1. CHINESE COMMUNIST MILITARY AID FOR VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS 2. ORDER OF BATTLE AND MILITARY INFORMATION, SOUTH CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 2001
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• Publication Date: January 10, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL ;NTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.. 25X1A
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Chinese Communist Military Aid for
Vietnamese Communists
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Order of Battle-and Military Information,
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On 2 December 1951 the Kwangtung Military District Command received Secret
Order Number 2814 from the Central and South China Mili'%.rry Affairs Commission
(sic). The order contained the following two points:
a. Twenty thousand troops were to be transferred from troop units in Kwangtung
the Aid Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) Volunteers.
b. The Kwangtung Provincial Government was authorized to use recently
recruited militiamen to replace troops transferred into Aid DRV Volun-
teers.
From 5 to 10 December rail traffic on the Laipin-Chennankuan railway increased.
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moving in and about the area which was restricted and under the guard of
Chinese Communist troops.
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0 ousand, one hundred 50-gallon drums of gasoline arrived at Nanning and
were stored at the Nanning Airfield. Six hundred tons of grain, 1,200 boxes
of rifle ammunition with 500 rounds per box, and a quantity of tents and
uniforms were shipped from Nanning to P'inghsiang (106-44, 22-06).l
As of 6 December a military supply station had been established at Talien-
chleng (k 4)4), the wooded area north of P';!nghsiang, by the Nanning Aid
DRV Command. The installation comprised 6 large warehouses. Fifty persons,
including 18 Soviets, were on the staff. Military trucks were -observ
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In early December headquarters of the 1.5 Army and troops directly under its
commad were at Chennankuan (106-141, 22-04), with no indication of plans to
move.
From 5 to 7 December headquarters personnel and two regiments of the 14
Division (sic) arrived in Nanning by rail from Liuchou (109-16, 24-18).
Later these troops left for Lungchou (106-56, 22..22) via Mingchiang (107-11,
22-09). A regiment previously had been transferred 'to Lungchou to assist
local authorities in the autumn tax collections
On 8 and 9 December one regiment of the 139 Division, 47 Army, arrived in
Nanning via the Laipin-Chennankuan railway.3 On arrival it was stationed in
the Chenpeich'iao (`' 3b , )area crest of Nanning. Headquarters personnel
and two other regime s were scheduled to arrive in Nanning soon and then be
transferred to the Kwangsi-Kwangtung-Indochina border area.
7. On 12 December the 1 Artillery Regiment of the It Field Army, commanded by
WU I-ming ( k, t e1 ), was transferred from Swatow to Kwangsi. Garrison
duties in the Swatow area were tan over by the 1 Artillery Regiment,of the
Central and South China Military Area, commanded by LIN Wei-yen (,,'fA ~ ).
On 14 December this regiment arrived in Canton from Hankow by train, obtained
supplies, and moved to Swatow with 7 cannon, 34 flat trajectory guns, 26 autos
and 60 horses,
8. On 15 December the South China chapter of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Associ-
ation ordered its 300,000 members to write at least one comfort letter to
Chinese Communist troops in China, Chinese Communist volunteers in Korea, and
Soviet personnel in China (sic). This letter writing movement was to be
extended to schools and public organizations.
9. On 11 December a meeting was held in Canton between HUANG Yung-sheng (c
and Soviet adviser T' e-la-ha-ko-fu (41 tt~ ilw,` .
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ch the following decisions were reached:
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a. To organize the ten Kwangtung public security divisions and six replace-
ment divisions into ten regular divisions to be trained by Soviet advisers.
b. To turn over artillery of public security and replacement divisions to
naval defense artillery corps.
10. On 25 November the Pearl River Military Sub-District conscripted 200 young
men, 100 public security troops, and 15 automobile drivers and sent all to
Canton as replacements for units of the It Field Army which suffered casualties
in the Korean war.
Ile As of early December, 1,500 recruits from the Kwangtung 6 Military Sub-District
and 1,600 recruits from the East River Military Sub-District were assembled
at Shihp'ai (113-20, 23-07) and P'anyu (113-26, 23-01) to be trained as
replacements for regular units of the 4 Field Army in Korea.
12. On 2 December, 58 Japanese prisoner of war artillery experts led by ITASADA
Ichiro (, Af ) arrived in Swatow from Flankow with ten large boxes of
artillery eqpment. Some of this group was sent to Kuanfou (116-28, 23-26),
Shench'uanchiang(116- , 22- ) and Shanwei (115-22, 22-47) to train
Chinese Communist artillery troops. Some were sent as instructors to the
temporary gunnery training school at Ch*aoyanghsien (116-?35, 23-17).
13. On 29 November, 8 Chinese Communist officers of the Kwangtung Military District
Command and 3 Soviet advisers arrived in !, honch'usai (]1tt.'O8, 22-3?) t', aur.,rA.,.
the area for the construction of 30 pillboxes. On 3 December this group
inspected the Sino-Macao border.
l1, In early December a large number of civilian laborers were conscripted in the
Wanshan Islands to construct pillboxes 100 yards apart all around Tawanshan.,
Each pillbox will hold 20 men.
15. As of mid-December the Kwangtung 12 Public Security Division,. commanded by
YUAN Hai-t'ien. ( ) and with a strength of 5,000 men, was in charge
of guerrilla supprespion in the Paoan-Tsengch'eng (113-19, 23-16) area.
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16. On the morning of 21 December, 15 motorized junks loaded with cement and 2
motorized junks loaded with ammunition loft 'hamooa for Hainan.
17. As of 21 December supplies of the Rear uunDly Headouarters of the Central
and South China Military Area which were stored in warehouses in wbarm)oa
were to be used for the construction of defenses on Hainan and to supply
troops stationed at Yulin.
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1. _ Comment. , from a different source, reports that the
stock of the uunpchou.suiply office was transferred to n'inghsianp in early
November.
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2. Comment. According to information available to this office, a s
of early Decem ber the 15 Army was in Korea.
3. int. According to available information, as of early December
the t Army was in Tcorea.
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previous conferences.
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