MIXED CHINESE COMMUNIST AND NORTH KOREAN INFANTRY UNIT IN HWANGHAE PROVINCE
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CREST [1]
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP80-00810A003600030008-1
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RIPPUB
Original Classification:
C
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
December 19, 2016
Document Release Date:
August 19, 2002
Sequence Number:
8
Case Number:
Publication Date:
February 15, 1954
Content Type:
REPORT
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Approved For Release 2005/12/23 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA003600030008-1
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25X1 DATE OF INFO.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Korea
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SUBJECT Mixed Chinese Communist and North DATE DISTR.
Korean Infantry Unit in Hwanghae Province
NO. OF PAGES
a mixed infantry unit of approximately 2,000 Chinese
Communist and 1,000 North Korean soldiers was observed at YC-395318, about one
kilometer east of Sinwon-ni (N 38-12, E 125-44) (YC-393l) in Hwanghae Province.
The majority of the Chinese were equipped with either Soviet rifles or sub-
machine guns. Each Chinese soldier had three hand grenades, and each company
had one heavy machine gun. Most of the North Koreans were equipped with Soviet
rifles, with each soldier having three hand grenades, and each company two heavy
machine guns. The morale of the soldiers appeared high. the
same day approximately seven trucks loaded with food and munitions arrived at
YC-395318) coming from the direction of Sariwon (N 38-30, E 125-45) (YC-4.061+).
Chinese Communists and North Koreansl were observed passing by YC-395315, moving
south.
1.1 omment, It is not clear whether this unit was the same as the one
referred to in paragraph one. If it was, the 2,000 difference in the number
of troops observed is extremely large.
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ARMY X
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15 February 1954