STATUS OF GRC MAINLAND RECOVERY PLANING AS OF LATE APRIL 1962

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• Case Number: F-2018-01235
• Publication Date: May 1, 1962

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SUBJECT STATUS OF GRC MAINLAND RECOVER/ � KAYSEN DATE DISTR. 1 MAY 1962
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1. IN A DISCUSSION ON MAINLAND RECOVERY, VICE CHIEF OF
GENERAL STAFF LAI MING-I/MG SAID CHIANG CHING�KUO TOLD HIM
THAT AS OF LATE APRIL 1962, PRESIDENT CHIANG KAI� SHEK FELT THERE
SHOULD BE TWO STAGES TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC ,DF CHINA'S
(GRC) MAINLAND COUNTERATTACK. THE FIRST STAGE WAS TO BE A LARGE
SCALE AIRDROP; THE SECOND STAGE WAS TO BE AN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING.
TO SUCCESSFULLY CARRY OUT THIS PLAN, CHIANG CHING-KUO SAID
THREE POINTS WERE ESSENTIAL; 1) THE AIRDROP MUST CONSIST OF 200
TO 300 MEN; ONLY THEN WOULD THE GRC HAVE SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO
FIGHT ON THE MAINLAND. 2) THE GRC WOULD NEED THREE C-123'S
EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC COUNTER MEASURE (ECM) EQUIPMENT, AND
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TWO WITHOUT ECM. 3) THE GRC WOULD NEED 100,000 TO 120,000 TONS
OF LST1S, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH TO CARRY
OUT THE ATTACK. THE GRC WOULD ALSO LIKE 16 B-57IS.
2. CHIANG TOLD LAI THAT THE INITIAL ATTACK HAD TO BE STRONG
ENOUGH "TO DEAL A FATAL BLOW TO THE ENEMY, SO THAT FUTURE
COUNTERATTACK PROBLEMS COULD BE SETTLED MORE EASILY". CHIANG
SAID 1HREE PROBLEMS MUST BE SOLVED TO AVOID DEFEAT, "OTHERWISE
THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE". FIRST, THE GRC HAD
PLANNED TO USE MERCHANT SHIPS FOR THE AMPHIBIOUS LANDING.
CHIANG SAID THIS WOULD LEAD TO CERTAIN FAILURE, AND ALSO THE GRC
WOULD BE CRITICIZED BY THE PEOPLE. IF MERCHANT SHIPS COULD NOT
BE USED, IT WAS NECESSARY TO hEa ')NI OTHER METHODS. SECOND,
THE GRC HAD OVERESTIMATED THE STRENGTH OF ITS AIR FORCE. THIRD,
GIVEN GRC NAVAL AND SHIPPING LIMITED LIFT AND RANGE CAPABILITIES,
THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS WOULD KNOW WHERE THE GRC WAS GOING TO LAND
AND WOULD BE WAITING THERE FOR THEM.,
3. LAI SAID IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT A SURPRISE ATTACK WAS
TACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE; EVEN WITH UNITED STATES SUPPORT ON AIRCRAFT
AND LST,S, THE GRC COULD ONLY REACH FOOCHOW TO THE NORTH AND
SWA1OW TO THE SOUTH FOR AN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING. WITH ORDINARY
RADARa THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS COULD DETECT THE SHIPS AT 4o MILES
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AND WITH BETTER RADAR, THE SHIPS COULD BE DETECTED AS FAR AWAY
AS 70 MILES. AS SOON AS GRC SHIPS ENTERED THE TAIWAN STRAIT,
THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS WOULD DETECT THEM. LAI THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE
BETTER TO SURPRISE THE COMMUNISTS BY LANDING EITHER AT CHIINHUANG-
TAO (N 39-57, E 119-35), HOPEI PROVINCE, OR ON HAINAN ISLAND.
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