POLITICAL INFORMATION: RUSSIANS IN COMMUNIST SECTIONS OF MANCHURIA

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December 16, 1998
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January 24, 1947
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25X1X7 'RAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP INTELLIGENCE REPORT COUNTRY China SUBJECT Politics]. Informations Russians in Communist sections of Manchuria 25X1A6a ORIGIN 25X1X6 DA'T'E: 25X1 X6 INFO. DIST 2 January 1947 PAGES 2 SUPPLEMENT 1. Ts:.tsihar 25X1 X6 a. Three of the four sources reporting mentioned a Soviet consulate in Tsitsihar; one source remarked that it has been there ever since the Soviets withdrew from Manchuria. Two of the sources commented that the Russians have concentrated themselves in the consulate area. One source said that on3,y Russians are allowed to enter the district with- out the permission of the consulate. One source identified consulate as being in the old Manchurian Mining Company building. 25X1 X6 There are s 4id to be 40 to 50 White Russians in the city. Most of them run tea shops or have dairy farms. There are a number of Soviet ex-soldiers. Al the latter wear civilian dress. 25X1 X6 2. inga gchi (123-48,, 47-09) 25X1 X6 The Soviets have a message center at gangchi through which they co ?xrnicate with Siberia. Source states he has seen Russians there in civilian clothes whom he had previously seen in uniform. .nchou .i (117-27j, 49 36 ) a. Two sources state that there are about 1,000 White Russians in P chouli. One of them gives the population of that town as 10,000. Both. agree that many of these White Russians work -for the railroad. One source states that many of them also run shops. = They are all said to have Soviet citizenship. _ 25X1 X6 25X1 X6 25X1 X6 b. One source states there is a consulate at l chou3.i. c i S t i ere s a e ov Club, where dances are held trpractica every 25X1 X6 night." The Russians do not mix much with the Chinese or Japanese. 4. Cho Erh forest Area (121, 47) A? Thera is a railway spur here extending Into the timber region. Th-s many White Russians in the area are negotiating with the Mongolian 'People's Republic to replace Chinese in the lumber industry. 25X1X6 25X1 A6a note: The 'gt~Qa mentioned is in Manchuria, close to Mongolian border.) There is much friction between Russians and Chinese. = 25X1 X6 .L VSO ..r 25X1X7 ALSO DEP. DA0so Q DER IS DI ` cosvrta per E E' CIRB "~ vet F r .~ ~ x00'3 - 25X1A9a 25X1A2g Approved For Release 1999/09 z-00467 R00030010M2 G ''1 ', I I IGS GROUP 25X1X6 ` :~ ;haleantun (l224.5cIt8~011 There are about 600 White Itus ,ian families in Uhalantun ` he head of the White hussiun issociation is a 35 dear old man r.!rtrrted Cholirnoskino He speaks fluent i. oni;o1ian,, Chi neseE, Japanese, and e4r:tost; likely" I:4rr;;l i.sh? as well as Russian. .curing ;;no i. anoliukyao re-;ime, he ran 4; tea root. He was arrested by the Japanese many tiles and sent to Tokyo, but alsrtsyc released, nnren the Soviets carne to Chalanturin Cholimoskin became friendly .;i th the soviet Con hander,, who ia$ued hi. a doctaltir lmu Uti V.L1t6 illl;: C::. K1 1ui oj' a Iti.l' a dairy fares, the lar-rest house in Chalantun,, and such Japanese assn; :: as old autum bi ies and o uher- broken--do-:in equi prierrt, FollcwinL his c xampie. the Vd 1.r to Rus#i vn_,, have tskerg over !?1.1 r he 1.,'!.e" hot-,s:. ?PNa1at i..,t....C Lurrlrch ? i.rtg (l29-26,Lf2?-,h7; At Lunching , source obr,orv'ed five Soviet officers in i'orM9 are C1i&iC9tit3,r' ''t?Cl Soldier rs or S01d.1O 5 in Civilian clothes,, bourne at'.ated he became very friendly -;.ith a Soviet soldier during the Soviet C:;C;ucat ion WIG' that he has sinoe seen hirn in civilian clothes in Harbin,, 25X1X6 25X1X6 The Soviets contro . the sehurin Company ( and the Northern Tasty arian lradirtc: Gompan`yo 1 25X1 X6 (The balance of this pert i.:s f'r ora a Chinese resident of NenohianC Provinces 25X1X6 eho ar'riv'ed in Changchun from Harbin on Source is strongly ant1-Corrailunist The Soviets are :rtaintid.in1ng consulates in all important Communist-held cities 25X1X6 -such as Tsitsihar, Harbin, al.-c, ::ost of the people entering the Ilarbin Con- sulate are Chinese Commurnist oficerI3o IT, One of the large Russian fiept..rtment stores in TsitsiharA, the, _,n Tan Liedt 25X1 X6 = e+ei Ta Qun is "bei:e;; used us the. Chinese Comaquni t-Soviet lice+d quarters The 25X1X6 About omnpa rnortth, General J-314 Pico Coes to i; cscew to act as liaison between the Soviets and the Lhinese Cornmurtists,s 25X1X7 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R000300100003-8