POSSIBLE CHANGES IN CHINESE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT POSTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400520002-3
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. 25X1A
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY China (Taiwan)
SUBJECT Possible changes in Ching>.c Nationalist
Government Posts
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DATE OF
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20 Nov. 1951
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
CIHIANG Kai--ehek will probably remove CHOU Chih-jou as chief of the
general staff in the near future for the following reasons:
a. In the P. T. 1 10 affair, CHOU reported to CHIANG that MAO was mis-
handling funds. 1.7ithout checking the facts, CIIIANG made public
charges against IRAO which he later discovered were possibly not true.
CHOU then told another Nationalist Government official that he was
not responsible for C?TIANG's charges against '`A.O. CHIANG heard
about this and reprimanded CHOU.
b. CIIOU is now on bad terms with Admiral KUEI, SUN Li-jen, and ICUO Chi-
c h' iao, head of the Lfinistry of National Defense.
c. The dismissal of CHOU would afford an opportunity to strengthen the
Nationalist position by appointing a more popular man as chief of
the general staff. HSUIt Yueh, influential among such third force
leaders as GU NG Fa--kuei, is a possible choice.
An educated Chinese with no known political affiliations
reports that the following rumor concerning possible changes in Nationalist
posts is current among high-ranking Nationalist Government officials,,
CHIANG Kai-shek will soon assume the position of premier, while remaining
as president, and CH'Fla Ch'eng will replace K. C. WU an governor of
Taiwan. The rumor is probably groundless,,
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