NAVAL INFORMATION: SOVIET NAVAL FORCES IN DAIREN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000610005-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 4, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIG"E
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Laval Information: Soviet e;avai Farces in Dairen
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There are five cruisers and two or threo transport's in Doi nt harbor all the
timeA Of the five cruisers stationed in Dairen, the Caz nuno and the Voria
stay in the port while the other three are anchored st th4 erttxsnae to the
hwarbar.,
2.. Each of the "motor boats? (? landing iraft support type ?) operating in Dairen
harbor is from 35 to 40 feet long.,, has a vary low pilot. hoouAse, looks like an
armored boat used in amphibious laradiAg operation, and could hold from 50 to 60
person and carry a load of x to 8 toms? Most; of th are dooked ovar$ In
May 1947 a considerable number (unstated) of (fast "motor boats'r case into the
port : these were rumored to be operating between Dairen and Shantung Province,
3, Of the approximately 12,000 Soviet troops in Dairen 4?000 are Soviet naval and
saarine forces.
~ . Each month more than eight whips arrive t, bringing ec ai.pmen:}. and provisions. The
unloading of Soviet transports in Dairen is done by Japasxese prisoners
of war,, Japanese P10's aret used in an effort to prevent: anyone from knotwing
what materials are being brought into Dairen. Transportation of such materia1i
to the interior (?) is carried out at night after curfew. Curfew is at
9;15 in the evening and not even the tiler are :allowed on the streets after
this hour.
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