SOUTH CHINA NAVAL INFORMATION

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CIA-RDP82-00457R010600410001-2
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RIPPUB
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C
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4
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December 14, 2016
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June 4, 2002
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1
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March 10, 1952
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REPORT
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Approved F Isdrtvm MMI'FCfA 82 l7RR-l" ~a; o 1-2 25X1A FO T1 P i '` CID NO /,'QUNTR':, CLIna SUBJECT 25X1A THIS DOCUTIENT CONTAINS INFO- ATIOTI AFFECTt56 THE HATIOIIAL DIIFICNSE OF THE UNITED STATES. ITIrNIN VIE HHANIHO OF TITLE TO. SECTIONS 79S AND 794, OF THE Ii. S_ CEDE. AS ARENDED. 1TS TRAHSTTISSIOU OR REVEL- ATION OF ITS CONTENTS `"O OR TECRIPT 8V AH UNAUTHORIZED PERSON 17 PROHIBITED BY LAW TrI$ BEFRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIDITED SOURCE'. 25X1X STATE ARMY 25X1X 25X1 CLASSIFICATION CONFID MVTIA eas~a DISTRICUT LEI;,; I # raiC Ll' C ?Pr '~.' C~ L GUMVn.Y .l Daaamvitt Ila. I1 ....sue ..f 4010Firk ly- DeelOssifed Q . . Class. Changed To. Is S - Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-R 089d04 IOCE00410001-2 Datot =-L--vue-wk .,..,.. Bys South China Naval Information DATE DISTR .10 MAR :Z * Except as not?sd THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 25X1X 1. During the summer of 195L 60 armored boats were bein built at Huangpu W-3-21 23-041 hi d a unssexpect ChEnchiang to be the second largest port in Southeast Asia when com- Pleted, capable of berthing a 15,000 ton battleship and 50 large merchant ships, 30 of wn:Lcn nave been. completed and have begun to transport cargo to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DR.y), During the .summer of 1951, Soviet technicians were sent to CI?anchiang (1 .0-24, 21-11) with approximately 1,,000 tons of construction equipment ans. materials to expand the harbor. The Chi-s? Cozzm i t 3. Abcut 20 November the C:-JIv SING (-4 &) and the CBR.IAO YUN (" "I ) and three -vessels under the South China Marine Control Bureau were at Chan- ch.3ang.. These vessels carry cargo between Cantor, and Chanchisng to a.d the DR';. On 17 November two gunboats carrying cargo from Uuengrju arrived in Cha:7chiangv In early November the 4 Marine Division, commended by CHANG Fu (& 'r ) former commander of the gunboat KLT0 KAN (f;_ k),, was established at Yulin with a strength of 8000 men? Approximately 20,000 men ' in train- ing at. Saraya and Ha jk ft ou (110-20, 20-03) will be formed Into the 1, 2,, and 3 Marine Divisions. Two thousand cadets training at the 4 Branch Naval Acadezrr in Yulin will become officers in these divisions. 5. On.3 November, 12 Soviet amphibious planes, 3 of which were twin-engined and 9 czingle n/;i.ned,, arrived in Yulin from Amoy. On 23 NNoverber these plaies wee officially turned ovax to the Central and South China Navy by Aaki.nov,2 the head of the Soviet advisory group to the Central and South China Navy, These planes were to be flown by Soviet pilots who are afro instructors at the Yulin Naval Academy. Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO10600410001-2 25X1 IDENTILIL 4 1;4T'IR AL Ii'E''.LLIGT-flCt AGI T;CY I 25X1A 0 At 10 pwmw on 18 December, the She. Shen (,+ %i. ) ?ubii: security Bureau ren,eived a report from 4anshan (113- , 21w- ) that at that Moment two unidentified submarines were lying at sea off banshan Island (113-36 22>s34 ; At 7 a,m., on 19 December the same Iwo submarine, were ;sef-n off 'da-11i.ngti.ngtao 0-14- , 22 )'. 25X1A 1, orment= I inform-tion about the movements of the Chinese Communist 1e, 2, and 3 Marine Divisions, 25X1 A ~~ t~omme n . Possibly Mallnav s who was reported as deputy :thle~f of the :Soviet Military Mission and. as head of the Central aid South Air Defense S ?hool 25X1A ~ oNF1nET r1Ax, 25X1 25X1A Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO10600410001-2 CLASSIFICATION CC: TD-?ENTiAL Approved W1 T~ I : ~`P>3 ~0 5 X289 0 0 1- TEIlOFAX h F TR REPORT cc NO, COUNTRY C ;aina1 SUBJECT North China Naval Information M My qFoRNATIQj% Tog NA DEFENSE O"IS TIlEOUN TED STATES. WITHIN TII E2 NINGCOFI TIT'-2 III. BEC 10715 793 AND 794. 07 THS U 5. CODE. 5 AHEND90.. ITS TRARBUISSION ORREYZL ATION CF ITS CONTENTS TO 07 RECEIPT D. AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROIASr(YD DT LAW THE rEPRODUCTION O7 THIS Fort; is PROHIBITED. SOURCE 1. Cn 9 Jul -7 1951 the Chinese Communists sent WiT Chin -yon., head of the second department of the Naval Bureau of General Affairs, CHIEN Pi- yuan (Tye ;j) head of the staff department (sip: ) second section-, PEI Tz lu hslu (' ; ) Politburo interpreter and tre.ns:l..ator, and two hundred landng craft, each under five hundred tons, These 1 and ing craft were to be constructed at Dairen according to a previous e.grer,)went between the Chinese Communists and Soviet supervisors. 25X1 25X1X 25X1 AIR CLASSIFICATION CONFIAENTIA W 4 See below F ENC-S. BE OW THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 25X1X 25X1A SATE DIST'R . i."0 IAR 5.r NO, OF PAGES 1 Document No, No Change in Gass. D Declasslied Cfa:Z. Chang d To; IS S C Aoih ? RP 7C 2 25X1 Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82- oc D Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : GbA-R82-00457R010600410001-2 V ~! ! bi-IAA CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO9 COUNTRY China SUBJECT North China Naval Information DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED fT 25X1X ! THI$ DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793 i AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE- LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED. 25X1 0 25X1A 9290 TIM In the dissemination I I distributed 28 February 19528 some infor- mation was inadverten y omitted from Pa;aagrap#t 1. Paragraph 1 should read: On 9 Jury 1951 the Chinese Comnarists sent W, Chin-yen, head. of the second department of the Naval Bureau of GoneIal. Affairs, CT?'IN Pi-yuan ( jam ) head of the staff department (sic) sLcon section, PSI T 'u hsitz f ), Politburo interpreter and translator, and jw o Soviet a, vises Tore F~.it:~s t7 Dairen-by transport plane. The group carried blueprints and- plans for two hundred landing craft each under five hundred tons. These landing craft were to be constructed aaat Dairen according to a previonas agreement between the Chinese Communists and Soviet supervteors. 25X1 25X1 CO} FI DENTIAL SEC 'D /[wig 1"r%FKMVqUx DO NOT CIRCULATE 25X1A CONFI DENT) ALA 1i THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION Co NO. 25X1A DATE DISTR. 13 May 1952 NO. OF PAGES NO.OF ENCLS, (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 25X1 LLTISR-ATALIP# :INCFE#I r i Df~PlFl~~.^_.; . VPU 25X1 Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R010600410001-2