Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270
Memorandum by Colonel J. Hart Caughey to Lieutenant General Alvan C. Gillem, Jr.
[Chungking,] April 18, 1946.
Colonel Pee called on me the evening of 17 April and gave me the following information which he said was given to you orally by General Hsiung Shih-Hui, Mukden on April 16th:
- 1.
- It is reported that the Communist troops taking advantage of the cessation of hostilities are now collecting 60 regiments of their best troops from North China ready to be transferred to Manchuria.
- 2.
- Communists are purposely delaying the repair work of the railways in North China.
- 3.
- Chinese Communists promised a certain agency that within a short period they are able to obliterate the National troops within Manchuria.
- 4.
- The field forces of the Communists in Shansi–Charhar–Hopeh area has already sent 20 regiments into Manchuria.
- 5.
- The main body of Communist General Ho Lung’s troops originally stationed in Jehol are now inarching into Manchuria.
- 6.
- Communist troops in Hopeh-Shantung-Honan border area under General Chen Tsai-Tao numbering 4 regiments together with 4 regiments of Communist New 4th Army are now moving toward Eastern Hopeh with Manchuria as their final destination.
J. H[art] C[aughey]