CHINESE COMMUNIST TROOPS IN CANTON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004600580014-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: April 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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The di$positian and t:treasgth of unitrs attached to the Pooplees Tibor....tion
Axany (PLA) in Canton e,s of ? February 19b0 aro as folla~ws:
'1"~rao co~naa~.e~ a~ the X32 r~e~a.rnetat, 44 .Firing, mal~~a~ u3~ mars tlzala a(}0 znen,
rr~iseri tivith ~ L~.ght r~Chine ~xn:a and 1.030 r~.~le~.~ rt~i.za#carced by squads
:?iated ~a:I.th rc-~vr~~.?~ers anct ~,l~~~aa:l.~.h~?e ~s~s~~~sy ~ e on 'I;`un,~ I~tts ( }
`~t~ad ~.st.:,
~~i'xe :regiment o:~ the Canton Gar_ra.~an Cani~xi.dr belcara~.~3 to the ~. ~"3.eL.d
.a_rrc~r, ,de up a~ ir~re than L1.0f? iitv~al g rtz~ined~ v~t~.th siar 'f ! ho'I~:I.t~ers~
_r caur a:.#~~. ~:I.t=craft maclLi~e ~xis~ bG L3.ght r~c:L?i.ne gt.ns~ and. aU0 ri~l,es~.
s~:at~radx ~irdp. and ~'aurth Lames a# Tung Shan
'~a Ghieh ( ~-+ ~. T~~ }and ~r#.c~:}.na.t~~ ~ddf.ticuaaL sauatis armed v~ith
~a1_st,~L:> are aL~~a in the ~.rea7 Lase 2000/ 5/18
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ho Orie a~t~.--a.~xcraft machine Eun comp;;ny of the 2 Field Arn~ys rr~.th
anti-a~.rcrr~i~: machine ;uns and ors la,~;izt rnacJ~3ne dun; 3s placed
in pillboxes around the Pai ltui T~iu Hill { ~ l;~ ~~ u.~+ ~ ~, ~,g
She I,u { '_ ; ~1 ~p.~,) n
i~ Orne Gaston Ga,rrisan Cam~aarad platoon a.s ?~ard3.ng the warehouse on
Tung Kao Ta Taa (. ~~ ~? ,i , .) sera the South China .corking Carps
{ ~~1 -i--`f ~~ i,~) of the Ch~~r~a Aemocratia Assoc~tian. Yckuth Corps
( C'~, ~ h~--~ '~ )stares 12 trucks ar.~ ~C .rums of ~s s4Zine;,
Orne Ctxntan OFarrisun Cox~.~arad company :~_.:, in the v~.cinity of Chih Fisin
1, ~~ ~ p ~ ~.C~~.e r+JChUi9~ro
ko A ~app~.y d$pat of thA Supp~.y Command ins at the end of Tung F:ua :~tosd
East, but the lar est amount of squint ar~~i ammunit3.er~ is stored
zn the ddpat a t the end of Tung Shan Ts Chi ~ a
1, Med. Hua Ts o un ( ~ C, ~~) is marked a s a prohibited area
Southern Canton
as One rom~aray Qf the Canton Garrison Cor~nd~. con~irti.ng mo~*~e than 3.?Q
m~xa armed vrd.th nine light machine guns zuad more ths,n fifty rifles, is
in the v.~c3raity of Hue Tu ( -~ ~) ~'e%ple a ?t Feral; Huard Keg (j~,)~~1 ~
b~ On~a x~egiuaerat of -the 1e1. Army, 2,,100 mere strong, ~r~th four hc4~.t~ers,, is
in the ~ricinity of the Pai. Hsien ~(~ ~~j) H,x.id~;e, rrherr~ it is rein-.
farcer~ try ons ~,.nti~-aircraft machi~ ~;un ~aaz~pany? It aJ.so ha.s more than
fifty horsesd
c~ A battaliara of the Canton Garrison Comm,axadg consista.r~ of ttvo ~.nfantry
companies,, has h~drnzartczrs in Lug Chauan Kv.r~ (~~ ~a f~)~ beh~lnd
the Nan ~u ( ~) diddle Sehoal,, 30 horses are ~.t s transg~ort
?ia Taro garrison oompari.ies, strength nxore thazx 2()0 :coax, ::re in the v~.~?n-?
sty o~: the textile m~ 7 7 (unZoaate~i)
$~ One garrison catrzpanyy 106 rasa arrnsd YtT~th 1iF~;rst r~chine~ v~ and x~.fles,
iB in Chi Li Ts~un { y_,)o
~'testC',r'n Gersten
a~ 0 garrison battalion oaf the ~4 l~xmy, BOO m~:n, rd.th sic. Navy raa+china
guns, 21x. I ~*,ttt machiz~ auras, and ~D? x i.f3o s, ~.a~ a-t Gr, e rte. Ch~..a Ts 4 u
{~~.'~ ~~~ nor Ts9ai Hung Gh~s.aa (~ ~;~.~ ~.a,~a, oaf,. Ts~un (~ ~),
bQ T ~tl~:n ~,%~' ~ ~i ( ! 121 l'I.^>:L~+ r'F1:>
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au Irs 't,f'L~.s dist:~i~t. there ~~ i:~va i'tz~~li~e. aec~uri~:y Ccr~,s ('~;-'~ ,~,.~; arld
~: I'u~;3.~.~ yecur~i:~- U,iv~sion: one ~.t,uai?:sz2 ~f the Caratar2 G:~r~-
r~,sc:n Garur~znci to cl~.s7aexsect en ~ctt~ s:ic~~~ of Iti kJax~ Chc~ae ~ A,~
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