1. LOCATION OF CHINESE COMMUNIST CAVALRY UNITS, SZECHUAN 2. OFFICERS OF THE SZECHUAN MILITARY DISTRICT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003300280004-1
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2005
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY China
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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there was one battalion of regular Chinese Communist
troops in Bun pan (N 32-39, E 103-37) City in addition to some local
public security troops. There were also about 100 cavalry troops in
Nanp'ing (N 33-159 E 101#-14),uone cavalry company in Changla (appraxi-
mately N 32-119, E 103-39), one cavalry company in Huangshengkuan (N 32-505
E 103-35)9 one cavalry battalion in Maisang (approximately N 3.3-01,
E 101-55), one cavalry battalion at Pateng (approximately N 33-13, E 103-33),
and one cavalry.battalion at Tatsangszu (1129/5661/11+08).
1. Location of Chinese Communist
Cavalry Units, $zechuan
2. Officers of the Szechuan
Military District
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officers of the Szechuan Military District were as follows:
a, TETG Hai-hou (6772/6932/0230), commander.1
HU I-c Diu (5170/0001/4428), deputy commander.
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c. LI Ho-p'ing (2621/0735/1627), head of intelligence department.
d. YANG Pin-wen (2799/1755/2429), head of operations department.
e. C$ANG M.-chi (1728/7456/7535), head of radio communications department..
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f. LO Ming-ta (5012/2149-/6671), head of personnel department.
g. CH'EN PO (7115/3131+), head of military discipline department.
h. CHANG 'eng-nien (1728/6265/1628), head of finance and supply department.
i. TS'AO Shou-span (2580/1108/11+72), head of training department
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defected to the Communists in 1950.
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in January5i.1951. On l1+ October 1952 the New China News Agency, considered
reliable ih this respect, named HO Ping-yen as ovmmander and FAR Chao-li
as deputy commander of the Szechuan Military District. HO was again
reported as military district commander by the same agency on 22 January 1953.
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