SINO-VIET MINH MILITARY AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006100790006-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
~~~~4,T64TM Kip C)IRT CD NO.
COUNTRY China/Indochina
DATE DISTR. 27 Oct. 1950
SUBJECT Sino-Viet Lanh I.iilitary and olitical Activities NO. OF PAGES 2
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1. The Viet I:tinh recently established a liaison station at Nanning to deal with
the United Front Department of the Kwangsi Provincial Party Committee, the
:'o1itical Security Department of the Kwargsi Military District and the
secretariat of the Kwangsi Provincial Government concerning the exchange of
inforrtat'on and the expediting of supplies and arms shipments. The -tation
is headed by ":U Yi ) a native of Saigon, with 'Jt 1' Q ing ( ) and
KUAT7 Hsing chieh ( )*:- as his subordinates.
2. On 1 September a Viet I.1inh Arrj I. ilitary Training School at Lun- thou (10&56,
22-22) graduated its first class of 430 o;'ficers trained in artillery, engineer
inC and air defense, who returned to Indochina on 7 September.
3. In rtid entembor, 300 tons of rifle ammunition and hand grenades arrived in
Liuchou, Kwangsi, by the human i an;si railroad, and wore shi_jped by truck to
the Supply and Service Con Qnd of the IsranCsi Llil.itary District at Lanning.
Part was a nrarmition of the 65 type.::::
4. On 15 October Chinese Coraraunist troops in Kwangsi totaled 100,0009 irtclucing
one army in the Kweilin_Liuchou area, another in the Planning area and a t!ird
alon!-? the Yu and 11 sun :livers. One array of the 2 Field Aa; r~r under C!IDJ aenr; eras
guarding the'Kwangsi Yunnan borcer. One division of the Railroad Army Group
was guarding the railroad between Kaeilin and Lai-pin. Fourteen indcpendont
regiments and 105 detachments 'of local troops were under the K~rant~si ary
District.
STATE NSRB
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Archivist of the United States.
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In -u ii t I SIAO K' o, chief of staff of the t Field Army,* arrived in
I,anninC from IIanko with the task of organizing "self--protect --protection covcr1t*-',-,,--.,
anong overseas Chinese in Viet 'inh-controlled areas.
Comment. - ?ossible Vietnamese equivalents are ",'U Yi - Vu IIgh1a,
ing - I;go Binh., KU:IIcing--chieh .- ruan Tinh Giai.
~k - Com?zent. the am.iunition r;ac for the Viet Binh
WrMy because the Chinese Comiiunist Army is disposinC of 65 ty2e rules
while the Viet :'inh Army is still using captured Japanese arras.
6.5 irn.
Field Comment. It is believed that the translation reading 65 type means
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ISarch SIAO was replaced as chief of staff of the Field Army by CHAO
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concerning HSIAO's
Corrrnent. This is given as received,
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