OFFSHORE ISLAND SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T01172R000300240043-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: March 18, 1955
• Content Type: MF

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
18 March 1955
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director (Intelligence)
SUBJECT: Offshore Island Situation
Nationalist aircraft on 17 March reportedly sank one
small gunboat and damaged seven others in an attack on a
Chinese Communist fleet of some 200 small craft north of the
Matsus. There has been no confirmation of this report.
Quemoy
Little Quemoy on 17 March was reportedly hit by 14 rounds
of Communist shellfire.
Weather
Weather forecast for next 48 hours is cloudy with drizzle
and fog. Visability 1 to 2 miles; winds northeasterly at
30 to 40 knots; seas very rough to high.
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HUNTINGTON D. SHELDON
Assistant Director
Current Intelligence
PACOM Review Completed
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