CHINESE COMMUNIST CONSIDERATION OF OPENING A SECOND FRONT IN INDOCHINA

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CIA-RDP82-00457R009400350003-1
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RIPPUB
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C
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1
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December 21, 2016
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June 25, 2008
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3
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Publication Date: 
November 19, 1951
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REPORT
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INT.LLOfAX 8 Approved For Release 2008/06/25: CIA-RDP82-00457R009400350003-1 CLASSIFRCAT1O1"d CON'ID';A .'IALPCONTROL - TI.S. OFFICIiLS ONLY 1 CENTRRL 1NT Ll~ hl 'A OMNCY REPORT INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY China/Indochina/Korea SUBJECT CD NO. 4100 DATE DISTR. 19 November 1951 Chinese Communist Consideration of Openixet NO. OF PAGES 1 rain COC3UEGIT COTiTAliin CRPOAG7AT1Of "MI 9OTilli NA11OnAL,0fiPEN9s O+' Y.TO WIMP STATES HR'Uiil YWQ idLAWltl4 OR THr. 60P1OnA96 ACT &O lCi..S. 6.. sr An br$. AS AQT{yyE9Hi1, ITS'TAtlS9t1504On a'A ? i1CV ELAT1Oti QV FM COTfTEe 4 12,697 MAWW19i# Y0 All 01AO.$O0B PILHDOn 11 F00. NO. OF ENCL. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION As of mid-October 1951 LIN Piao and CH' FN Keng were disagreeing as to the best ways to deploy Chinese Communist troops. LIN favored sending the best troops of all the field armies to Korea in an attempt to end the war as soon as oossible. CHsEN favored sending more regular army troops to South China, especially to the Indochina border area of Kwangtung and Kwangsi, and discontinuing the transfer of regular troops from South China to other areas. CH' N3 contended that if the war spreads, the Ch nesc Communists should br: )repared to omen a second front against the French in Indochina in cooperation with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam,. Chinese Communist military authorities in Peiping were beginning to sup-- ,)ort CH' EN r s views; as a result T1;NO Hua and troops selected by TF.NG were being transferred to south China from Korea.l ?NO left Pe iping on 29 October for Nanning. Iar..umenlt -------- ------- Ro r>angs, im Class. To: TS S C le: Q ~? BY CLASSIFICATION C 'NFTD+ TIAI, CrnG'f'R~I. - U. S. rtF --r-AT.q rIniT,Y ARMY AIR -~ ( FSi l Approved For Release 2008/06/25: CIA-RDP82-00457R009400350003-1