OFFSHORE ISLAND DEVELOPMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000400020021-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2004
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: October 27, 1954
• Content Type: BRIEF

NSC BRIEFING 27 October 105
r;FFSHOt I3.t,AN) :)! VEl OPMEN"TS
1. Quemoy activity in past weeks limited
to sporadic Communist shelling,
"frogman" raids.
II. At Tachens, more Communist planes
patrolling (first boaters spotted
16 October
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A . Communist lac ir.g reported
n (40 miles SW Tachens)
Communist artillery also
nearby: suggests possible
attack.
B. Only 1,504 Nationalist
guerrillas on Pishan--island
easy to take but of little
val ue.
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B . Advent winter monsoons
imminent, but effect on
Communists not certain.
Weather good in stretches
during winter and attacks
could come at any time.
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