NAVAL INFORMATION: SOVIET ACTIVITIES, PORT ARTHUR NAVAL BASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000610004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 4, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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On 14 August-1947 there were eight warships in East Harbor, Port Arthur. '
The ships were small., and dark gray and moved at high rates of speed (destroyers?).
On 20 August one of these ships sank during one of the frequent maneuvers
outside the harbor. The positions-of the ships as of 14 August are shown
2. There are no more than 1,000 Soviet naval personnel in Port Arthur.
(See paragraph 4.)
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Source for paragraphs 3-4; Chinese, graduate of. Japanese university
On 31 August there were in the harbor of Port Arthur six ships (?) and five
cruisers.
There were also two submarines.
4. There are 1,000 Soviet naval personnel in Port Arthur; they are apparently
idle.
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