SOVIET CITIZENS IN TIENTSIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900560009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

25 1 A Approved For Release 2001/04/1 muP82-00457R007900560009-9
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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COUNTRY' chtna/usm
SUBJECT Soviet Citizens in Tientsin
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l0 There are about 2,000 Soviets* living in Tien',An. Most of these are o8 emi.-
ares who have acquired Soviet citizenship$ no emigres without Soviet pant rft
are knovm to have remained In Tientsin. Some of then caama from Harbin, ors
they had become Soviet citizens in 19450 0n? . a fete Soviets from the US :hs
arrived in Tientsin in late 1950 and early 1`61.
2. The enly Soviet organization active in Tientsin Is the Soviet Citizens Asso+ is
tion (SCA). Almost all local Soviets" bele,i, to it, primarily for security
againet Communist and police presstsr e. Alt'. L a members-hip fees are supposed
to be uniform, in practice they vary. Seve-'41 newcomers from fa ?.sin were ad-
mitted with an initiation fee equivalent to U.S. $5.00, but another Harbin ar-
rival was charged the equivalent of US $123 upon jo >ni.;,nd was told that the
money would go into a fund for the poor.
J. Through the SC..i the Soviet consulate contrel.ss both the political and the social
life of Soviets In Tientsin.. The most impr, rtant local Soviet. in Tientsin,
other than official Soviet government repr.r?sentativoz, le the SCA. presidsant,
Rachkovski.0"* He is also the editor and p'biisher of the Russi a-~largu.a ;e
daily newspaper l ovo~Z2 S which is in o err respect an official organ of
the Soviet consaulate0 This paper, unlike slime Communist .publications, accents
classified and other advertisements.
4. The Soviet consulate remains in its old loc..t1an, and the number of its per-
sonnet has not increased noticeably in 1951, The Soviet oonnul general is
Matveyer, a man between 40 and 45 years old) the Gocretar r ' the consulate
general is Gavrilin, about 350
5. An, increase in the number of Soviet offici E L personnel from the USSR outside
the consulate is noticeable, however, ozppoc tali In wrains from Tienntain to
Peiping. These consist of both troops and. t vili ans. Most of the Soviet
civilians are employees of the Tientsin bra ch of Torgprcds?tvo? which has i a
main offices in Tientsin. The troops have I -at own mesons end bakeries; one
bakery,, in a Tientsin suburb, produces broad .or about 2,FO00 personnel daily.
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