1. COMMUNIST MILITARY INFORMATION AND ORDER OF BATTLE 2. SITUATION IN SHANGHAI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700600003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 11, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
1 N F ATI N REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY
SUBJECT 1. Communist Lilitary Information and Order of
Battle
2. Situation in Shanghai
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1. Communist troops assembling in the Soochow area include some from Kiangsu
Province who have joined the Communist array within the last week. These
troops are poorly equipped. dements of the Communist 20 rmy with heavy
artillery are in the eastern section of Soochow? A large Communist hospital
has been established in the Soochow area.
5 kay'1949
2. dements of Communist General CH&I Yi?s 25, 27 and 30 Armies occupied Hang
chow on 5 1'4iayo These elements include Nationalist police and troops which
defected at Hangchowo
6 Lay 1949.
3, The Communists crossed the Chientang River and occupied the Hsiaoshan (120-17,
30--10) railroad station, then advanced to the outskirts of Shaohsing (120-314
30aOO) from which the i Jationalists plan to withdraw.
25X1X~ On 6 May the Communists attempted unsuccessfully to make boat landings in
the Shanghai area near .:oosung,
5? Generalissimo CHIAUG Kai-shek left Shanghai for Amoy and Canton on 6 Lay.*
Before leaving he held a meeting of all Nationalist top military leaders
in the Shanghai area, who took an oath of personal loyalty to the General-
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6. Lembers of the flanking Nationalist police force are arriving in Shanghai.
Those not in possession of weapons are forced by Shanghai Police Commis-
sioner UAO Sen to leave the city because LAO fears that thi roup is
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Chinese Communist officials with large rauantities of gold bars are now in
Shanghai attempting to bribe Nationalist army,, navy, airforce and police
officials,: 2,SAO is pretending to do business in order to discover their
intentions 4 and he plans to arrest then,
An attempt is being made by influential Shanghai locals to have the Nat:Lon-
alists fight the deciding battles for Shanghai outside the city., The new
and scattered labor disputes are now being handled satisfactorily, The
troops are causing some, disturbance among the civilians by occasional loot=-
ing, but the looters and infiltrating Communists are executed immediately
after being discovered u
Comment. Taiwan newspapers report that possibly the Generals--
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s:i.mo is going to Taichung, Taiwan., and that many high-ranking Chinese
officials have been visiting Taichung since 6 or 7 bays
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