MILITARY INFORMATION: SOVIET DISPOSITIONS, DAIREN AREA

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 1998
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• Publication Date: February 5, 1947
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C.S. OTFIC ".L S OHLT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
UNTRY China
3UEGT Military Information: Soviet Dispositions,
Dairen Area
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ORIGIN As Stated
DATE:
NF? . As Stated
DIST. 3 Pa rrj947
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1. Soviet troops have withdrawn from their former positions at Shihho (121-52-
39-20) to positions near Chinchou (121-0, 39-06).
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2. There are still Soviet troops at Shihho, although they are fewer in number thr.:i
they were a month ago.
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3. No Chinese Communist trooms were encountered in traveling from Kaiping ;122-22,
40--24) to Dairenn until the outskirts of Dairen were reached. Previous:: , many
Communist.troous were seen in this area.
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There are 160,000" Soviet troops on the Kwantung Peninsula. 80,,W, are in
Pore Arthur {including airforce personnel), 40,000 men of the grot d forces
are in Dairen and another 40,000 in Chinchou.
Previous reports give 75,000.2
All members of tho ~= = #ri,? Dairen Headquarters except heads of departments
and other t rank persons are c.,-Wed once or twice a, week. De,+i gnations in
.'quarters -nae t. , -~: aeon for this is not. known.
Where :u- etc siga that the Soviet Army is preparing to evacuate. (Shanghai.
:.sr'z - Shanghai desepapers dated 15 to 20 November h;.Ye carrf,d stories of a
SG _et withdrrwal fram the city of Dairen.; This eooount was denied and then
.caffirmed- There has been no oon ~.~ 'apt ctassifJed sources. , It is
thought that paragraph 15 or this report m'' provide a possible eacplanation of
this rumor if the account is not true.)
The difference between t? to Soviet trc~;p~ now stationed on the Kwantung Penin-
~ 1 and those who were there V tra mon4hs ago is obvious.. The new troops
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to the Chinese civilians. ( Tote: This contradicts paragraph 17
below.) They have good uniforms of olive drab with broad red strires running
up the side of the trouser let, -nd sleeve.. They 4i re proud of their organiza-
tion and state that they are all members of the Soviet Far 1astern Arnrr.
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F.-6 ts, On 21 October 1,800 fully armed Soviet troops left fort 4:rthur by train for
Chi nchou. On '9, October about 740 Soviet troops arrived at I ort -rthur by
:Shia and inirediate1,y, went to Lao Pei _,-'ban (J.a.o Tieh Shan, the tip of the
roninsula?)
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F-6 9. There are seven or eiryht Soviet divisions on the poninsui, four or five of
which are in the Dairen-i'ort Arthur area.
is-6 10. sortie Soviet soldiers n re eiischarryed from military service while on the Penirs-
uula. Sortie wear full civilian doss; others wear civili_,:n clothes tsit,l
,-tUitar,- cars. They receive the s: me tre,--:tment as the ;,;.en iii the sarvice.
?? . rari ilies of Sotfiet soldiers are hoinr sent to 1iron.' (Ii--3) 1; 6chir}err and
`oodstuff s tre carried by Star; from I)airen to Vladivostok, =nd the ships
ilriri back the denen,aonts on the return trip. (F-4) Duildir: a ,re bein i
t:onfiscr:ted -,nd rercodelled for these fmd1iea. (F-3)' The t,~o Ler arrive
;"L:cl only in under-...n ,7r c. ;d shoes. Their husb; nds then supply tine; - ith
ciothin.r confiscated from the Jtiranose,, (F.-5)
F-3 12. The Soviet soldier, trained for a rugged life, accustomed to plain food and
s,ta? -;rt of a good fi rxhtiria m. scni r;e, He is not mood for
oecurationai duties, however, since ham. is a able to a s4,-mie leadership over 25X1A6a
the local neonle. The soldiers have no money, - i:ote: See paragraph
17) ; nd are therefore tryirr to make s(mr_e by illeya1 sale of Army vr.,
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k-3 13. Soviet forces in Dairen and I`crt Arthur are of the a