COMMUNIST BUILDUP OF TROOPS, TANKS, AMMUNITION AND FOOD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011200080009-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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. 51-"A INTELLOFAX 14
FE8 1952
CLASSIFICATION
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CE D NO
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT
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NOT CIRCULATE.
TION REPORT REPORT NO.
Communist Buildup of Troops, Tanks, Ammunition
and Food
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NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 799
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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(127-31, 39-03) (CU-7223)-Hoeyang (127-37, 38-4+2) (CT-8084) area from Tokch'on
(126-18, 38-45) (B-6903).1
Many Manchurian-born Koreans serve in these armies as interpreters and liaison
officers. Long truck convoys loaded with ammunition and food accompanied the
armies
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
24+ March 1952
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1. In early March three fresh (sic) Chinese Communist armies arrived in the Anbyon
3. North Korean and Chinese Communist artillery units have stockpiled 6,000
rounds of ammunition per piece near battery positions. Front supply depots
have on hand enough rations for a 3-month period.
A total of 60 T-34+ tanks was observed at Sibyon-ni (126-42, 38-18) (BT-9941,
Ich'Cin (126..53, 38-30) (CT-1563), and PIyonggang (127-18, 38-25) (CT-5253)
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1. I IComment. I the armies of the 5 Army Group,
elements of which were reported by a different source to be moving in
late February to the Hoeyang-Koksan-Yangdok area
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