ACTIVITIES AT WHAMPOA SHIPYARD, CANTON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009500150005-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 27, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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FORMATION REPORT (gin NO.
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IJha!npoa Shipyard is accelerating the construction of motor junks used for
coastal patrol* These junks are equipped with armor plate and cne or two
Davy machine guns, but they are weak in combat ability4 Recently a 3,000-ton
(sic) cor.i.rercial ship was toted to Uharapoa for conversion to a gunboats
There are about 1,000 workers at :Jhampoa, including 50 technicians. 'l he chief
engineer is a Soviet technical advisors All ~.aorkers are under strict watch and
control. They all must start and stop crork at the sane time; and if a per >on
ants leave of absence, he must be guaranteed by five of his fellow workers who
are responsible for his returning to work at the stated time
On 21 August tdhampoa Shipyard sent 120 shipbuil.dinr? workers to Yulin (109-3L
1.8.12) and issued a call for volunteers from the public to fill the vacancies
thus created*
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