CHINESE REDS PREPARE FOR WORLD WAR III ; FOURTH FIELD ARMY MOVING TO NE

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• Publication Date: August 1, 1950

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY #REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Military - Trobp movements
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PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
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PUBLISHED Hong Kong
DATE
PUBLISHED 5 - 10 Jul 1950
LANGUAGE
Chinese
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
CHINESE REDS PREPARE FOR WORLD WAR III;
'FOURTH:FIELD ARMY MOVING TO NT
CHINESE COMMUNISTS PREPARING FOR WAR ON ALL FRONTS -- Hong Kong Kung-shang Jih-pao,
10 Jul 50
Taihoku, 9 July -- The CCF Supreme rfeadquarters is said to be expanding its
war plan in preparation for a third World War,
Some 60,000 Communist troops which participated in the Hainan operations
.are now in Canton awPiting transfer to Ch'ang-sha and Hatkaw for eventual assign-
ment in the Northeast Chu Te, it is said, is expecting that the Northeast and
North China will become involved in the Korean war.
It is also said that pu Te is determined to launch an invasion of Taiwan
despite the US Seventh Fleet in Taiwan waters. Lin P'iao has been ordered to
move 20,000 troops to-the Fukien coastal area to support Ch'en f.
Liu Po-ch'eng is now concentrating his troops on the china-Viet Nam 'border.
It is reported, but unconfirmed, that the Chinese Communists are now giving
active military support to Ho Chi Minh in preparation for an attack. .
CHINESE COMMUNIST TROOPS AIRRADY PARTICIPATTNG IN KOREAN WAR -- Hong Kong Kung-
shang Jih-pao, 5 Jul 50
Tokyo, 4 July (Chung-.yang) -- A prisoner captured 8 miles east of Suwon re-
vea1e4 that the Chinese Communist troops are already participating in the Korean
war. He also said that the 18th Division, now garrisoning Seoul, is made up
mainly of Chinese Communist troops commanded by a Chinese whose name be did not
know. According to the prisoner, bbwever, almost half of the 18th Division
troops have been killed or wounded by the continuous attacks of the US air force.
'HAINAN CCF TROOPS MOVED TO RANKOW -- Hong Kong Kung-shang Jih-pao, 9 Jul 50
Canton reported on 8 July 1950 that a unit of the Hainan CCF Fourth Fie14.e.
Arpy, which recently returned-to Canton, was immediately transferred via rail. .
to Hankow on 8-July 1950.
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It is also reported that 18,000 troops of the CCF Fourth Field Army, which
were transferrei from Hainan to the Viet Nam-Mangsi border, were ordered to
proceed to Heng-yang, Hunan, to await orders for transfer to the North. The
fifteenth Army Group commanded by Teng Hua was also ordered to proceed to the
North.
With the transfer of the Fourth Field Army to the North, the garrisoning
duties of both KVangtung and Hainan are to be carried out by the local public
security units.
SOME OF LIN PIAO'S TROOPS HEADED FOR NORTHEAST -- Hong Kong Kung-shang Jih-pao,
9 Jul 50
A dispatch from Macao reported that approximately 20,000 troops of Lin
Piao's Fourth Field Army, stationed at Chinag-men, KWangtung, after the Hainan
opeiations were ordered to move to Hankow to be transferred to the Northeast
within a month.
A report from Shih-lung dated 6 July 1950 stated that Li Pi-han's 303d
Division of the Chinese Communist forty-first Army, assigned to. guard the rail-
road depots between Shih-lung and Chang-mu-to, was ordered by the fifteenth
Army Group Headquarters of the Fourth Field Army to move to Canton to await
further orders.
,CANTON GIVES HUGE WELCOME TO HAINAN LIBERATORS -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 5 Jill 50
Canton, 4 July -- On 4 July 1950, a great welcome was given by the people
of Canton to the returning veterans of the Hainan operations. A welcoming
speech was given by Depity Mayor Liang Kuang of Canton in which he thanked the
troops for the part they played in the liberation of Hainan as well as of all
Kwangtung.
SHANGHAI REDS INCREASE ANTI-US PROPAGANDA, CCNSCREFTION -- Hong Kong Kung-shang
Jik-pao, 10 Jul 50
Taihoku, 9 july -- A recent arrival from Shanghai reported that since the
outbreak of the war in Korea, the Shanghai Communist authorities have been in-
tensifying their anti-US propaganda in an attempt to gain, support of the masses .
and the conscript additional men.
It is also said that the Chinese Communist authorities issued orders to the
various military districts to conscript able-bodied men throughout the area for
military service. Many young men are said to be fleeing the area to evade the
draft.
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