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

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• Publication Date: August 1, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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C$INESE REDS PREPARE FOR WORLD WAR III;
'FOURTH FIELD ARMY MOVING TO ~
GHINFSE COMMUNISTS PREPARING FOR WAR ON ALL FRONTS -- Hong Kong Kung-shang Jih-pao,
1o Jul 50
Taihoku, 9 July -- The CCF Supreme Headquarters is said to be expanding its
war plan in preparation for s thiFd World War,
Some 60,000 Communist troops which participated in the Hainan operations
are now in Canton awPiting transfer to Chang-sha and Hankow 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 ~hu Te ie determined to leunch an invasion of Taiwan
despite the US Seventh Fleet in Taiwan waters. Lin P'ieo has been ordered to
move ?0,000 troops to-the Fui~ien coastal area to support Chen t.
Liu Po-ch'eng is now concentrating hie 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.
CffiNESE COMMUNIST TROOPS AIREADY PARTICIPAT?NG IN KOREArt WAH -- Hong Kong Y{ung-
shang Jih-pao, 5 Jul 50
Tokyo, 4 Ju]y (Chung-yang) -- A prisoner captured 8 miles east of Suwon re-
vealed 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 he did no+.
know. According to tae prisoner, however, almost half of?the 18th Division
troops have been killed or wounded by the continuous attacks of the, US air force.
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'HAIlQAN CCF TROOPS MOVED TO HANKOW -- Hong Kong Kung-shang Jih-pao, 9 Jul 50
Ganton reported on 8 July 1950 that a unit of the Hainan CCF Fourth Fielc~,r
Army, which recently returned to Canton, was immediately transferred via rail
to Hankow on 8 July 1950.
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It is aieo reported that 18,000 troops of the CCF Fourth Field Army, which
ware tranaferreii from Hainan to the Viet Nam-KWangsi 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 Kwangtung and Hainan are to be carried out by the local public
security unite.
SOME OF LIN PIAO'S TROOPS HEADED FOR NORTHEAST -- Hong Kong Kung-shang Jih-pao,
9 Jul 50
A dispatch Prom Macao reported that approximately 20,000 troops of Lin
Piao's Fourth Field Army, stationed at Chinag-men, Kttangtung, after the Hainan
operations 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-ban's 303d
Division of the Chinese Communist forty-first Army, assigned to. guard the rail-
road depots between Shih-lung and Chang-mu-tA,o, was ordered by the fifteenth
Army Group Headquarters of the Fourth Field Army to move to Canton to await
further orders.
CANTON GIVES HUGE WEIAOME TO HAINAN LIBEktATORS -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 5 Jul 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 Deputy Mayor Liang Kuang of Canton in which he thanked the
troops for the part they played in the liberation of Hainasz as well as of all
Kt~rangtung .
SHANGHAI REDS INCREASE ANTI-US PROP9GANDA, CONSCRIPTION -- Hong Kong Kung-shang
Ji$-pao, 1U Jul 50
Taihoku, 9 Jul~v -- 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 add3.tional 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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