PORT INFORMATION TIENTSIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008000450007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794. the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law.
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
Port Information, Tientsin
/' September 1955 25X1
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1. the harbor at T'angku was not "on depth." Dredging work con-
d The inscription "Chien She, Shanghai" was painted over
tinued day an n
the dredges
2. The sounded depth next to the lightship was 28 feet at low tide. The pier
where the ship was moored had a sounded depth of 23 feet at night. A ship
with a 22'6" draft had to wait for high tide before the pilot took the ship
out.
5.
No naval craft were in port A tanker and a small tugboat were in
port.
The cargo from one merchant ship was unloaded at Taku Bar at the rate of 10.3
tons per gang per hour. The loading rate was 14.2 tons per gang per hour.
Requests for shore passes were required 24 hours in advance and were valid
only once. Shore leave was allowed only under guard, from the ship to the
seamen's club.
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