OFFSHORE ISLAND SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T01172R000300240035-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: March 9, 1955
• Content Type: MF

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OCI NO. 0928/55 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
COPY NO. OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
9 March 1955
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director (Intelligence)
SUBJECT: Offshore Island Situation
General
Military activity in the offshore islands continues at a
low level.
The lull may be explained by the presence of American
naval units in Formosan'waters. The carrier Wasp, and possibly
the Midway, together with cruisers and a destroyer screening
force, were operating off southern Formosa on 6 March. In
noting this activity, Peiping radio has charged the US with
"military provQcation."
Negative, except for indications that Communist troops on
the nearby mainland are continuing training exercises.
Quemoy
Communist troops have been observed constructing fortifica-
tion on Wu Hsu, a small island about 6,000 yards south of Tatan
and Ehrtan.
Weather
Forecast for the next 48 hours is partly cloudy with
morning coastal fog., Winds northerly, shifting to northeast,
18-22 knots,. Sea cnditions moderate to rough.
PACOM Review Completed
Sf SSE FOR DECLASSIFICATION ACTTON HUNTINGTON D. SHELDON
Assistant Director,
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