MACHINE SHOP AND POWER PLANT, FOOCHOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001400690007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/12/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001400690007-4
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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 U.B. Code, as
INFORMATION REPORT to amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or r receipt by y an an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
CONFIDENTIAL/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY China REPORT NO.
SUBJECT Machine Shop and Power Plant, DATE DISTR. 17 June 1953
Foochow
NO. OF PAGES 1
DATE OF INFO. 25X1 A REQUIREMENT NO. RD
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
25X1X I. there was a machine shop 600 meters east of the number
6 wharf on the north bank of the Min River in the area of Foochow known as
Chienhsingwei (1696/5281/1442). The area of the shop was surrounded by
a bamboo fence approximately 6 feet high. The only gate in the fence faced
the river and a single guard in the area was stationed at this gate.
Inside the fence was a large building which housed the machine shop in
which 70 to 80 men worked. The shop had several large lathes and some
smeltinglequipment. Many motor junks were tied up on the river below
the area and the engines of the Junks were removed, placed on carts,
and pulled up the river bank by teams of seven coolies. Steel plates of
from 1 to 2 inches thick were also taken into the shop. Many trucks arrived
at the shop. Although there was no paved road into this river, paved road
did go to an electric power station approximately 300 yards to the west.
2. On 24 January there was a power station2 near the number 6 wharf in Foochow
which had one generator with a capacity of 1,500 kilowatts. There had been
two generators in this plant, but in order to make it safe from Nationalist
bombings, one had been sent to Yangchung (3152/0022), where it was stored
in a two story building constructed of sheet steel and with a canvas roof.
The sheet steel for the construction of this storage building was taken
from the oil companies near the power plant in Foochow.
25X1A 1. Comment. Possibly welding equipment is meant.
2. Comment. See for additional
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