AIR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES IN SHANGHAI, HANKOW, AND TSINGTAO AREAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009300230006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 22, 2002
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 13, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENT WA" IN I..68EW INCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Air Defense Activities in Shanghai.
Ilankow, and Tsingtao Areas
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ACQUIRED See below
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S. In mid-October 25 Set fighters, 9 Japanese bombers, and 3 transports were
based at the Pankow Airfield.
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9. By late September the Taingtao Peoples' Air Defense Comeittee, in cooperation
with the Tsingtao Garrison Coemarnd and the Tsingtao Public Security Bureau,;
completed construction of air raid shelters in important areas in Teingtao.
All residents of Tsingtao, on orders from Tsingtao authorities, were placing
sandbags against the walls of their homes and obtaining water buckets for
use during air raids. Medical personnel were giving first-aid training to
large numbers of residents. Students, supervised by Public Security personnel,
were publicizing the importance of air defense measures throughout Tsingtao.
According to the public announcements of Tsiogtao authorities, these pre-
cautionary measures were taken in anticipation of possible air raids by the
Nationalists and the United States planes
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