TOP SECRET Air Force. 6. It is impossible to forecast the development of the Communist Air Force by 1950, but up to the present no operational communist aircraft has appeared in the field and no operational air units are known to exist. However, considerable numbers of aircraft are held and training is reported to be taking place in N. Manchuria and also in Russia. 7. Following is an estimate of Communist aircraft holdings in China:Source of Aircraft No. of Remarks Supply Type Aircraft Japanese Bomber It is considered Fighter unlikely that more Transport 100 to 150 than 30-50 are now Trainer serviceable.
- Collection ID
- CAB176
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Burma China Formosa Indochina Japan Korea North Korea Russia Soviet Union United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 176/22/64
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 176/22
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab176.0022.064
- Keywords
- Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Chinese Communists Chinese Navy Chinese Army Military Strength Naval Strength Chinese Air Force Air Power Aircraft Threat Of War With The Ussr Soviet Strategy Military Operations Colonies Empire Chinese Nationalists
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Ministry of Defence Joint Planning Staff
- Pages
- 5
- Persons Discussed
- John Gardiner
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
