CHINESE COMMUNIST NAVAL AND SHIPPING INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100050012-9
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: February 26, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY China
ULA6611-ICAIION CC.17213:;e.1.7L/C01-17.1101, U.2 011Y
' CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
1NFORMATRON REPORT
CONHOEUHAL
SUBJECT Chinese Communist Naval and Shipping
Information
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1. , On 17 February the following vessels wore along the Fukien coast:*
Lutzutao (approximately 119.20, 25-10) (sic): lo motor junks.
b. Meichou (119.04, 25.405): 6 motor junks.
c. Niutou (approximately 119-550 25-25) (sic)4Tanan ) area, southeast
of Fuchling (3.19-25? 25443): 60 motor junks.
Shonhwan (118- ? 24 -): 70 wooden .boats.
Chtuanchouchiang (118- , 214 )1 210 wooden boats.
1-isiaotsochiang (318- ? 24. ): 230 wooden boats.
Ilsinchuawan (119- p 25??? ): 400 wooden boats.,
V aitIouchiang 4j):F 230 wooden boats.
1. Amoy: 2 x 800-ton landing craft, 13. motor junks, and 30 wooden boats.
Poingtian (119-47, 25-30): approximately 100 large and small wooden boats,.
k. Trichiangktou (119- , ): approximately 800 large and small wooden beats.
ilawei (119-26, 25-59): 30 large wooden boats.
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2. On 18 February the rwangtung authorities banned sea traffic between Hong
Kong and Shektou (4,47,v ).** Gunboat Number 11-is patrolling the Nantoon-
Sheklou area.
U February 200 rubber boats were sant frau Canton to Bocce Tigris via
Shendhuan (11406, 22-32).441*
4. On 20 January the Pearl River Defense Headquarters sent a vessel loaded
with six long-rango guns to Bocce Tigrisewm-e Also aboard Were 28 Soviet
advisers and techniciane who were to install the guns at Bcoca Tigris and
then plan the repair Of blockhouses and the construction of more fortifications
at Liehhuashan (115- p 237 )4
Prior 20 January 11 ships fernei-ly sunk offIkdayma and the Leichou Peninsula
were raised by the 15 Arm; Creep. These ships included the warships CHIANG
IMO )$ CHIANG SDI )1 and CHIANG-1131A? (iL ). On 20 January
the ships were taken to the Whampoa shipyards, where they -will be repaired and
used for river defense.***
6. In late January 22 small gunboats under the-command of LIN P ging Ole ) were
patrolling between Whampea and Bocce Tigris.
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references, for previous
in these areas.
reported Communist attempts to restrict
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paragraph 1, for other reports of controls in
coastal area.
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t e movements o
MINLomr_ient. This route seems roundabout,
4W** Comment.
as of early January0
long-Tango artillery at
4 t,-;84 ?
paragraph 7, reported a Shipment of
r?ngraio_coastal guns frem Shanghai to Kwangtung
reported the arriVal of 30 pieces of
alSPea as of 4 February.
Comment.
ow amdna? to Centon for repairs and that 6 of these were sub-
sequenti4y asaigned to the Pearl River Defense Headquarters as of
October 1950,
reported that 21 disabled gunboats were
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