2 TOP SECRET Summary 5. This paper does not lead to firm conclusions, but the salient points are summarised below. Army 6. The Chinese Communist Army (CCA) is the largest army in the Far East with a present strength of 2,500,000 regular combatant troops. It is still basically an infantry force, although a gradual reorganisation along Soviet Army lines is expected. 7. We consider that China would probably use a Field Army of nine armies, with a total strength of 280,000, for an invasion of South-East Asia; such a force would not only be very superior in numbers but would have sufficient supporting arms to produce overall superiority over the present defenders.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Burma Cambodia China Federation of Malaya India Indochina Korea Laos Malaya Pakistan Russia Siam Singapore Soviet Union United States of America Vietnam
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/15/14
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 158/15
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0015.014
- Keywords
- Chinese Foreign Policy Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Contingency Planning War Preparations Chinese Army Chinese Air Force Chinese Navy Military Strength Military Objectives Colonies Imperial Defence Defence Air Power Naval Strength Geographic Intelligence Communications Transportation Strategy Economy Economic Intelligence Soviet-chinese Relations Weapons Production Weapons Development French Armed Forces French Air Force French Navy French Army Military Operations Military Supplies
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Committee (Far East) Ministry of Defence United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 28
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
