MILITARY SITUATION IN CANTON AND KWANGTUNG

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004600580013-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: April 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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I. About I March 1950, to n.nti-aircraft artillery b.q.ttalions, one of which was
the 2 Battalion of the 6 Regiment. arrived in Canton from Manchuria with 18
anti-aircraft guns. These Mine were installed in the Canton suburbs at Kean
Yin Hill . J, ), Shih P~ai ( }r }, Hsi Ts?un in. near
White Cloud T`.ountain.
On 23 February, TSSheng ( . ) , comnanrier of the 37 Arr.?, visited.
Shih Ch" i (, vt ) in Chun.gshan Hsien. About the midrile of February, a
Communist artillery regiment was eployed in the neighborhood, of T'ang
Chia Ilan f U ), Chi Ao
and Chi Po (AA) in Chungshan
Hsien (113-36, 222). Moro t,-.n twenty thousand troops were being massed
near Touren (113-139 22-14).
3. Communist troops in Leichou Peninsula (110-05, 20-55) disguised therselves
as Nationalist guerrillas and nlundered Maoming (110-532 21-45)9 Shutting
(111-05, 2128), Yangehiang (111-53, 21-52) and Yangchun (111-42, 22-08).
.After this foray, they aba.nrioned their arms and rleserterl the Comrranist
forces.
Measures to counter the low morale in Southern Kwnngtung were introduced in
the form of an anti-feudalism campaign. Military security is 11s6 being
tightened by the evacuation of local inhabitants in Peihai (109-05, 21-24)
and Changehiang (109-49, 22=.54), rarticul^rly since many of them had alreaiy
left to avoid Nationalist attacks anti difficulties with Communist troops
stationed, in the area. In Canton itself, t',? South China Political Bureau
ordered the post office to require, as a security precaution, that all air
nail show name and address of sender in order to prevent the usp of the--ails
to trruisrrl' ;.a uthori ed information.
5. Fifty conscripts from each nz". here ordered for the Communist Army in Southwest
1(w..ngtune . Kr ny men of military age ?rare fleeing to the Hundred. Thousand
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Mountains, where ,uerrflia groups of PAY Chung-hsi2s Nationalist troops
were still active. In addition to these recruits, on 28 February the
Canton t4ilitary Control Commission was ordered by Peiping to recruit ten
thousand men between the ages of 16 and 19 who were not attentlIng school
and send then. to Mulvden in April for train! ng 'as railroad workers.
An air raid defense. warning system was established in Canton on 1 March.
Warning signals are a nrotonge4 whistle fror.; the i,ower station and. the
raising of n trial-4ular yellow flap at all main street intersections.
Indication that a raid is in progress will be the raising of a triangular
blue flag. Upon this, all pedestrian and vehicle movement is to stop except
official moverient under Military Control Commission orders, and vehicles on
official missions must carry a small triangular yellow flag and personnel a
yellow armbntid showing their unit. Air defense com-and vehicles and personnel
noverents have priority during this emergency period. The all-clernr is shown
by raising a triangular green flag.
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