1. APPOINTMENT OF NEW MAYOR OF NANKING 2. PLANS FOR THE DEFENSE OF NANKING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100700001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 13, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENt > L ~' ? NO.
INFORMATIO)g REPORT
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT 1. Appoiftment of Y Mayor of Nanking
2. Plans for tho Defduse of Nanking
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2. The Gonerallss mo ordored 3 TLUIUG to rln immediate pdthizatioh of a populace
for eefense of the city.
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1. on 9 December Generalissit*o CHIAi G Kai-shok appointed TF14G Chieh
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In response to a query frctn T IG, HO Y3x -cIijn stated that the vi for in the
battle north of Nanking is, still undetermined, but that ,'bnkicg 4 -11 be safe
for - three months and that TI ` Should plan for t tree-month porisd. TLNG
then stated that he was unr4llinC to organize the it th overnrent
pla,~mod to abandon the city, as t*s the cuss at ehOU. Hole re illy was that
the cases are, not parallel and that, the Zovermt intt4on of leaving
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