893.00/11–948: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 9—9 a.m.]
2142. In Tsinan, Liaoning corridor, Changchun and Mukden battles, Nationals lost 8 US trained divisions with 85 percent US equipment totalling 84,000 men, 1 US trained division with 50 percent US equipment totalling 15,000 men, 2 US trained divisions with 30 percent US equipment totalling 22,000 men and 22 divisions without American training or equipment totalling 202,000 men.
Equipment losses these battles include: rifles, 97,500 American and 136,500 other origin; light and heavy machine guns, 920 American and 14,000 other origin; 45 caliber sub-machine guns, 26,000 unknown origin; grenade throwers, 1700 American and 2200 other origin; 60 mm. mortar, 3160 unknown origin; 80 mm. mortar, SCN [garble] not American; 81, 82,150 mm. mortar, 1200 unknown origin; 4.2 mortars, 65 American; anti-tank guns, 115 American and 335 other origin; 75 mm. howitzer, 115 American and 226 other origin; 105 mm. howitzer; 46 American; 155 mm. howitzer, 36 American; 50 caliber antiaircraft machine guns, 12 American; anti-aircraft guns, 127 not American; 6451 pistols, not American. Ammunition losses in rounds total: 160,000,000 small arms, 250,000 mortar, 80,000 field guns, 210,000 howitzer, 600,000 grenades.
[Page 197]Above totals are estimates of unit equipment based on best available data. No information available on losses of material in other than those categories listed. Losses do not include miscellaneous units, strength and equipment of which unknown. Miscellaneous units, and non American trained divisions listed above, all had varying amounts American equipment. Practice has been [to] withdraw some American equipment from units originally American trained and supplied for assignment to other units and replacement this equipment by items of other than American origin. Also totals do not include reserve stocks spare parts, and so on of both American and non American origin which were held in large but unknown quantities in depots at Tsinan, Mukden and possibly at Chinhsien. Virtually no destruction of equipment accomplished at any point by Nationals prior to their surrender.
Also aircraft losses total about 25 abandoned on fields, lost to antiaircraft fire or deliberately landed in Communist territory. China Air Force losses aviation gasoline total 290,000 gallons. Gasoline losses commercial airlines unknown as are losses pol46 for motor transport.
Above compiled from data furnished by Military Attaché and replies to Deptel 1527 of November 2.
- Petroleum, oil and lubricants.↩