SHORE LEAVE RESTRICTIONS IN TIENTSIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001200620005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2009/03/06: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001200620005-5
CENTRAL INTELL.IG.ENC.E AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States. within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. of the V.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is p ohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
CONFIDENTIAL/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY, China
SUBJECT
Shore Leave Restrictions in Tientsin
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 29. May 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OP CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
seamen disembarking for shore leave in Tientsin
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were subject to thf following regulations.
a. Seamen were numbered upon landing. Personal possessions such
as fountain pens, wrist watches, and articles of clothing,
had to be registered upon disembarkation and accounted for
upon re-embarkation,
b. Only married men with families in the area were permitted to
spend the night ashore,1
c. Surveillance was limited to suspect individuals, This was in
contrast to the practice during the Five-Anti's Movement, when
all seamen ashore were frequently followed.
d. Customs duties had to be paid on native products exported in
excess of ten cattier,
Comment. Visits to relatives in the area were infrequent
since such visits often resulted in investigations of the relatives
by Communist officials,
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