POLITICAL INFORMATION : THE LATVIAN COMMUNITY, SHANGHAI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800530006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 30, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Political -!-nforxgj.-
Shanghai
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2:, Some Latvians in Shanghai, mostly those of Jewish origin, becrno Soviet
citizens after the incorporation of Latvia into the USSR Amon ; these is
0a, A. Vitinst y, former employee of the Shanghai ;&unicipal. Police attached
to the foreign Pao Chia section during slorld i ar II and now employed'
with the Investigation Section of the International Refugee Organization
in Shanghai.
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REPORT NO.
The Shanghai Latvian Society is coy posed of approximate .4 105 Latvians who
do not recognize the incorporation of Latvia into the USSR, Chairman of
this society is iierner Edward Koppe, employee of Andersen, Meyer and
Compare, The vice-chairman is A. P. i3aliot, 'retired official of the
Chinese Maritime Customs,. The secretary is Ringold Rozitis, a radio
operator, At present, this society is inactive.
Currently, loses' Aleksander Zabulonis, former acting Lithuanian consul, is
also unofficially acting as Latvian consul,, He is doing this upon the
reryuest of the London Latvian representative. Zabulonis assists needy
Latvians in Shanghai through his connections with variouf3 foreign relief
organizations? Although China recognized the incorporation of Latvia into
the USSR in 1940, Zabulonis is still permitted to prolong the passports of
Zatvian citizens in Shanghai Zabuloni.s maintains contact with Charles
Zarin:, Latvian representative in London ,;.nd with Dr. Dilrnanis, Latvian
r?eprese.nt:ntiire in t1ashington, D. C., both of whom do not recognize the
}present Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic. Comrment,
Dr. . 3ilmman d -ied in J-11, ) )
The rate of the apzproximate.Ly 500 Latvians in Manchuria. mostly in Harbin,
is not known; many were probably deported to the US R.
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This document is hereby regrad_ d _..
CONF IopRJ IAL in accordance with the
(`^+t r of October 1978 from
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c,t Central lrttelligence to the
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