FORMATION OF SOUTHWEST YUNNAN BORDER DEFENSE COMMAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900070001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMA71,0M REPORT
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SUBJECT a ornation of Southwest Yunnan Border
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dor. Defense Coxm and was or ar_ized in i'urraa.r 25X1
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of the r. T u r Group of the 2 Field Army i;r-d i"oncurrerxtly deputy cornnander
of the Yunnan I? litary District.' IM 0 took 30,000 men from the Yunnan.
Lt litary fogien and more than 20 ,000 from the I'avangs .Junnan-K reichc rr
Border Col- =m_, commanded by CIIUALG i B ien \ 2 ), and reorganized them
:into the fol1csvring three border defense co=ands.
a.:, The Kla. L;r.; Border Defense Comer and occik-pies the A zul ((l03;v10, 23..);00
and. tlengtzu (103-23, 23-20) rogiona Headquarter- rter- is ' in is ai Yuan.,
and advance units are sta~bioned in T xshutang (i0~'..-55.. 22.510 and Nolcou
(103-57,, 22,-.32),, along the Yunnan-FIG railroad,
b., The Ssu-PCu Border Defense Command occupies the SsuTna.o (101-404,, 22-47)
and 2uerh (101-05,. 23.-.03) region. Headquarters is in Puerh, and advance
units are at Cheli (l00.sSC, 2l.58), .and Fohal (100.26, 21-58) both sout a
of .Paerb F
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o The Pao-T a ong Border Defense Command occupies the Paoshan (99-09, 25-07)
and Tengchz.mg (9C-29, 25-01) region. Headquarters is in Paoshan, and
advance un:i.ts are stationed in I antien (9tcL-20 . 2).a4l9), southeast of
Tengc zungo
The Southwest Yunnan Border Defense Command has been o-_ lered. to supervise
the engineering battalion of the It Army Group in the r ocond1 tioning of
3.orurr .cation lines between Kunning and the Southwest TLunnan border region
in order to ac zvt them for modern m l tar?y trans;porta w:on,
om-1ent;-. Tashutanry and IIokou arc key ;.points on the route to T arnoi;
C hel . and 17oh ,:i are on the route to Kontung (99.36, I.1-17) in northeast
Burma; Uanticn if, on the route to Dhamo?
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NSRS______Il.~_..~.wDiSTRIBUTION
This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 20M Approved._F