INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST AIR FORCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011200010005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB 1952
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CLASSIFICATION SEAT/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
INFORMATION REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT International Communist Air Force
DATE DISTR. 4 Apra 1952
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NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, W I T H I N 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 PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. From May to mid-September 1951, Soviet air troops moved from Chita, Irkutsk,
Khabarovsk, and other places in the USSR to Manchuria., where international air
forces were organized. Soviet engineers expanded the former Japanese-built
air bases and the number of planes moved to Manchuria increased steadily. An
air force division was organized with volunteers from Communist China, North
Korea, East Germany, the Caucasian mountain regions, Poland,, Czechoslovakia,
and other Soviet satellites. The commander of this division is Kanzski.2 Most
of the pilots of the jet fighters are Soviet air officers wearing the uniform
of the Chinese Communist air force. The approximate number of personnel and
planes in. Manchuria are as follows:
a. Fighter strength, including scout=pl.anese
Base
Person
nel
Number of planes
Distribution
Dairen
350
70
For Soviets
Mukden
550
120
For Soviets and Chinese Commu
nists
Antung
120
25
For Soviets and Chinese Commu-
mats
Ssups.ngchieh
28
0
For Soviets
Anshan
28
0
For Soviets
Changchun
45
0
90
For Soviets and Chinese Commu-
nists.
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Harbin
370
75
For Soviets
Kirin
220
30
For Soviets and Chinese Communists
Penchi
280
15
For Soviets and Chinese Communists
Chinchou
220
30
For Soviets and Chinese Communists
Linyu
150
20
For Soviets
Mutanchiang
550
100
For Soviets and Chinese Communists
Hailar
600
120
For Soviets
Chengte
290
50
For Soviets
Tunghua
300
60
For Soviets and Chinese Communists
Chian
100
25
For Soviets and Chinese Communists
TOTAL
5,110
980
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Bomber strength, including both heavy and light bombers.
Mukden
100
20
For Soviets and Chinese Communists
Changchun
120
25
For Soviets and Chinese Communists
Harbin
150
30
For Soviets
Tsitsihar
170
35
For Soviets
Hailar
150
30
For Soviets
Chiamussu
160
30
For Soviets and Chinese Communists
Mutanchiang
180
35
For Soviets
Dairen
100
20
For Soviets
TOTAL
1,130
225
c. The international Communist air forces in Manchuria totals 6,230 personnel and
1,205 airplanes, including fighters, scout planes, and light and heavy bombers.
2. In September the international air forces in Manchuria were constructing bases in the
northern part of Manchuria and planning to bomb United Nations supply bases and im-
portant military establishments in South Korea. They were also declaring that they
would bomb Japan if the United Nations forces bombed Manchuria.
3. In mid--September a factory at Ssuptingchieh was producing airplane parts, including
wings, wheels, other metal parts, and lacquer, for airplanes at bases in Manchuria.
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Comment. Whether these "international air forces" include the Chinese
Communist air forces, and. whether they are one international air force is not
clear.
j Comment. The spelling of this name is as received.
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