OFFSHORE ISLAND SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T01172R000300240020-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: February 18, 1955
• Content Type: MF

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OCI NO. 0915/55 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
COPY NO. 17 OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
18 February 1955
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director (Intelligence)
SUBJECT: - Offshore Island Situation
Nanchishan
A Chinese Nationalist military spokesman has announced that
Nationalist warships on 18 February sank 7 Chinese Communist
landing craft, probably sank 3 gunboats and set fire to another
landing craft north of Communist-held Taishan Island, 32 miles
south of Nanchishan. The Communist force allegedly consisted of
8 gunboats and 7 landing craft of from 300 to 400 tons, each with
200 troops aboard.
Taipei in the past has exarverated R?r.h clashes.
25X1
Matsus
Negative.
Quemoys
Negative.
Prospects for a cease-fire
Nationalist vice-president Chen Cheng is quoted as saying
the Nationalist government may agree to a cease-fire in the
Formosa straits, provided sanctions are imposed on the Chinese
Communists and they are declared to be aggressors. This is
PACOM Review Completed
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the first statement by a Nationalist leader suggesting that
Taipei would consider a cease-fire on any basis.
HUNTINGTON D. SHELDON
Assistant Director,
Current Intelligence
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