1. CHINESE COMMUNIST AIR ACTIVITIES, SOUTH CHINA 2. CHINESE COMMUNIST ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDZITTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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DATE DISTR. 14 Ar. 1951
1, Chinese Co=unist Air Activities, South Ch4na NO. OF PAGES 3
2. Chinese Comrunist Anti-Aircraft ,Teapons
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Wo battalions of engineers from the lwangsi
Military District arrived. at False (106-34, 23-55) to renair the airfield.
over 1,400 civilian laborers were assigned. to the same project,
and, people residing along the highwa:.? from Paige to Yunnan were mobilized
to repair the hie:way. The road surface was to be reconditioned. and the
bridges reinforced.. The section between False and. rienhei (106-05. 24-26)
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air activities at !arming were as follmvs:
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engineers of the Kwangsi Military Distrirt bema the
hangar and. six gasoline tenks at Nanning Airfield.
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Soviet Air Force Derson.nel were observed on the streets
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at Nanning Airfield
of Nanning
fonr dark- grey ,ingle-engine fighter
planes landed at Nanning
they took-off from
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Airfield. Every rorning
the field and flew over Nanning.
Chvinheien (108-37, 21-58) government recruited 50X1 -HUM
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1.000 laborers for the construction of a local airfield. The Aviation Bureau
of the Kwangtung Military Dietrict requested that the airfield be corPleted
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a result of manpower and supply shortnges.
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five Soviet Air Force officers, accorpanied by seven Chinese,
tweilin via the Hunan-Iangsi Railroad aid steyed at the Lingnan
they insnected the Kweilin Airfield, and
art' ve at Liuchow. The leader of thia grout' was Pt50X1-HUM
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5. Construction at Mahsiang (1111-14, 24-40) Airfield wat begun
an". was completed The Fukien govelnment recruited 20,000
laborers for this Project. the d!mensions of the field
were 5,000 x 3,000 meters and two runways were competed; one was 1.200
meters long and 120 neters wide and was 'milt of re!nforced concrete, and
the other was 800 meters long ani 80 meters wide an. was constructed with
a "cemented con. It is exclusively a military airfield, but no planes
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the following planes were at Cantin airfields:
a. Tlienho: 3 M10-9ts, 5 Soviet transeorts,
2 MIG-l5' s, and 17 other planes,
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b. White Cloud: 4 FT-16's, 3 '!IG-15 s,2 YAK-21 je fighters,
3 Soviet transports, and 15 other plane which were
the North River Military Distric'
orders from the Military Control Comrission at Can
the runway at Chsuchiang (111-33. 24-50) Airfield.
enlarged and ready for use a
recruited for the work. Ztorage facilities, suffi
of gasoline and other materials, were being built
field. This is to be a reserve airfield for the e
being reraired.
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nwangtung, received
on to widen and lengthen
The field was to be
it 500 laborers were 50X1-HUM
tent to hold 5,000 tarue
.t the south end of 50X1-H UM
!cord line of defense.
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the Canton Air Force Sunnly Denot, teaded b!_711 Chih-ping
Ut. 14, received. an order from 1.11.1 Ya-lou (),) 4. to estab1is150M-HUM
a parachute factory which would suenly a Hainan av1ation school with 50X1 -HUM
parachutes made of Canton silk. The remainder of:antontnt
production was to sunnly other training schools ir China.
CtIUNG Chih-ping decided to use the old Chunho ) Factory, in the Honan
Suburb, for this eurpose, and he deeignated a grpn of buyers to procure
silk at Taliang (113-16, 22-49), Shunts (113-16, !2-50), andcther places.
The training school to be supplied is at Yulin ()9-34, 18-13), where a
class of 43 paratroop, is being trained.
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the Air Defense romrand of the Can' ml and louth China Military
Area sent representatives, accompenied by two SoAtet advisers, to inseect
Chihchiang (109-37. 27-27) Airfield, after which :he insnection party
returned to Hankow, drafted a plan for the recond tinning of the field, and
submitted it to higher authorities for considerat!4n. Some of the measures
planned by the Air Defense Cemnand are as follows::
a. To have the Central and South nine Military ai Political Comnittee
order the "provincial capital of Hunan and the ppvincial rilitary
District Headoarters to move to Chihchiang to strengthen the security
of that area.
b. To negotiate with the Hunan Provincial Government concerning detailed
plans for the recruiting of civilian labor.
c. To exenni the organization at Chihchiang Airfield Ind send 14 air service
personnel to rake preliminary 0r2-the -spot preeetratons.
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the Chinese Communists had 524 anti-aircrAft artillery 50X1-HUM
pieces (230 of Soviet manufacture and 50X1-HUM
421 anti-aircraft machine guns. This. equipment includes weapons used for
training purposes In air defense schools, as well as weapons assigned to
the six anti-airc stone, which on 3 March were still in the proct50X1-HUM
of being organized.Li
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COr........Mta. It is 'believed these planes were bringing in ground
equipment and lnviet Air Force personnel. 50X1-HUM
. It was beliereZt_that engineering work for the repair
of this field would begin anti that the work would be 50X1-HUM
completed in six months.
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