SOUTHWEST CHINA POLITICAL AND MILITARY UNIVERSITY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400400002-6
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 1, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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The Politic, , and . aili.tary University was originally called the Red Army
T niversityo It was rer..-sac~d the Tar of Resistance Uriiveruity during the
Sin(:)-Ja anese hostilities_. After the occup ti.on of C a by the Cormiunists
it k,ua dividr d into the East China Political and suit ary University xith
W -J11 I as president, the Chung Yuan "olitical and Military University with
LIU Po hgeng as w residen-t, the Northwest Political aad l.itary University
with ? "ENC T'e--huat as president, and the Northeast Political and Military
nivversity with' b.?N Piao as president. The origin of the separate u ver?si.tieC.-
nay be traced to the, eivioio n of the, Cos unist Army into several field armies?
`hxu.s, shortly after the occupation of Nanking and Shanghai,, the Chung Yuan
li tical and Military University was called the. 2 Field Arrny Political and
1dT,l..,t:~, tlni.v rs ty,: Aftor the occupation of the four southwestern provinces
I.Ty the G =.niats, the Uliversitjr was removed to Chungking were it now occup: cs
e premises of the former Central Military Acadaiay,,
2,. The organization and structure of the student bcdy are as folio ;zt
Every 16 student- co-nose one platoon and elect their chief and vice-chief,
Three p..latoons r ako up a company, the chi=ef of vdizc h is a graduate of a
previous class.
Three' companies make up one bat t: iLion.,
Four battalions make ups one regiment
e Four regin ents make up one brigade,
There is also an indepezzdent regiient or brigade of ?eaale students,
the end, of 1950, the tad number of students attending the university
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reliable Communists selected from army units by the Party and the Political
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cr~,..t .are and education. These sections are headed by important personnel of
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t he Field Array, of which the university is an integral pia The university
give's only mass education and there Is no division of grades.
Some of the leadinlg lecturers at the ".niversity arer LIU Po-cheng, commander
of the 2 Field Army; TEPlG f el ao--p ling,, head of they Political Dep a r +sint of
the 2 Field Ax y; CH MM Cho -cF rn c .. ?~ )., political member of the 2 pield
(rmy; LI 'a ( ), Chief of Staff of the 2 Field Arm; LI Ta-chang
xe ber of the Central. Goverrtment; Simi Fir--liar g (;jam - ), form-or professor
of Twig Chi (t; J j 4 ) University; LIU Hua-ch ? _ing Qjj ); i 5U Li-Ming
vice-dean of the University; sad LIU Kuo-lip O. 1j IT,
political representativ:= of the Guard Division of tYie 2 'Leld Army. The heads
of brigades receive to orary appointments ? nd their duties' are to supervise
tp members of the. brigada and to carry out instructions passed by their
superic-'-s t
The curriculum is broadl-,v divided into "general subjects" and Ospecial eubjects,"
The "general subjects" are loose dealing with the student's politic :
indoctrination 4- bi tran format .on from an ordinary student into a Awolutlonary
rm.:.i: tar~ist. The "special subjects'! consist of chemis ri, tanks, ?suxo:ly irks
tel.ecoMMunicaif.o,._z; local governments journalism, navigation, and other subjects,
Ha v ver, only the "general subjects" are given to ell etudeztts~
In r general subjects" three months awe devoted to study within the university
d another three months to field work. After the completion of "general
subjects,;" students may s --1oct special "special subjects" for one or two years
of additional stud, Them are four hours of stu4 and lectures in the morning
end another fatty in the afternoon in "general subjects u" After supper the
political representative of the regiment selects topics .for debate from lectures;
given during the day; t e debate is usually conducted by the head of the platoon,,
with the vice--chief as secre?,aryv Another feature of study is the small stud
groups, three .for each company, which elect their own chiefs. Thence study
groups discuss each topic first and,, If necessary,, raise it at the evening
deb.;te,.. There are also weekly meetings to scrutinize the beh.az-iour and progr?
of each students Only after the "general subjects" have been thor'ou$hl y
m ?,area mV students pass on to their "special subjec .," There is no fi. d
time all.oted for "special subjects" nor are there iy intensive academic study
or research, Although four hours of studyar?e officially prescribed for the
corning and afternoon classes, students usuaiiy drill in the morningtake a.
nap at nooa,, and thereafter attend a lecture by the battalion co an.der; or
alternately there mr be a reporting aid debating cession,,
The he l.th of the students is looked after by two special personnel to each
batF-a1ion, a health section (1 i i ) for each regiments a health department
? ~ .1 for each barrLga_Za., and a university he-pi tat for the school.
Each battalion has a club which provides wall nn wsp pe r ;n, canteen.,, phy3i?s...
cultures study room, and Individual i.t