DELIVERY OF CZECHOSLOVAK AIRCRAFT TO CHINA TRAINING OF CZECH ARMY OFFICERS IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000700010008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2002
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 7, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2002/07/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA000700010008-5
CENTRAL INTE:LLIGENCC-E A?G'ENCY
This Document contains. Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing.of ,Title 18, Sections 79S and 794, of the V.S. Code, as
INFORMATION, REPORT' amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia/China
SUBJECT 1, Delivery of Czechoslovak Aircraft
to China
2, Training of Czech Army Officers in the
Chinese Language
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THE SOURCE- EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1, At a meeting of the Revolutionary-Trade Union Movement (ROH) in the Czechoslovak
Automobile Works (Am?) plant in Hanychov, near Liberec, one of the delegates from
the Prague Central Trade Union Council declared that Czechoslovak industry was
helping the Chinese forces in.Korea by substantial deliveries of aircraft. He
mentioned that a Chinese mission-.recently visited one of the largest aircraft plants
in Czechoslovakia to thank the workers for the great help they have been rendering
by producing aircraft that have proven their worth on the Korean front. They also
brought an embroidered silk flag as a token of their gratitude.
2. On 11 October 1952 the first batch of students of the Chinese language formally
terminated their three-year course in the Czechoslovak'Institute for Oriental
Studies at Prague III,, Lazenska 4, There were 31 persons in all, eight of them
women. These graduates have now been attached to various army training establishments
where they are to instruct suitable army officers,-in colloquial Chinese. The officers
are to learn Chinese sufficiently well to be able"to command Chinese units. For
this purpose the Oriental. Institute is preparing a booklet on Chinese army
terminology,
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