OUTLINES DISPOSITION OF TROOPS IN SOUTH CHINA AREAS

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• Publication Date: August 2, 1951
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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL JIM.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
SUBJECT Military - O/B
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Hong Kong
DATE
PUBLISHED 2, 3 Jul 1951
LANGUAGE
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT SO
U. S. C.. ,MI AMD Si. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANT MANNER TO AN UNAUTNORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
NIIITED ET LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
Hsing-tao~Jih-moo
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1951
DATE DIST. A Aug 1951
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OUTLINES DISPOSITION OF TROOPS IN SOUTH CHINA AREAS
CCF PREPARES TO AID VIE'T MINE FORCES Hong Kong, Hsing-tao Jih-pao, 2 Jul 51
A Heins-tao Jih-pao special correspondent has reported from Nan-ning that
the Chinese Communist Forces are stepping up preparations to aid the Viet Minh
Forces, and that the Central People's government has set up an "Aid Viet Nam Peo-
ple's Liberation Committee" with staff offices in Canton and Nan-ning.
The special correspondent stated that three armies of the Second Field
Army are stationed in Yunnan, Kwangsi, and Kwangtung provinces, and that the
Kwangtung-Hunan Ki.angsi Border Region Column, the Kwangtung-Kwangsi Border Re-
gion Column, and the Yunnan-Kwangsi-Kveichow Border Region Column, are assem-
bled near the Vietnamese border awaiting orders.
According to the correspondent, two armies of approximately 30,000 men
of the Second Field Army were sent from Yunnan to the Vietnamese border in Kwangsi
and Kwangtungy and a transport unit consisting of about 600 men was sent to P'ing-
hsiang in Kwangsi to transport materiel into Viet Nam. He added that during June,
an element of the Second Field Army was sent to Fang-ch'eng, Ch'in and Ling-shan
heiens in Kwangtung to take over the.defense assignment left vacant by two divi-
sions of the Fourth Field Army.
The same correspondent said that there are now three divisions of the Fourth
Field Army, two armies of the Second Field Army, and three regiments of the Kwang-
tung-Kwangei Border Region Column stationed in Kwangsi and.Kwangtung provinces and
the region near the Kwangtung-Viet Nam border. He added that the units affiliated
with the Second Field Army are disposed in a 50-li Lone ii equals 1/3 mile/ bow-
shaped defense line, centering along.the Nan-ning--Pai-8e Highway and the'Nan-ning--
Lung-ching Highway, and extending from Nan-ning'to T'ien-pao via Liu-chou, Lung-
thou, Pai-se and Ching-hel. Their duties are (1) to "clean out" the anti-Communist
forces, and (2) to step up preparations to help the Communist forces in Viet Nam,
the correspondent said.
COMPLETES SOUTH CHINA'S COASTAL LINE OF DEFENSE -- Hong Kong, Hsing-tao Jih-pao,
3 Jul 51
According to a Hsing-tao Jih-pao special correspondent from Canton, the
South China military authorities have completed their first line of defense along
the coastal region of South China.
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The correspondent revealed that the defense line extends from Swatow Harbor
to the Pearl River estuary, and then to Lei-chou Peninsula in southern Kwangtung.
He pinpointed the disposition of troops as follows.
1. From Hu-men at the Pearl River Estuary to Swatow Harbor
Elements of the Forty-second, Forty-seventh and Forth-ninth Armies and
all of the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Armies of the Fourth Field Army. The
Forty-third Army is stationed at Chao-shan, and the Forty-fourth Army is defend-
ing the east bank of the Pearl River estuary.
2. From West Bank of the Pearl River Estuary to Lei-chou Peninsula
The Forty-second and Forty-seventh Armies of the Fourth Field Army. The
main force of the Forty-second Army was assigned the defense of the west bank of
the Pearl River estuary. Of the 3,000 troops of the Fourth Field Army which ar-
rived recently in Chung-shan, one regiment was sent to T'ang-chia-wan and Ta-huan,
two companies to Ta-huan-pu and Hsiao-huang-pu, and the remainder to other nearby
areas. The defense of a string of islands outside of the Pearl River estuary was
taken over by the Fourth Field Army when an element of the Kwangtung-Kwangsi
Border Region Column was reassigned and moved from those islands.
Last.month the Thirty-eighth Army and the Fortieth Army under the Fourth
Field Army were sent to the Canton area from Wuhan to receive replacements. There
is a rumor that the Fortieth Army was sent to the Lei-chou Peninsula recently.
The Forty-eighth Army of the Fourth Field Army was assigned to defend the Canton-
Hankow Railway from Lo-ch'ang to Ch'ing-yuan.
Although the Fourth Field Army has many subordinate units, their T/O's
are not filled. For eXample, the several armies which return d from the North-
east lacked a total of 20,000 men. Consequently, they were d nt to South China
to receive replacements and training. The Lu-shun.Detachment and the Public Se-
curity Division were assigned to defend Canton; the Nanking Detachment, to defend
Hai-k'ou; the Second and Fourth Field Armies, to defend the Kvangtung and Kwangsi
and Viet Nam frontier; and an element of the Third Field Army was assigned to de-
fend the areas along the upper reaches of the East Rivera
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