MILITARY INFORMATION, CENTRAL AND SOUTH CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY China/Indochina DATE DISTR. 21 Feb 52
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15. In mid-November the Tso Chug ( l - ) (107- , 22- )-Column was in the
ILLEGIB Lungchou (106-56, 22-22)-Shangch n (107-06., 22-20)-Leipling (106-59, 22-37)-
Mingchiang (10711, 22-09)-Ningming-(107?-07, 22-09) area, Kwan si. In mid-
September 3,000 troops from this column moved to the Chi Chli(0003,3305)--
In early September 7,000 young men, ecruite4in Hunan and Hupei ProvincE:s, were
assembled in the Wuhan area for training. Beginning 24. October these recruits
were sent by train to Mukden and Harbin for additional training before being
used as replacements for the regular army.
870,000 physically fit men between the ages of 18 and 35, for militia.
training.
On 16 November the KK?.gsi Military District Command ordered the establishment
of one militia training station in each hsien in Kwangsi. Each hsien is to ILLEGIB
furnish one battalion. Training is to take place three hours a day, ten
days a month, for three months. Subjects id;l include markmanship, hand
in early November the Chinese Communist Army was in the Ssutang klOS-29-, -
22-5/+)-Hsi Hsiang (P )j )-Liangch' ing (108-26, 22-44) area Kwangsi. Other
elements of this army were in the Fangchleng (108-23, 21 46j Tunghsing (107-582
21-33) area, Kwangtung. The commanding officer of the 53 Army was WANG Chin haiu
The remainder of the column was in the Baise 10F?3L, 23155) area.
In early November the main force of the Yunnan-=Kwangsi-Kweichow Column,?
under the command of CHUANG Tien, was in the Cao Bang area, Indochina.
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... In mid-September the 128 Division was Ordered to Canton and then to the north.
8Z. On 14 October the Chaoan (117-12, 23-44)-Swatow Military District Cow
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the firsts military conscription in the district. Approximately 7,000 men, p
ically fit and 20 to 21 years of age, were being conscripted for transfer to
Hankow in early January 1952 for training there.
During 17 to 18 October approximately 2,000 recruits, conscripted in the Pearl
River area and assembled at Humen (113-41, 22-49), left Humen for Hsiying (110-24,
21-11) in 15 Junks. The recruits were to be sent from Hsiying to the "Assist
DRV {r ~ Veining Center" In Kwagei for m3litary ? i1 g.
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I,Z. About 20 October the 47 Army was in Chtaoan (116-37, 23-42) and Swatow with head-
quarters in I Yang ( t ).
U. On 13, 14, and 15 October remnants of the 49 Army, which suffered heavy losses
in the Korean campaign last winter, were transferred to East Kwangtung for train-
ing and replenishmgnt. The headquarters of the army is at Chtaoan, and the troops
are disposed at Lungchuran (115-16, 24-02), Chunghsin (114 , +47-r ), Lienpcing
(114-31, 24-18), and Lungmen (114-04, 23-46). tillery regimi6 under this
army headquarters is stationed at Hu In Shih ( AC641" i'),five li from Swatow.
A transportation battalion and a calalry unit waiting orders in Swatow.
On about 20 October there were 8,000 green troops of the 13 Army Group in the
ancestral hall's and temples in Changlin (116-148, 23-36), Plan Chou (y. ),
Yin Sha (it
Feng Chou (A;.44 ), Nanchiang (116-00, 23-00), Peichiank (116-00,
23-00), Hhti (01 ), an up to the Ts rung Lung ( . ) airfield in
On about 20 October there were 2,000 new troops of the 47 Army in Tung Li
signal, chemical warfare, and veterinary ;personnel, arrived in Canton from
Hankow by rail. All were scheduled to leave Canton for Hainan for service
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In late October the Kwangtung limitary District Command ordered the Kwangtung-
Hunan-Kwangsi Border Column to launch an anti-communist guerrilla suppression
campaign in northern Kwangtung, in cooperation with other troops in that area.
WU Chtiang commander of the North Kwangtung Military Sub-District,
was ordered to direct this campaign. and was issued 8 cannons, 500 riflts,
On November., IYANU Zang jt , comman .er o f the earl F ..ver Garrison
ILLEGIB CAmand, established a Huiyang (114-26., 23-05)-Tunglran (11316, 23-02)-
Pao= coastal border area joint defense command to assist in the suppression
anti-Communist guerrilla activity in that area, The officers
Commander, TStE NG Lu commander of the 132 Division.
Deputy commanders, WANGSh Y ), magistrate of Iluiyang,
i TAN tides-sing ( L 4 ), magistrate of Tungkuan,
HUANG Kuo-vei ( ), magistrate of Paoan.
17. Under the above command there will be forty joint defense. units, each
ILLEGIB oomrose: 1 of 150 men drawn from the local militia. A" joint defense office
-.J.11 be established for each two villages. :Is. mid N v. e aer-the Kwangtung
River Defense Command assigned six gunboats and1hrOe teams of 16 motor
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District Command began eon truct3 on of adr?i tiona anti-tankm mpacements
along the T'ai Ping ('- A. Chiang iisia (; )-Huai Te f.jf,,)-Nan
Cha ( AA-)- Hsiao Pien ( ) highway, in t e Humen (113-h!,
- reca, ;lhis con ruction work was unr-.ih,r the direction of C111 ,1:T Chueh wwu
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On 2 ,November two companies of the Engineer ~ owe Kvan
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2.3?. In midNovembe , the "Nanking Detachment," which was stationed in Haik'ou
Warp* 9f UiAaAs
216, By mid-November 5,000 physically fit men had been. recruited by the Chinese
Communist authorities in Hainan, from various hsien, for organization into
the "Aid Korea Volunteer Army.". Some were billeted in the public square
outside the east gate of Haik'ou; the rest were in Japanese-built barracks
in the Oh'inglanchiang area (110- 19- ). All are being trained in those ILLEGIB
areas and are receiving JMP 30,000 per month, the same as the local militia
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railroad station in Canton, by rail from Hankow. All of this eauinment% as to `
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commander of one of the companies.
t~ ) of the Kwangtung Public Security Bureau was trans-
mm guns, 20,000 Japanese helmets, 20 tons of rifle ammunition, 25 tons of 351(
mm shells, and 60 small Soviet-made a r m y radio sets arrived at the H a a n Sha ~ 1
on La U111 e_ 5 s and, sou Kwangtung. The
advance command post of this regiment wa o anmen (111-00, 22-00) Island, with
CHUI2 Wen.4h'u deputy commander of this regiment, in command. The
1 Battalion of ts regiment was in the Wanshan Islands, with 670 troops- the
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2 Battalion of this regiment was in the Ta Lu )--a Liu Tao (;; I ) ILL IB
with 660 troops; the 3 Battalion was on the SarUen,,~ Ta Tsu ( ( j, and Hsiao
,lands, with 670 troops.
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(11020, 2@403) with 7,000 troops, was transferred is the Korean front
and replaced by one regiment of the,Ch'iung Yai ( ) Column, which
was stationed in the Rsiu Ying (~) Fortress, one battalion of
dst River Military Sub-Districts arrived in Canton. On the morning of 24 Novem-
ber they were all sent, by rail, from Canton to Hankow, where they were to be
equipped and assigned as replacements to 4 Field Army units.
On the evening of 24 November, 1,400 troops of the 2 Artillery Division, under
the command of the 4 Field Irma, arrived in Canton, by rail, from Hankow with
36 heavy artillery pieces, 52 rocket launchers, and 100 horses. All were sent
to the Shaho (113-19, 23-09) area. According to some of these troops, all the
troops, weapons, and horses were soon to leave for the East River area of
a o m er e s r n.g ana ispo i on of replacement divisions under the'
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Kwangtung Military District Command were.as follows:
a. 1 Division at, Lienchiang (110-16, 21-36) with 4,500 men,
b, 2 Division at Chaoch'ing (112-29, 23-04) with 5,000-men.
c, 3 Division at Ch'uehiang (113-33, 24-50) with 4,500 men,
.d. 4 Division at Hoyuan (1114.-45, 23=42): with 4,500 men,
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In late November one bstta.lion of the Sea Coat Defense Regiment?-of the
15 Arm Group epiii ed with 11 ea.nnons a. d ne radar scanner, moved to
ILLEGIB reinfswce C}?ines
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In late November he Chaoan-Swatot-* Military Sub-District
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,i j'U T'te Chien ,~ JJ ), incrr-s sod its maritime patrol corps to regiment
size by adding the entire 2 Public Security Company of Jaop'ing (116-/
2.3-5) and 200 graduates of the Hsi Ao () amphibious training school,
moved from an undetermined area, to reinforce the Jenshan (111-48, 22-49)-
P'ingshan (114-1+1,., 22-59), highway area.
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leer 65t troops of the ILLEGIB
15 Arm Group! equipped with 18 artillery pieces and 505 mules and horses,
In late November the code numbers for some of the units and officers of
the Chinese Communist 15 Army Group were as followst
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Commander, 15 Army Group t 501%
Headquarters, 15 Army Group 37
-Political Department, 15 Army Group $ 47
Commander, 4.1 Army t 104;'
Commander, 43 Army t 93
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On the evening of 30 Novembers, 870 prisoners of the Kwangtung Peop7_e'ts 1 so i
passed through Hankow by train heading north, ur ier armed guards of the Kwangtung
3188, During November 5,000 machine guns, 450 mountain guns, and 20,000 automatic
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rifles are scheduled for shipment from Hankow to Kwangtung by the Central
and South Military Area Command. These weapons are to be distributed to
the six re lacement training divisions of the Kwangtung Military District
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Chih-ping is believed to command the 53 Army.
25X1 JComment. Presumably the first military conscription in a new
recruiting campaign.
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Comment. According to information available to this office,