ECONOMIC INFORMATION: SOUTHWEST FISHING COMPANY, CANTON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300100002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 15, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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ORIGIN
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NTRAL INTEL GENCE GROUP
I TEL IGENCE REPORT
Economic Info tionz Southwest Fishing C r-
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DATE.- 25X1X6
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DIST. 24 Janes 1947
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Note report outlined preliminary
mono ry l:tai,rrpf ishinr &iong the South China coast
A Flan-mou (It, i - ) and CH EN Chi-tp anp for the Purpose of
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sfiages of rre tia.+' c:r3 or a acu,th vest fishing CoT nyto,be organized by generals .9 T
Since theca little rrogress has been iade. The newly formed company has been un--
rt9tcce?:er;f zt:.l iii nepotiati nr. with the rov;=,rnment for the lease of Javanese fishing
boats, left }},e Japanese in south flainan, where. they did considerable fishing
?nrinr their occl?;c,atlotx. These boats are no:?., b-ing kept in Yttlin. ! ay in South
T;ainan (1O9-?:4, ifs-13), said to be tF:d best Q'curds South China. They
ire under the control of General T50AI Chinn;-chinn ( r r ) KKanrtunges
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~..a't.~:.l. t~m1 r?ist,r zrl.vr: :_'Lice for the IJ nth Area (I:'a _nazz , o is also Ccmmander
of iainan's Peace Freser.v,tien Corps. The fleet totals about 10,000 tens,- con-
oi>tin;- of aprrcxir otely ^ixty-five steel bottcned boats and sere woodrn motorized
^_A) _nr wes:lel , "Ye bottors of the steel boat. are equir.r-ed r:ith steel net: and
electric lIF I,ts.
-fre: T e -sin 1-hackers of tie 't sh' nr corrany, Generals CII"N and YU,
were close to ;- ach ether r?uring the days of the Sotrthricst rebellion (1931-19%) ,
of which (:R'' `13 then Governor of Kwan turn -, as the let der. The downfall of that
Movement; how-aver, was caused lsrrrely t,y the action of General YU in deserting
.-i-th ; s +?r oo;: to join with the Central Gove: riment in recovering control of Kveang-
:un this T-ast difference between then, it Is still possible for them to
work top'ether now if mutual profit is to be obtained. General CIPFN is known to
have considerable strength, in view of his holdings in T-roperty, min.ng interests
and industrial plants,)
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On 13 Sertember 1946 a nreetinr of the directors of the Company was held.