RECRUITING FOR COMMUNIST MILITARY ACADEMIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010900310003-8
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
COUNTRY China
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DATE DISTR. 13 March 1952
SUBJECT Recruiting for Coirmunist Military Academies NO. OF PAGES 1'
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1. From 20 December 1951 to 21 January 1952 the Chinese Communists were attempting
to recruit S,OCO cadets, 1,000 each for the Air Force and Naval Academies and
600 each for the Artillery, Armored Force, Air Defense, Army Engineers and Ord
nance Academies. Recruits for other armored force academies were not being
accepted.
2. Recruiting was limited to students of middle school standing, aged 17 to 25, in
good health, and having no political complications. Priority was to be given
students studying at the branch schools of the People's Revolutionary University
in various provinces, and to soldiers' and heroes' children who applied for
recruitment.
3? Cadets selected were first to undergo a six-month cour'B3 of political training,
after which they were to receive instructions in their various specialties. For
this reason the military academies have accepted new recruits only every six
months.
The Communists twice before had openly recruited students for the various mili-
tary academies, once in December 1950 and again in June 1951. These campaigns
resulted in the selection of 45,000 cadets.
54 The December 1951 campaign was not announced openly but was conducted through
the Chinese Communist Party, the Democratic Youth League and military organi-
zations, assisted.by various students' unions, youth groups, and women's organi-
zations.
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