On 3z September a train with 12 coaches left the South tation, Canton, for
the norta with a cargo of strategic .foods,
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4, In mid-October, on orders of the ?'enc..oiz comryissioner*s office, all C,.inese
Communist cadre members of e:;.crt villa a in the }.'encaou area were attempting
to compel village residents to contribute scrap iron and cooper for the
manufacture of munitions for Chinese Cor!rnznist troops in Korea. All belle
in the teizn'les in that area were being removed by these cadre members and
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