MILITARY INFORMATION: CHINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN MANCHURIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R000500020047-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: October 15, 1947
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONFIOENTI*t
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e Military Informations Ckin se COMPARi
in Yanahuria
ativities 25X1
a place 20 km northeast of fetan (126.44, 46-16). Its strength was 8fie5 (1).
Its eyuipm.nt ineluded a nusfts of 3apsn.se tanks *iab were 18 feet long,
7-1/u feet wide, I feet high and weighed 16 toms. The tanks oarried a 67 as
canon and three 7.1 are as hine SMS and were pretested by 25 no armor. The
speed was 26 *ph,. the urea, four. ,U s ddla-rank officers of this 25X1
unit (?) inspected a Soviet tank unit at eias. At 2 p.,,. the Soviet unit,
equipped with 21 Japanese 94-aodel at Biwa tanks, daesastrat. tank positional
warfare and attaeks.
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at o 124-61 48-29)* Tba first stags of its training end 3 - -- and
has 3,000 seen, 60 two and one-half ton tretks, six sw mmW ears, ,six field 25X1
guns, 21 heavy naehlne guns, 68 light machine guns and 1,200 rifles.
about
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1..,000 assn, lest
Chisaussu (130-21, 46-49) by rail end tsraveled sold nia utanchiat
(129-37, 44-36), scheduled to arrive at Slteeeil tas, 40 li north ?f Tteangl-na 25X1
(126-67, 41-43) This division is 1*4 by U ` Chien-*in, who is under
CS +3 tac+-ehu , o antler of the Bast t nchurian Military Zone.
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?dlitary Zonut. 1*shkis is as vast 4doagolias. His troops are the TOitsLAar
(U3 b7. 47!'2 2) area. ~. ~ G V 1
i4ailar (1151-44, *9.13) to ??oketu (121-b4, 48-di). waor1y under LII P1*0, this
district is now under General isashkin (tasgsa ), who is aasd sr 9 peral A*i
(1?eiping bote $ iday be !) XU-shift, s ing general of to 1~est teburian
CONFIDEi1AL
a consultation was hall at the 1fn;40 teh,iang pu lie , salle* by 25X1
-k` 1t0-ohung, eamander of WO $as* M&Wbarlea pjeld Army, and participated
is ,y e commanders of tie at# g, 2%Wi,, gtientaao, Sutton and ,Chituug
Military I:istrists, and the c ndsr of the Chinese Ccieaunist x:,igt
tiviE ca.
4~hiass? fst l~srth i4aaaohurisn ]riOld try 25X1
it has be*a divided into the foli+ar ing seven atilitatsy districts$
1ua, Piisaa, ilun, Suntan, 8ungahiseg, i oehiang and g>sanehiaag. C 50 April
it I:. deeidsd to limit the tomes of sash district to three 4ivi?'.ens or
six brf tdss .
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8. I Ithe gAinese Gist ,hsingaa 1111i'farry Distriet was *oved free
Demanded by Spoken, (l.Iaabkin?) are still under the People's >ftooratio United,,.
7. The Mateo Ccwauniat lore left the adtintist on of the
bsir.ran k ilitary Distr e to the 1 ast I en go1i*n ?utoa sous GO art. Troops
Arudr, but their garrison area iv now Cb=VhisxuM* (122-6i1, Iff-46) and
ttieaatsushan (112.64, 47-31),
where north of the Sungari River near irbin. l ua.i a Yellow, high explosive
nginser Otliosrs Training Class) held ex*reises in demolition teohni4ues seaste-
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8. 50 Chinsso Cc asst troops of the Demolition Training Class (or
All pore damolishad with one-sixth of a 20-pcus ease of powder.
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powder. Ct setitros ware a section of rail, a es0erets bridge and a brick pagoda.
at I arbist, chtasattssu, Teitsibar, )bitantohiang, fasces
to select students to study military so twee the or thafl 2,000 took.,
t131-060 , Plies and 1enahiaag (116-13, 4-11), oxaninations were hold
part in Harbin* in all, o students were sslr4ed They will stud' at the place where they took heir examinations and 25X1
all leave for Chita (113-30, 52-00. 25X1
Chinese Coon anist training u~>its in the + est I oh Tiaf kili-
tary Zones, including the breach sous : { iistriotst) of Tsitsihar, Wenohiang,
Angaagol4, !w iehea tsu k122-620 46i 3?), Chanyu (192-32, 446-38)a Ankuaa
(125-41, 46-21), I ru (124-41, 4?4) and Ants (128-l4~, 44-24), have beet
emphasising the practice of cookp sy and platoon attacks and defenses. The
training of now reoruits eaaphasises tiring, taking cover and charging.
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