PORT INFORMATION, SHANGHAI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005100280009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Port Information, Shanghai
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
15 October 1954
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1. three damaged naval vessels were in the Kiangnan Dockyard. One was
a destroyer of approximately 1,400 tons and the other two vessels were gunboats
which had originally been built at the Kiangnan Dockyard. A troop ship which
had been converted from a merchant ship and named the CH'IU CHIN (4428/3866) was
in the dockyard for boiler repairs. Another small passenger-type vessel of about
600 tons and similar to those on the Yangtze River was oo undergoing repairs.
The hullo for seven 100-ton landing craft had been completed and were waiting
engin? installation.
2. en barges loaded with railroad sleeping cars and guarded by soldiers
were observed in Soochow Creek. 25X1
3. a motor boat towing three Junks with more than 100 soldiers was
seen in Shanghai. One light machine gun was mounted in the prow of each junk.
4. On 12 August airplanes were heard over Shanghai; they were not observed because
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rather than ;ets.
5. The Chinese Communists are currently sponsoring anot.'ker bond drive in Shanghai.
The local government is sending soldiers out at nigh. to sell bonds to residents.
Residents who fail to purchase bonds are liable for j,il sentences. Residents
are at times beaten up by soldiers and the offending -ildier i.s said to be put
in jail for trial but the disposition of such crimes i. not itnown.
6. several thousand prisoners were loaded ,-1 trucks and driven
for three consecutive days away from Shanghai. the
prisoners would be transferred to a train and taken up the Yangtze River to re-
pair flood damages.
CONFIDENTIAL ?- U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
STATE X ARMY X NAVY E X AIR X FBI AEC
1; ? ma. erial contains ill"" ??-?^1;: the Na-
t,iurtal Defense of the Onit^d SLUSea . !'.! .t. the ntear.-
In;; of the Espionage Laws, T1L'P W. 0.8C. Secs. iS3
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In
any wanner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
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sewing machines and cotton fibers comprised the cargo carried
to Shanghai and native products, such as century eggs and preserved vegetables,
were carried from Shanghai
8. At approximately 0300 hours) Ithe vessel was challenged by blinker
signals from a naval unit as to its identity, destination, and point of depar-
ture, about 100 miles out of Shanghai. The unit had four or five small naval
craft proceeding along the coast.
9. The crew members were closely searched by customs officials at Shanghai. The
shipping company's local employee and the dockside coolies were also searched.
The customs officials mentioned that gold was being brought in exchange
for diamonds and jewelry and later sold at a substantial profit
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