NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION, P'UT'IEN, FUKIEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004500800004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 23, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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Th1s Document contains laformatlon i~i ~ Na-
tional Defense of the IInltsd 8tataa, within the mean-
ing of Title 18.8eetions?0.4 and 794, of the II.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmisiaa ar rerslatton of iV contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised person !a prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form 1. prohibited.
CONFIDENTIAL~CONT~tOL - U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY China
Navigational Information,
P'ut'ien, Fukien
JNE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN TNIS RETORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE AMRA/SAE Or CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(ROR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. In April 1951+, P'ut'ien (N 25-26, E 119-00)(Hunghus) was approached by a
merchant vessel on a general northwesterly course passing about three, miles
southwest of Chungloushan Island (approximately N 25-17, E 119-1~0), then
west-northwest between Rugged Island (N 25-21, E 119-28) and Passage Island,
which lies two miles to the south. A northwesterly course was taken for
about 11+ miles into Hsinghuawan to the pilot station located about a mile
north of Brothers Islands. From the pilot station, the ship followed a
northwesterly course to the .channel that led to P'ut'ien, passing between
two small islands located at N 25-22, E 119-11. At the entrance to the
channel, the ship passed Pagoda Island, located on the south side of the
channel. On the north side, the chailn+el was marked with stakes; one
stake with a black ball on the top of it was across the channel on the
north side of the entrance. The anchorage was five miles upstream from the
channel entrance at Sanchiangk'ou (N 25-26, E 119-06).
2. The ship anchored with one anchor upstream and another downstream. The
Chinese Communist pilot stated that the channel was deep enough for vessels
drawing up to 21 feet; however, this ship drawing 1'j feet fully loaded
waited for half-tide or higher before proceeding up the channel. No
dredging operations were being conducted in the channel or the anchorage.
3. There were no wharfs or piers at P'ut'ien, and none were being constructed.
Since there were no cranes or winches on sore, the ship used its own
gear to load and unload cargoes from lighters. Uncut logs were usually
floated out to the ship and picked up directly out of the water; cut tim-
ber, however,. was taken aboard from lighters.
1+. There were no ship repair or construction facilities in the anchorage or
channel.
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