Also attached is a memorandum listing the military supplies which remain to
be shipped to the Chinese Government on Formosa, some of which have been
purchased from the $125 million grants and other items which have been
procured by the Chinese with their own funds.
[Annex]
Memorandum
A list of military materiel procured or being procured for the Chinese
Government by agencies of the U.S. Government under the $125 Million
Grants which has not yet been shipped is as follows:
estimated as of november 1, 1949
|
Quantity
|
Value
|
| Light tanks |
100 ea. |
|
| Scout Cars, M3A1 |
100 ea. |
|
| Motor carriages, 75 mm.
Howitzer |
125 ea. |
|
| Rifles, Auto., Brng., M1918A2
(BAR) |
1,000 ea. |
|
| Mounts, combination, M23A1 for 37 mm.
Gun (used on light armored car) |
100 ea. |
|
| Shells for 4.2” Chemical
Mortar |
25,000 ea. |
|
| Tires (various) |
7,000 ea. |
|
| Automotive spare parts |
|
$1,680,000 |
| Weapons spare parts |
|
85,000 |
| Tools and tool sets |
|
240,000 |
| Raw materials (inclusive of gun
powder) |
|
1,850,000 |
| Antimony sulphide (for vulcanizing
rubber) |
5,000 lbs. |
|
| Gyro stabilizers |
100 ea. |
|
| Dry batteries |
40,000 ea. |
|
| Radio sets |
600 ea. |
|
| Radio spare parts |
|
6,500 |
| Electrical equipment (including one 5
KW Diesel driven generators per set) |
12 sets |
|
| Medical supplies and equipment |
|
995,000 |
| Vacuum tubes |
|
47,000 |
| Naval spare parts (hull and
engineering spares) |
|
265,000 |
| Aircraft snare parts |
|
305,000 |
| Plastic film |
|
80,000 |
The foregoing is a listing of significant unshipped items. Miscellaneous
other items requested by the Chinese Government remain to be procured
and/or shipped. A rough estimate of the dollar value of all unshipped
items, by federal agencies concerned, is as follows:
| Army |
$6,793,500 |
| Navy |
310,000 |
| Air Force |
390,700 |
| Treasury—Bureau of Federal
Supply |
500,000 |
|
$7,994,200 |
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The following list covers military materiel being procured by the Chinese
through commercial sources in this country on which as yet unused export
licenses have been issued. Some of the items listed are being procured
with funds from the $125 Million Grants, but the exact quantity of such
items is not known.
A. Items other than Aircraft and
Aircraft Parts
1. Items approved for export
|
Quantity
|
|
| Drop steel forgings |
|
$4,550 |
| Tank spares |
400 tons |
60,000 |
| Motor carnages tracks |
40 sets |
19,000 |
| Motor carriages (in transit from
U.K.) |
30 ea. |
75,000 |
| Sherman tanks (in transit from
U.K.) |
85 ea. |
300,000 |
| Powder and ammunition |
|
205,475 |
| Propellant flakes and powder |
|
668,520 |
| Cartridges (in transit from
Canada) |
81,000,000 rnds |
4,900,000 |
| Ammunition,* .30 caliber |
|
21,281 |
| Shot firing cord |
|
4,570 |
| Motor carriages*
|
42 ea. |
100,000 |
| Light tanks and dozers |
9 ea. |
72,000 |
| Mauser rifles & ammunition, 7.9
mm (in transit—Belgium) |
|
4,215,000 |
| Mauser rifles & machine guns, 7.9
mm (in transit—Belgium) |
|
559,100 |
| Telescopes and periscopes |
|
2,300 |
| Gun-sights |
|
1,000 |
| Gun-sight noise filters |
|
45 |
| Smokeless powder |
|
3,355 |
| Rocket igniters |
|
5,500 |
| Tanks spare parts*
|
200 tons |
30,000 |
2. Items not yet approved for export but requested by the Chinese
Government.
| Used light armored cars*
|
200 ea. |
$50,000 |
| Used tanks with flame throwers*
|
4 ea. |
8.000 |
| Tracked landing vehicles*
|
156 ea. |
75,000 |
| Staghound armored cars (in transit
from United Kingdom) |
200 ea. |
200,000 |
| Rifles and machine guns (in transit
from Belgium) |
|
84,000 |
| Machine guns (in transit from
Belgium) |
3,000 ea. |
1,395,000 |
B. Aircraft and Aircraft Parts
There are still valid export licenses for approximately $6,800,000 worth
of aircraft and aircraft parts purchased commercially by the
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Chinese Government. As this
total includes some $2,700,000 for 180 AT6 aircraft which have been
reported by the Chinese to have been shipped on a continuing basis
throughout this year, it is believed that a good portion of the
$6,800,000 total has already been shipped, though customs reports on
such shipments have not yet reached the Department.
