PORT INFORMATION, CHINHUANGTAO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002600790009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 28, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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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.S. Code. as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
SUBJECT Port Information, Chinhuangtao
REPORI
DATE DISTR. j*October 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD 50X1-HUM
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2. The harbor installations in Chinhuangtao consisted of a pier right in front of
the town and a loading space, about 1,000 feet long. The pier was a wooden
structure, which was slightly curved following the trend of the bay. A number
of low sheds were in the loading area and two railroad tracks ran between the
sheds and the quay. The cargo was shipped from the sheds or loaded directly
from the cars by the ship's sling. The rails were about 2.5 meters from the
quay.
3. The only vessel in the harbor was a small tugboat which was used to move the
vessel from the quay. Loading operations were conducted at all hours. A
9,000-ton cargo, consisting of soy beans and castor oil seed in bulk and
magnesitel in mats, was loaded in five days. The stowage of bagged items was
satisfactory. The ship's officers made every effort to insure the separation
of the different piece goods but the vessel had to pay more than 100,000 West-
marks for scrambled cargoes.
4. Two sentries armed with submachine guns were posted at the gangway ashore an
other armed sentries patrolled the quay. Drinking water, fuel, and fresh
provisions were unobtainable in Chinhuangtao. Attempts by the Chinese to
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invite the Indiana ashore failed, and neither the white nor the Indian crew
members left the ship. No aircraft or warships were observed during the stay
in Chinhuangtao. The vessel left Chinhuangtao on 4 May. 50X1-HUM
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