1.CH'EN KENG 2. ARRIVAL OF 15 ARMY ELEMENTS IN KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400330009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 27, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 19, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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I~ux?ing Sen?tember CH~EId Keng,~ oonnnaxa.ding off"ioer of thQ ~hi,neso ~Comu-ura~.st
1t Army Groux~,~ was appointed a de~auty comriandPr of the. Chinese C.omr~.unist
forces in ICorea~ CHAEN is new in ~~eng3r?ang directing Cl~.inese Communist
m~.litary activities in i~`iest Koreao~
As of i. November, Iarge elements of the 1~ A.rmy' It txlny Groupp had recently
arr~1~Qn Korea via 2duledeny ti~here they had been issued Soviet equipnent,~
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around 29 October, when CHQE~T~ as deputy commander of the Chinese
Va~,unteers? Armys was reported by the Feioing radio to be in 'y~ongyanga
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as o ~ Octol~r the 7.5 army was subordinate to the 3 Army Group and
was in North Korean The 1t Array group oamprised the 13 and lax rrmies~~
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