Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, The Far East: China, Volume VII

893.00/5–2847: Telegram

The Consul General at Mukden (Ward) to the Secretary of State

Mukden, May 28, 1947—8 p.m.
[Received May 28—4:55 a.m.]

77. Increasing number reports received Korean troops actively engaged present Communist offensive. NECC states Korean unit being used for attack on Changchun (reContel 127 to Nanking²⁹). May 16 YNA [CNA?]³⁰ despatch states two mixed Chinese-Korean Communist divisions [are] on Changchun front totalling 12,000 men. Leader these troops Korean named Chin Tsieh. Same despatch reports two Korean divisions, 10,000 men, active in Communist Kirin drive, two mixed Chinese-Korean battalions numbering 8,000 in east Liaoning Province and 50,000 Korean Communists in Yenchi area 42–56 north 29–3. While sizes Korean detachments exaggerated appears probable some Korean troops being used by Communists. Catholic priest Quirk from Fushun states Chinese in his parish informed him majority Communists attacking Neihokou are Koreans from Linchiang area 41–north 127.

Sent Nanking as 128, repeated Dept as 77, Changchun 36.

Ward

29. Not printed; it was a report of External Survey Detachment 44 (not transmitted to the Department) dealing with the military situation in Manchuria.
30. Central News Agency.