CHINESE COMMUNIST MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CHINA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010600400005-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Chinese Communist Military Activities in
Central and South China
DATE OF
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
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1. the 41 Army was ordered to move from the Huiyang (1l4-26,
23-0 and Hu.ilai 116-189 23-03) areas to southern Kwangtung. On 15 December
advance elements of this army arrived in Yangchiang (111653, 21-52) via Hsin-
hus. (11306, 22-34).
400 officers and men from the 6 Regiment under the Kwangtung 6
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Military Sub-District were assigned as replacements to the 14 Army.
the Kwangtung Military District Command conducted military maneu-
vers in the
(112-32, 2L
Tso-p ?eng
chief judge.
Bocca Tigris
stationed at
exercises,,
Bocca Tigris (113?=141, 22-149)??T8aipling (11252, 23-42)-Paoan
1 Sh nchauan (1114-08, 22-32).Nantiou (113-56, 22-31) area. LI
a ), chief of staff of the Kwangtung Military District, was
He was assisted by six Soviet advisers. Garrison troops from the
areaH one regiment of the 44 Artiry, and an armored car company
Canton with three tanks and five armored cars, took part in the
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Comment. An 87 Division is in Korea
Comment. According to information available to this office as of 1
January 1 2., LIU Cheien-chun is the commander of the 87 Division.
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the ) and 5 Regiments of the Kwangtung-Kwa.ngsi Column were trans-
ferred from Chungshan (113-36, 22-22) and Santsao Island to an undetermined area.
the garrison duties of Chungshan and Santsao were taken over by
two columns o the 1 Marine Divisionl and the 3 (sic) Regiment of the 131 Divis-
5.
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had a strength of 8,QOO troops.
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M l tar Area, arrived by p ane in Canton, where he was met by LI Tso p eng
chief of staff,of the Kwangtung Military District. LI Hua-mir ( =
chief of staff of the Kwangtung Air Defense Command, and TIAN Cheng-wen
(-~ , head of the Kwangtung Public Security Bi.reau. SU Ching inspected
defenses in Chungshan and Santsao and left for Yulih by plane
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SU Ching 41 ), chief of staff of the Central and South China
the following units2 were disposed along the Canton-Kowloon
railway,,
a. The 139 Division, commanded by CHAN Wen-t"ung (Y_ )9 between
Shench'uan (114-08, 22-32) and Changmut8ou (1i4--06, 2253).
b. The 134 Divisions commanded by LIN Pin-,Jung between
Changmutlou and Shihlung (113-51, 23-07)e
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c. The 119 Division, commanded by TU Kuo-ch'ing (7V4 - ~ / ), between
Shihlung and Shihp a ai (11.3=,209 23-07).
d. The 2 i ery Regiment of the 5 Artillery Division., commanded by CHAO
Kai (~~ ), between Shihlung and Tsengchee_ng (113-49, 23-16).
e. The 1 Artille Reg e of the 5 Artillery Division., commanded by
CHOU Hsiang-lu at Shihp a ai.
7. a unit of the 47 Army was transferred from the Swatow area to
Kwangsid. The 87 Division3 moved from the Yunhsiao (117-15, 21-01)-Nanching
(117-31, 24?35)_P!ingho (117029 24-14) area to Swatow to take over he garri-
son duties there. The 87 Division was commanded by CHANG Chan ( ) and
8. the 22 Public Security Division,, commanded by CHANG Ming-chlih
( e transferred to Kwangsi from south Kwangtung to reinforce the 111
and 43 Armies in that area.
IL Comment. Possibly one of the four marine units in South Kwangtung
2.. II Comment. The names of the commanding officers given in this report do
not check with those carried in our records. Units bearing the same designa-
tions have been reported in Korea. Continued reports that the Chinese Commu-
nists have troops in both areas, identified by the same unit numbers, may ex-
plain this apparent conflict and the information in this report is therefore
considered possibly true.
Cormiment. According to information available to this office as of
1 January 197 the 139, 13)49 and 119 Divisions belonged to the b7, 45 and 1.0
Armies; each of these armies was reported to be in Korea, but with elements in
Kwangsi or Kwan~tung. The 5 Artillery Division was also listed among units in
Korea.
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fication and handling of, various chemicals; and
Fourth class, approximately 35-40 ntud&.-jnts, was being trained in
preparation ind use of sulphuric ztcid,.
During training, the utudonts were qunrter:;d '.n a general barracks and
were furnished their ,::eels,
6. Studerts who successfully co r)leted trairing were assir?ned jobs at the
Stalin plant correspondine\to their respective specialties,
The following persona r-yo up the training staff:
a. . Stoyko Tod.orov, cher ical en?-ineer, ':n charge of the training program
for the first class, chemistry instructor;
b, A certain 'htclarov, than icai engineer, in charge of the training program
for the second clasp, political science instructor,.
o, A certain Binozov, c:he,.ical engineer, in charge of the training pro-
gram for the third class, cheristcy and B.tg,rian sang age instructor;
A. A certain 'Dimitrov, cl er.,ical erg:;.neer, in charge of the training
program for the fourth class, ch'r..istry instructor;
e,. A certain Diraitrova,, ehei ical err neer, cher:istry and mather.atics
instructor;
fo a. certain Veleva, chemical engin3er, the dstry and analysis instructor;
Neycho ,Yushe,rski, chemical technician, geometry and t utheriatics
instructor;
h4 Stoyc.ro '+anev,n3echanicaxtechnic:i. n, gerr,.etry and r:echanics instructor;
io n certain Dobrev, :.,echanical, teollician, physics instructor;
jo re curt, in i'anayatov, chemicil tec'.tnician, physics instructor; and
k, Dirv-itur "itkov, ct.er?ical technics,: n, 3olitic l theory instructor,,
StaliIv'itrentilizer Facto
8,, The Stalin factory group is being equipped with Soviet nachines which
produce nitric acid and nitrogen acidJ The factory group, which currently
produces only nitric acid, will begin producing --itrogen acid and. fertilizer
sornetit.3e after con :3letion, The facto. y group w-.s desi ned and planned
by a ccrt_,.in Kirich, a Soviet enginec:', Kirsch, tt: adr:inistrative chief,
and a group of assistants, Soviet nat?.onals,, conmlet.~ly r,anage and ad,:ini:jter
the entire factory groWo
Vasil Yanev is assistant personnel director at the Stalin :3lant,
}'scel1a sous
10. High school students, both male and female, who are considerod >olitically
reliable, are currently being given a? s drilling and training; at their
respective schools..
IL Comr:unist party nembers are being issued and are storing arms ant:, even
hand f;rerados in their ho. es.
12, Infori ant learned front a friend who lives in Dir,itrovgrad th:t approxi-
mately 10 anti-Conrunists, members of a partisan unit over-sting in the
Sliven section of the Stara Planina, have recently been arrested by the
Sliven ' ili tia4,
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