CHINESE COMMUNIST INTENTIONS TOWARD INDOCHINA AND TAIWAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010000020005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 10, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL NTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY
China/Indochina/Taiwan
DATE DISTR. 10 January 3952
SUBJECT
Chinese Cox iunist Intentions toward
Indochina and Taiwan
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-1. Information available to the Continental Operations Dopartmentl indicates that
the Chinese Corarminists are not ezpocted to attack Indochina until April 1952.
2, The Dopartnont has no inforration on Coznrunist plans for the invasion of Taiwan.
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Cor,~raent. For p . in inforr. Lion on Coi monist intentions toward
ian, see
Coruient. This organization has boon variously knotim as the ,v^ ,
1-1aa.x anct :rorK Cormiittee, the Ijainlana Recovery Comrrirttee, iu
Combat Section, and the Office of .minland Operations. See
and references. The Continental Operations Depart-
ment (cob) was set up in late 1950 to coordinate Nationalist guerrilla
activities on the mainland; it is relatively inexperienced as far as
intelligence is concerned. It has no known intelligence system, although
it does have a small G-2 section. Technically under the i, inistry of
National Defense (-IND), the COD has a degree of access to intelligence
procured by the PJND. The COD is considered to be an instrument of CHIANG
Ching-kuo, although CHENG Kai-min is its legal head,
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