CHINESE COMMUNIST FORCES FOR INDOCHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011800200007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FORM NO. 51 8AA
FEB 1952
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION SECRET
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
COUNTRY
C G C.~a +~~ F~ i 1 1 *r tY -
China./ 1zi? 4., ~; ....
CD NO.
DATE DISTR. 1 May 1952
NO. OF PAGES 2
5X1 SUBJECT
CABLE
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 16, SECTIONS 793
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.
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The. Ghine:se amrnzn:.st er-w,i,_. Aepubii~.: ;:If Visstnam (M. V) Volunteer Army
corspri.s .:l th fOl raw=,n,-; t rc;.:r:;C drawn f
z?t;m Chine a Communist units in Kwangsi
and i.:: ngiur o
a. Five thousar.? trr,;or;_ ., the _'51 and 53 : rL:ies, 21 Army Group, now train-
ing in the Chennanlluan (106-41, 21-58) area.1
b. Five thousand troor_.s ir, the Ghinghsi (106-25, 23-09) area from the 13 Army
Group.
c. Five threxsand trc cps f:the.. which is composed of
hwangsi troopw:, in the area.
d. Three thousa):I-c. t l c; cpc f n,.-a the y tnnan- Column, i the
T uienpao (106-43, area.
e. Three thol_Lear.i local ,u;_Js such as the _:wangtung-
Kwangsi Co: unrAAo .4 Pe .x1 IL1 ;-er Cc:lu:rnn, arl the Central Iwangti::ng Column --
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2. The uniforms anc ec;u r ?,h, :_b+,vu are different from that of the
regular Chinese w,onl. : __s:t .: r rpk 7!rooD,c -f the DRV Volunteer Army are being
obtained-5 under the ~~-Der-ms1or1 o DR army c.'f i.cers.
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STATE
ARMY
1.
ha eext li n 17, n.t. stated that 53 Army troops
d l e vux;;:. od':io ng o;:,, '% oxuary in hang Sox.
2. Cowmen,. units of 25X1
L-S colurcrl +rere ,rayjsgf~:=rre,i ter _f7egul. Lr. Imits under TEND Hua and
CEEN Man-ya.an in IuovemL . r 19~ 1.
CLASSIFICATION ;..1REL
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omment. For further information on Chinese Co=mnist troop movements
in this area, especially as they affect aid to the DRV,
4. ~lCComment. It is possible that DRV uniforms and equipment are being
used. r
5. Comment, This maybe an error for trained.
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