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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT
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Chinese Communist Troop Activity near
Kumsang, North Korea
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United states, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
23 February 1954
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REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
REPORT NO.
DATE PISTR.
1. the single.-track rail line near Paegyang-ni (N 38-24, E 127-33)
(CT-7351) at CT-740504 had apparently not been used for some time. There was
heavy rust on the.rails. There were no breaks in the rails nor any evidence of
reconstruction. ,At 11:50 p.m. on 10 January) 12 trucks were at CT-740503 going
from the K~umsong (QT-7953) area toward Kumhwa (CT-6638). Eight of them were
-63, 4 x 4, carg'Q trucks, apparently loaded with rice bags. The' other fo'ur
were GAZ-51, 4 x 2, cargo trucks which appeared to be loaded with ammunition
boxes. They were traveling loss than 10 miles per hour. At midnight 30 fully
armed Chinese Communist forces (CCF) troops walked south along the'road at CT-
740503, in two columns. In a valley at ' CT-736512 were six trucks parked with
their lights on. Nearby were a number of CCF troops who were singing while working
with picks and shovels on rock.
2. hree GXA-51, 4 x 2, cargo trucks traveling
nortli rom a pec on of Kumsong stopped at a CCF checkpoint at CT-742582,
then took"the righthand fork of the road. An hour later two Soviet jeeps
traveling south also stopped at the checkpoint.
truce. The stacks were not guarded and no one was using the charcoal.
a road which connected CT-711626 and CT-716630. Neither men nor trenches were
visible in the area. According to a local resident there was a CCF hospital at
CT-716657, built into the side of a hill. It had a door made of boards and the
roof was thickly covered with dirt. In an open space near a civilian house at
CT-705660 were two stacks of charcoal bags. Each stack,1,was $ meters long, 6 meters
wide, and 3.5 meters high. They had been placed there by CCF troops prior to the'
at CT-711626 were 15 pieces of imitation artillery made of logs which
ere a -mm.in diameter and 4 meters long. They were halfway up a hill near
I labout 240 CCF were stationed in and around Changjaedae (CT-662721).
ey were quartered in a few ruined civilian houses and had constructed bunkers
and trenches in the area. On the southern slope of Hill 732, north of Changja4 ae,
were about 60 small, log stables. Each stable, contained one stall about 3 yards
wide-. About 60 to 70 horses were in the area, most of them the small Mongolian-
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pony type. I labout once every 2 hours
threejeeps came into ChangjaecLae oa e . At CT-655737 the loads
were transferred to small, two wheeled, one-horse carts which then departed
both east and west, each cart led by a CCF soldier.
54 an estimated one-battalion strength of CCF were stationed in
c on-nl i-7253). Some were quartered in about 20 damaged civilian houses,
the others were living in trenches and bunkers in the area. Parked west of the
houses was a large, L0-wheeled truck with a trailer about the size of a US jeep
trailer. The truck resembled a ZIS-151, 6 x 6, cargo truck except that the cab
windows were more round. The bed of the truck was covered with metal. It resembled
an ambulance with two doors at the, back. On the trailer was, apparently, a generator,
from which two large electric cables ran through one of the rear truck doors.1 About
100 yards from the truck were forty 50-gallon fuel drumt. Two or three jeeps and
three GAZ-51, 14 x 2, cargo trucks were moving about in the area from time to time.2
6, three tanks were going south from the Kumsong area through
CT-739500Y at an estimated speed of more than 30 miles per hour. The tanks resembled
a_ T y p e 5-94 (Japanese) medium tank. They did not resemble a T-34. They were
equipped with two turret-mounted guns. The upper gun was about two yards long,
the other about one yard. Both were an estimated 80 to 86-mm. caliber.3 On the
front of the tanks were four lights in pairs, the larger of each pair on top. On
each side of the top turret and aboip the has guns was one machine gun. One of
the heavy guns had a muzzle break. I 11y] a convoy consisting of eight
o
ng at a speed of
and nine GAZ-51 trucks was at CT-735500 moving north from Kums
in the-area of CT-735500 about 40 CCF troops were working on the road. They were
split into small groups and worked with picks and shovels in a desultory, undisciplined
manner. xi 16_ January in the area near CT-748446 explosions and the
sound of pic s an shovels being used could be heard. North of the demilitarized
zone explosions could be heard both day and night.
7. The CCF troops observed Iwore qui~ted uniforms wa4.g3i
closely resembled the North Korean army uniform except he the CCF uniform had a collar.
They wore fur hats. They had neither shoulder patches nor visible hat insignia. All
those who were not on working parties were armed with long rifles which closely25X1
resembled the Mossin-Nagant (Soviet), 7.62-mm. carbine, M-1938.
8. No North Korean Army soldiers were seen in the area
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formation concerning Chiriese Communist Activity
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as a radio truck.
2, comment: There was probably a motor pool nearby. Judging from the
num e of ?v'ehicles in the area, there Mere. more COF stationed in the Schlon
area than the battalion which was seen.
3. ommente Possibly the lower of these two was part of the recoil
Bm. .
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