NAVAL INFORMATION, EAST CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013300250001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 8, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 15, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB 1952
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
CD NO.
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Naval :Information, East China
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OFTITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
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.
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DATE DISTR. 15 August 1952
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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*Except as noted
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. Since October 1950 the offices of the East China Navy in Fukien have been
located at Liang Huang Hui uan (0357/1684/2585/7419), Shih Ching (4258/oo64)
:Lame, Foochow.
2. On 8 MM.;ay the Chinese Communist vessels CHUNG Li (0022/0448), CHIEN CH'ENG
(1696/2052), T G LI (3057/0448), with two unidentified vessels, arrived
in Haimen from. Shanghai. On the morning of 9 May military supplies were
unloaded from these vessels. By 17 May they had all returned to Shanghai
except the C'ECNG LT.
two 13 man and two 25 mm guns at Mawei Shipyard.
On 14 May the Chinese Communist gunboat CHING -HAI (7231/3189) was anchored
at iiohsingt as (119-28, 25-59) after having been repaired and refitted with
Ia early May, ten gunboats ranging from 50 to 70 tons were stationed' at
Shihp,u (121-56, 29-15). Two armed fishing boats were also stationed there
and three otheraxmaed fishing boats made regular runs from Tinghai (122-06,
30-03) to Shihp8ua The, mission of these:srmed boats is to protect the
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boats fishing in the T'ant1oushan (122-02. 29-10), Nanchiushan (122-12,
29-26), and Tinghai areas,
5. In early May, Nankuanch t iao (058W7070/2890). east of EShihp kt waa designated
as a naval zone and a restricted area. On 2 May gunboats were anchored
at the Nankuanchpiao wharf. Three of these gunboats were remodeled UNRRA
fishing boats. each armed with two 25 mm guns and two 13 mm machine guns...
The remaining three gunboats were each armed with ft~-:40`vz. one 25 mm gun
and one .50 caliber machine gun.
6. At l p.m. on 8 June a submarine was observed about 5000 yards southeast
of Poishan (121-30, 28-06), sailing north.
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