740.0011 Pacific War/3344: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 21—8:55 a.m.]
1233. As of interest connection with Embassy’s 1221, July 19, there is set forth below a summarized tabulation of commanders and strength of the puppet armies as of May 20 this year furnished by Admiral Yang:
Section (a) Wang Ching-wei clique.
- 1.
- Commander-in-Chief of Kiangsu–Chekiang–Anhwei area (Jen Yuan-tao) 65,200 troops.
- 2.
- Commander-in-Chief of First Group Army (Li Chang-chiu) and north Kiangsu headquarters (Fuh Suang-yin) in joint control Kiangsu and Hwai River area north Anhwei 62,900 troops.
- 3.
- Kiangsu–Honan area jointly controlled by Hu Yu-king (20,600 troops), Commander-in-Chief Kiangsu–Honan border area, and by Sung Liang-cheng, Commander-in-Chief of Second Sector Army and Director Kaifeng (Honan) pacification headquarters (41,500 troops).
- 4.
- Wuhan headquarters (Wuchang–Hankow–Hanyang) under Yang Kwei-yi, 21,595 troops.
- 5.
- Kwangtung headquarters under Chen Chu-yao 44,500 troops.
Section (b) North China clique.
Commander-in-Chief Hopei–Shantung–Shansi area, Chi Hsiehyuan, 97,700 including 63,000 troops, 34,700 militia.
Section (c) Inner Mongolia–Suiyuan clique.
Wong Yin and Li Shou-hsin, controlling jointly the Suiyuan–Chahar area, 10,280 troops (4500 troops Mongolian army, 2400 west Suiyuan union army, 3300 others).
Section (d) approximate total puppet troops:
Wang Ching-wei clique, 256,300; Chi Hsieh-yuan of North China clique, 97,700; Inner Mongolia–Suiyuan clique, 10,260. Grand total 364,200 (not including puppet soldiers in Japanese divisions).