CHINESE COMMUNIST-NORTH KOREAN ARMY DEFENSE PLAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013500070003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 15, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2002/08/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13500070003-6
, ~., ~ #, LL; f AX 29
FEB 1952
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25X1
CLASSIFICATION SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
25X1
COUNTRY Korea DATE DISTR. 15 Aug. 1952
V~CU'_ATE
SUBJECT Chinese Communist-North Korean Army Defense Plan NO. OF PAGES 2
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
25X1
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 193
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.
SOURCE
E C
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO. 25X1
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
TitE`#tf.t~liill~ii'TnYYAS,~E1FISr~ 25X1
DISTRIBUTED AS,- CIA PRELIMINARY
SO P SSEMI iA1ION f@t1MBEAED
1. On 25 July the Chinese Communist-North Korean Army Joint General Headquarters
approved a plan to organige a secondary defense line north of the 39th
parallel. Troop concentrations in the western sector will be in the Pyongyang-
Yongyu (125-36, 39-18) (YD-2453) - Sunch'on (125-56, 39-25) (YD-5267)
triangle; concentrations in the.eastern sector will be in the Kowon
(127-15, 39-26) (CU-4966) - Munchlon (127-17, 39-17) (CU-5249) - Sinch'ang-ni
(126-08, 39-25) (BU-5367) area..
20 Elements of the following Communist units will man these positions:
ae North Korean IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII Corps.
be Units of the Chinese Communist 15 Army Group1 and the 47 and 50 Armies of
the 13 Army Group,
3. Combined General Headquarters designated the 1 Army (sic) of the Chinese
Communist 20 Army Group as a reserve in Anju, and major elements of the
Chinese Communist 9 Army Group as a reserve force in the Hamhung,area.
4. Prior to the decision to adopt this plan, GHQ bad decided to bolster front-line
units. Some units now intended for the 39th parallel line were moved to the
front-line area at that time.
5. No new Chinese Communist replacements have arrived in Korea since mid-June.
Lately, Chinese Communist units sustaining battle losses were being reinforced
by immediate reserve units,
25X1
25X1
VS: P I17 CF~TSRYC
CINCFE FFI
2
5X1
Approved For Release 2002/08/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13500070003-6
 Approved For Release 2902/08/09 - - 00070003-6
SECRET
II
25X1
6. In late July most Chinese Communist wounded were being evacuated to Manchuria
or China, Evacuation caused speculation that large Chinese. Communist forces
were withdrawing from Korea.2
25X1 l? Comment. According to available information, in late July
the 15 Army Group was reported in south China, exact.location and
subordination unknown..
25X1 2. Comment. This is possibly the basis for the statement by a Korean
e, ocist minister who reported desertions of groups of Chinese soldiers
across the Yalu River prior to July, according to press dispatches.
25X1
I
Approved For Release 2002/08/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13500070003-6