DELIVERY OF CHINESE COMMUNIST SUPPLIES TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, LUNGCHOU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100290005-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 11, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/03/06, WmRDP82-00457RQ0810029000
{IIiE1L~ A }1 CLASSIFICM ION
AGENC REPORT NO
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- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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J O A I REPORT CD NO.
C UNTRY Chin Indochina
SUBJECT Delivery of Chinese Communist Supplies to
Democratic Republic of Viet, Luhou
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PLACE 25
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
DATE DISTR., 11 July 1951
NO.. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO
1., The Chinese Cortznuni.sta have transferred 4,000 x 7.9= rifles, 7.,500 x 6a5mnn
rifles, 140 light machine-guns, 200 cases of hand grenadea, 250,000 rounds
of rifle anmunition, and 7,000 uniforms to the Democratic Repub3l.i.c of Vietnam.
(DRV) at a ceremony at Nsohan on the Vietnams-Kwangsi border Truong in
Leong (CHAANG En-li.aang . represented the DRV and the head of the
Lun ,chou office of the W%oviet-DRV Joint Supply Service represented the
Chinese Communists at the ceremony. Five thousand DRV militiamen wre
assembled in North Vietnam to receive this equipment. The maporns and
runition ire brought to Lungehou (106-56.9 22-22) a month ago 2nd ere
stored in warehouses at Nsch and That.en
20 The Chinese Cori iunist 1 Field Army maintains a liaison office at Ti aTrao,
56 ii noth of H arnoi.
3a on 1 June' the Sano Soviet-3IV Joint Supply Service expanded its invtaallations
at 7G1,'ngchoub On 5 June the Lungehou headquarters n moved to the fanner
French Consulate and 14 new employees, including 3 11W cadre members, vvere
a &ded. The office has assumed control of two warehouses formerly belonging
to the 2 Field Axe' in Lungchoua and it now has a total of six warehouses,
containing chiefly food and clothing but little arms aid , ?nt3.on' near
nd has p1;-ced the vessels
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Lungcho^ao The Kw ngsi Military
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under the control of the Lungchau office.
CHIJANG TAien (A ill ), commander of the Kviangsi Y,