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Chinese Communist Order of Battle, Department of the Army, thirty‑fifth of October, nineteen fifty, declassified and posted on The Black Vault. The memorandum was made publicly available through the online archive at The Black Vault. The entry was uploaded as a digitized text file on the archive’s website; the release date of the digital posting is listed as the date of upload. No formal Freedom of Information Act case number is attached to this document, and the declassification authority is indicated as the originating Department of the Army office that produced the memorandum. The document reads as follows. “SECRET – Department of the Army, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G dash two, Intelligence, Washington, D.C., thirtieth of October, nineteen fifty. Memorandum for: Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration. Subject: Chinese Communist Order of Battle. 1. Attached as Tab “A” is an extract from teleconference with Far East Command, No. TT3951, thirtieth of October, nineteen fifty. 2. The information currently available in G dash two on the Thirty‑Ninth and Fortieth Chinese Communist Armies is as follows: a. Thirty‑Ninth Army located Mukden, Manchuria 115th Division – 343d Regiment, 344th Regiment, 345th Regiment 116th Division – 346th Regiment, 347th Regiment, 348th Regiment 117th Division – 349th Regiment, 350th Regiment, 351st Regiment b. Fortieth Army located Antung, Manchuria 118th Division – 352d Regiment, 353d Regiment, 354th Regiment 119th Division – 355th Regiment, 356th Regiment, 357th Regiment 120th Division – 358th Regiment, 359th Regiment, 360th Regiment SECRET (0S 4°0 O€) BUTUD T60 $9 36 OCT 1980 Prior to the movement of the Thirty‑Ninth and Fortieth Armies to Manchuria, they were located in South China. The Fortieth Army began movement north about first of July. It is believed the Thirty‑Ninth Army began movement north in the period July – August nineteen fifty. These two armies are part of Lin Piao’s Fourth Field Army. It is interesting to note that no information as to location of higher headquarters of the Chinese Communist units involved is given. Consequently, it cannot yet be determined whether headquarters of the units involved are located in Manchuria or actually have crossed into Korea. Tab “A” – army reported following thirtieth of October: Other Republic of Korea regiment reported capture of two Chinese prisoners of war on twenty‑ninth of October, identified as members of the 3d Battalion, 360th Regiment, 120th Division, Fortieth CCF Army. The prisoners claimed to have received training in offensive tactics but had not received defensive training. U S 5th Regiment reported capture of three Chinese prisoners of war on twenty‑ninth of October at Taechon; no interrogation yet. Previously reported Chinese prisoners captured by the Eighth United States Army, 1st Republic of Korea Division, at Unsan on twenty‑eighth of October identified as members of the

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This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

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Filed OCT 30 · 2026Runtime 1 min

NSA Chinese Communist Order Of Battle, Department Of The Army, Thirty‑fifth

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated October 30, 2026

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Chinese Communist Order of Battle, Department of the Army, thirty‑fifth of October, nineteen fifty, declassified and posted on The Black Vault. The memorandum was made publicly available through the online archive at The Black Vault.

Date: OCT 30 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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