CHINESE COMMUNIST MILITARY AID TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013300430010-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Mina/Indochina
SUBJECT Chinese. Communist 11il.itary Aid to the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
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-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW, THE REPRODUCTION OF.THIS FORM IS PROM 16tTED.,
DATE DISTR. 18 Aug. 1952
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NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
* Except as noted
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
emp a on the eastern side of the Chfl'inchiang, There are 28 warehouses
'rA .th a total capacity for storing about 69000 tons of supplies, Ammunition
for mortars,, machine guns rifles small arms. ;and artillery,, which was
shipped from Canton and Kuangchouwan,, is stored there,
Nanning depot. This depot is east of Nanning, near the southern end of
Ch9ihsia (2776/7209) Mountains There are 20 warehousesS arranged in several
rows, about five meters apart. Each warehouse has a storage capacity of 60
tons0 Mortar,, fzifle9 and machine-gun ammunition is stored there pending
shipment to Indochina.
Chinese Communist supply depots for military aid to the Democratic Republic of
Vietnam.(DRV) are as follows,
a? Ch9inhsien (180-.37, 21-58) depot. This depot is
a t l south of Ch&inhsien beside
2, The following ordnance depots in Indochina contain supplies furnished by the
Chinese Communists-
ao Lang Son ordnance depot, This depot is at Chi Tinh (7741/0061L)9 two kilometers
northeast of Lang Son, Supplies are stored in 12 civilian houses,, which were
commandeered for the purposed Each house holds from 20 to 40 tons of supplies.
A total of about 300 tons of rifles, light and heavy machine guns mortars,,
and various types of ammunition are usually stored there,
bo Cao Bang ordnance depot. This depot is one kilometer east of Cao Bang, on the
northern side of the highway, Military supplies are stored Jimten civilian
houses,
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In early May there was an increase in the amount of supplies for the DRV passing 25X1
through Hengyang (112-3,6, 26--54),, junction town in Hunan and terminus of the
Kwangsi Hunan Railway,, The shipments :included trucks, gasoline, tires, pharma-
ceatieai.s, cement,, uniforms, and foodstuffs,,
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