Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!att!cbnews!military From: raw@mcnc.org (Russell Williams) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Composition of the Fighting 27th Keywords: 27 China Mongolian Message-ID: <7662@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 22 Jun 89 11:50:41 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Microelectronics Center of NC; RTP, NC Lines: 14 Approved: military@att.att.com From: raw@mcnc.org (Russell Williams) I heard a while back that the 27 was composed of mongolians, and that they were brought in to capitilize on the racial differences to prevent the possibility of the military refusing to fire on civilians. However, a friend told me that the 27 was not composed of mongolians and that China would never form a unit organized along racial lines for fear of losing control over it. Can anybody set me straight here? Russell Williams raw@mcnc.org