NATIONALIST MILITARY INFORMATION: IRREGULAR FORCES IN THE COMMUNIST AREA

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1947
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ote: The Advance Sungari Headquartere of the Peace Preservation Corpa
Joe the Northeast Chine Command is at Changchun. It is also referred to as the
advance eubeeeedquartera ox the Northeaet China Commend at Changchun. The Commeneer
et. Gen. CEU An-shiee anc his G-2 is Major KIO Pei-chieh. This organization ie
eupposed to have coutroi cl ell Nationalist irreeulur iorces in the Communist areas.
eaweeme.CHANG lesuehming has been appointed to command the irregulars. It is not
known how this appoietment will affect the work of the above organization. The
oroblem of eontrolline the irregular troops Is futher confused because General MA
ehan-ehan claims that many oe these troops aro loyal to him. See for in-
formateon on kAie troops.)
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The Sungchiane Area Beedquartere of the Underground Army of the Northeast was
eztablished by CHAO Hsingewu dering the Japanese occupation. (Shang-.
hei Hotel The charaoter givon reada TSAC, but all previous reports consistently
eefer to him ae ChA0.) De is a Kuomingtang member, and Wa6 appointed by HO Ting? ehen Commaadieg Oenerae of the Chinese Armles. (Shanghai Note: Date of
,7poini;ment not given.:itkth was named Commanding General cf the Undergrou0d ermy,
waa reepowsible eor all secret organizetions in gam:hurls. These secret organ-
jzu,tions were knownae the Kuomlnetang Revolutionist Society.
2. CHAO led 6000 troops, which mJ former y *served uheer MA Chaneshan, in over ZOO
battles against the Japaneee, but on 2 October 1937 their ammunition ran out and
they were annihilated by japanene lend and air forces west of Pal Chun hsien.
(Peiehuan (126-17, 47-33)?) Oney the oommander, CHAO Haing-wu remained alive yi?)c
eDA0 wee csptured by the Japanese at Peian (probably 126-17, 46-28), interroected
end tortured for ninety days, and then released, (Changchun Note: On 13 September
the AdVance Subeetedquerters of the Rortheast China Command reported orally that
eeA0 had been oaptured by the Communists. He is now believed to be in Chiamussu.
Genew). CHU, identified below, is in oharge at present.)
After August 194b, the above endergrouad Army started to operate overtly. Later,
e demobilizaticn program was set up under the direction of CHEN Hsin-min *A 0E, .
e euomengtang member. About i,0008000 military and political members wore demobil-
eeed. (Shanghai Not*: This figure seems improbably high.)
dh 'When the Soviet Army first entere. Manchuria, the Waticulaliat Government ordered
efle0 and CHEN to cooperete eith them. However, the looting and destruction earried
ee by the Soviets caused CHAO'e troops to hate them. On 20 April 1946, CAO was
.pojnted by the Wortheest Peuce Preservation eeadquarters (NECC) as Peace Preser-
feeeon Officer for the Sur r he.142-4 db erea. CHU An-shih 41J * .1, , aeother
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zul t.tr-:, 0,--D1-e ul.tip4d and btiawked GY tfltA.,#iiits. LI Chac-lins
/set --!lineng; ml-:1411iL.,. . '..i '_1-10' ur;tr LI -1-c.0-iimp:, a ooh-on,-,,U-d vdth Llitta
tr,,,l_ t,.;_ :1,.rn6- ,i,rmy wa .acT:oztea, but lor aczie of itu ve-L:ers
sesor.n;r0,1. LI Cloto-4.. t;2..1..,1 Not:e: A r;ois-Aisist noluspoper o1ule6 that
Litt 1.-es.sins hak! .-en 4.att,,-;?, afild :z;:-.:ing to this report, ty conies:Lich t14,i.
thE:', %-,:' LI 1_1__ i-.-i: .;_mit-.7:A 04 Irciazation and Statir.tIos.)
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withokew. oaly uoUNaticnalist troops could enter Harbin .mosuse
Cci-t;;ad msde ourefla. arrangamente. Twelve of ChAO's Staff offioars *eat
Korti. -Haroirt Ustrict Headquarters 'to negotiate with thn CommUnists.
?.loers ware deteAhed, and forced to order their troops to surrender. Ihe
iA4f(146 ta.tie a 4trutegic withdmual from 1.srbin itself., an scattered
to outskirts of the city. At the time of this withdrawal, the troops nun-
/171,0U0.
After th atiCflu*1iEts recaptured Char.gohur r iay 1946, Ienerai CHU and more than
lou O. hie men %ten t there an requested that the Northeast Chins Colimand allow them
to set pan office ia Changchun, so that they mi-ht reorganize. their troops. They
o.iffeeci to r:ork for the aationelists behind enemy lines.
Gcm-nders nr., as foilows:
Commendinr Officer, CHAO lising-wu
'Jnputy Commander: CIU An-shih
Commander, lit Units CHU An-shih
immander, End Units FAI Chiu-tai
Commander, 3rd Unit: IIEN I Muang-li
Commander, 4th Units HSIEH It'entung
i-nob it has fifteen sub-units, and each sub-unit has 6000 men. This makes the
unli total W,U00 men. (Shanghai Note: See paragraph 8, where the 16, 17, 20,
ttn4 k5.3ub?unit5 ol the first unit are listed.)
"the strength and activities of this organization are shown on the following oherts
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0,00U wuonsaag 5,000 357 20 12 2
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ilang zu-chien 3,000 Pinhsien 3,000 174 17 1 1
(127-30,45-45)
Chin Yeo-tun g td20t) ShuangoWeng 2,200 120 14
l?iq Al' fe. ) (1;26.126)
AAA Ohib-fal :?1,000 Qh/apehIeug 2.000 150 15 9
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5 000 Neagh/au
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34.000 ?'ouch tang
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4,500 Chtthsishtitso
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3,400 Pea ?Wins
(152-17,46-58) 3,400 240 13
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1st Unit
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3: 000 Ohaaah au
(125-03,45-29)
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1, 600? Anlien
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19 800 85
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141.1u, Tzw-rti ? 84)1000 iosnaVing ? ? 28,000 3,800 137 90 18
eVS" 4-- 14 (129-34,,43-16)
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2nd 'Unit
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aadanaftiang 4,000 146 17
(129-47,44-35)
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Hsieh ..en-tunG 5,000
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5,000 260 27 161
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77 900 6,683 414 241 44 16
no explanati:on
Junohiiflg Area Headquartern of the 'Under-
or the 'troops because of Ui!suunist troops
those troope with'whom Peadquarters is in
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P. The Headquarters mentioned in puragraph b e)aklip ti) halm ^ Intellte-slnee
net ooverine harbin, ties-ho (127.-2b, 00-10, 'Iti-taachlang (129.47, 44-35), Nen-
chieng (125-1Z, 48-11), and Chia-mussu (130-21, 46-49). /,:ommunicetions with this
net are entirely by courier because the agents do nee have aocess to sufficient
electric current to maintt:in radio contact.
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10. There are the folioring pro-Nationalist rmad or reeu.ir Comeu in the Communist
districts in !Iinchurias
a. Pin-hsier (1k740, 45-4)) 10,000
ba lu-:Lau Mountains fru-ieua (12C-08, 45-5')/ 15,000
0. A-ohene: (128-.67, 45-33) and Larbin 8,000
d. San-ehan (125.44, 49.3) and Ihno-tung 125-U,
45-58) area 8,000
e. Taitaihar ., 10,000 -. 12,000
f. Boohung area (Hochiang area, lortheast to hurt?) 15,000
g. ru-tan-chiang (129-37, 44-30 25,000
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planes This equipment whe obtained from unguardulliiiiiire areenals prior
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12. A year ago these troops tottalee 300,000, but now it is estimated 'that they total
only half that. BOWLASO of the scarcity of ammunition, mese men heee be n killed
or ceptured te. the Comrunists. However, few have been convtrted tO Communism
because these troops violently hute the !ovietso
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15. The Communistu are now attacking ail ireegular tree,ps as frequeatly es possitle.
They plan to destrv the abilit: of these troops to serve as occupatien forces !seen
the Nationalists cake over such areas os Partin.
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14. YEN Ting-heir is the Nationalist-nomirated lovernor of the provinces of
Peilungchierg, nenchiane, Uochiane, ard Sungchiane. /Ee states that kU0,000 luppet
end Wationrlit volunteers have surroir.ded Harbin, Pei-en (Shanghai NOV11: probsb1y
the to At (126-22, 48-14) is meant, althour-.E a reference la made to t)4! .zown at
(126-47, 4648)). Tsitsihar, and Chia-mu-ssu. They ern eealting orders from the
reeular rationalist Armlen for a major offensive, in which these irreguler %roops
will ssrve aa reinforcements Cor the regular troops. These irreeular troops are
not foll,wers of !AA Chan-shun.
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15a VA Chen-shants forces may constitute u second underground army ender the rationalist
aortheast Chine Command, but they are in disrepute at precent because of reported
bandit aetivity.
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le,:.anchuria at present, there are two underground armies which have Nationalist
approval and are enneerating iU. the hationaliste. Toth are being prompted by
TU Yu-ming to futher his personal ambitions 101110. The first group consists or
followers of the Younr .arshal. The second group is known es the "Tan Tan".
!either group is consider-Al to be important miliUrily, but they are used es
espionage and intelligence units. General TV has control over the second group but
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not over the first, exercising his control on the forrer throuh the :-ureau of
Investigation and 4tatistics. it is stated that aeneral WAN Fu-lin is the Pureau ?
of investigation and Statistics counterpart for the Younr :iirshal group (i-0).
Note: :.!eaning that he is the head Of the "Tan Tanft 9)
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17. The Northeast Volunteer Army (See whicE the unsurrendered
Japanese are to join if they reach Changchun, has no men actually in Cm.munist
territory yet. It 7,7611 established on the arrivel-of the New 1 Army in Changchun
and is composed of remnants of tie puppet armies and other loofa troops. The
commander is LIU Chih, Veml:er of the Militur, Affairs Commission, who Is directly
under the commund of TU Yu-ming. Mote: It is believed that there was
1A6a a Lt. General LTU in th as much authority as General str, tie Commander
1A6a of t!e "rew 1 Army.) ste: It was reported that SIJ was given full
command in the Chengo un area. It was also reported that General LIU Pai-chunr,
G-3 of the Northeast China Command, was appointed Commander of the Kirin Province
Peace Preservatioh Corps. Iteis not known whether LIU Chih is an alternate name
of LIU Pai-chung!e.) It is believed that the Volunteer Army and other underground
organizations which mi ht be established are primarily important as intelligence
units.
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18. No underground, guerrilla, war lord, or "peoples" armies are known operating for
the Nationalists or projected by them in the Communist areas, with one exception;
the HSIEH Wen-tang Army, a guerrilla group led by an old Manchurian war lord by
that name. The headquarters of this group is et VA1-chang (127-0V, 44-66). This
unit is composed mainly of bandit cavalry. HS1Eh maintains contact with the
nationalists throurt. NECC staff liaison offioers. PSIEll is opportunistic and would
fight for the Communists if they offered him a better price.
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