UNDERGROUND AMMUNITION DUMP TO BE BUILT NEAR CANTON; COMMUNISTS SEIZE CIVILIAN FIREARMS, ORGANIZE BICYCLE CORPS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2011
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• Publication Date: June 6, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Military
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
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PUBLISHED Hong Kong
DATE
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UNDERGROUND AMMUNITION. DUMP TO BE BUILT NEAR CANTON;
COMMUNISTS SEIZE CIVILIAN FIREARMS, ORGANIZE BICYCLE CORPS
3,000 WORKERS BROUGHT FROM OTHER PROVINCES -- Hong Kong Kung-shang Jih-pao,
~+ May 50
Canton, 3 May -- An informant has revealed that in Sha-ho village, lo-
cated northeast of Canton, more than 3,000 construction workers have been
brought in from Hunan and Hupeh provinces by the Communists during the past
few weeks to be used for the construction of a large underground ammunition
dump in Shou-kou Shan, located east of Canton. These workers are quartered
in temples in Sha-ho, and they are not allowed to leave their areas. Al-
though many construction workers are needed for this ,job, the Communists are
not hiring any local laborers because they fear leakage of the secret.
According to another informant, work is to begin on 5 May 1950, under
the. supervision of ten or more Russian construction engineers who also ar-
rived recently. If all 3,000 workers are used every day, the project will
be completed in 6 months. When finished, the ammunition dump will have vari-
ous safety and fireproof devices, air conditioning, and air-purifying systems.
TROOPS TAKE FIREARMS FROM CIVILIANS -- Hong Kong Kung-shang Jih-pao, 4 May 50
Macao, 3 May -- Suspecting that the civilian population is responsible
fir continuous guerrilla activities, the Communist troops i.n Hsin-hui, Kwang-
tung Province, began seizing all firearms hidden among the civilians. Ac-
cording to a recent 9xrival from Hsin-hui, the Communist troops raided Ch'ao-
lien village recently, and seized 250 rifles, 13 light machine guns, one mor-
tar, and several other firearms. However,,,,suspecting that more arms were hid-
den in the village, they sent troops to~.put?on a mock bandit attack during
the night. The village people, unaware of the Communist trick, began shooting
with what they still had in their possession, and were soon disarmed.
A news item from Shih-lung has reported that the Communist authorities,
disturbed by continuous guerrilla activities in eight local districts in the
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delta area of Tung-kuan Hsien, sent out several search parties and seized 2
heavy, 2 light, and one submachine guns, 17 rifles, 18,000 rounds of ammuni-
tion, and a few explosives from the civilian population in that area.
CHUA'G-SHA fLSIEN ORGANIZES BICYCLE MILITIA -- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-pao,
27 Apr 50
Chung-shan, 26 April -- Over 6,000 bicycles are registered in Chung-shan
Hsien for freight- and passenger-carrying purposes, 2,000 of them for individ-
ual use.
The Military Commission, perceiving the advantage of this type of trans-
port for police force mobility, with the aid of the local police, has comman-
deered 1,000 bicycles from local bicycle shops. It has also announced e
training course for able-bodied bicycle riders who wish to enlist in a bicycle
militia corps to assist the authorities in preserving order.
CANTON KMT SPECIAL AGENTS CAPTURED -- Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, 8 May. So
Canton, 7 May (Hsin-hua) -- The Canton Public Security Bureau announced
that during January through April, some 253 KMf special agents, including the
chief and deputy chief of the Canton KMT special agent unit, were arrested.
Captured equipment included 19 radio transmitter sets, 102 small arms, 79,400
rounds of ammunition, and 80 catties of explosives.
It also reported that during the same period, some 400 HINT special agents
surrendered voluntarily to the Communist authorities.