SOVIET ACTIVITIES IN THE DAIREN-PORT ARTHUR AREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004000570006-3
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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`; )NI+'RY Chi v.'iE. UISTR 11 jAN SC
OI SEC" ` Ooviet -LCtivit es in the Dairen-Fort ~.rthur .rea NO. OF PAGES 2
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1. The total nun: oar of Soviet troops in the ? a.,iren n.u Port .rthur areas is
100,000 to 120 000.* Lar?e units are ciistriLutoc `hrou ;h Huang lungs. .turn
(121122, __9-03)', ienchiatun (121-22, 39??0l) and
The co ancir:G eneml of the 3rcca is Lt., Gf ncra). 'L_arc"hynev* he lives i
the Huang Chin T'ai { Q` ) u strict, of Port i rthur,,
2. Travelers from. Cor_ auni.: t--contro led )Manchuria nut obtain permits from F:.hti
oovie", authorities in order to enter the Dairen fort i.rthur area.*-*",
3. Soviet military activities in the area include the foi_sowine:
a. ,.xcpansion of the harbor facilities at Port nrthur, beuun on 10 July
and still in progress in late October,
b. Cti ationin of appro.Ariately twenty fi ;hter p~,_,anee at Sanchienpao
(.121-16, 38-54) airfield.
c. Proriuction of artillery she ls, machine t;un r.nc rifle a^aaunition in
the Now China (Hain Hua "II ) tunitions Factory at Kan Chine T; ui-**;
a suburb of Dairen on the north side of Dairen Bay. Thi?_,
plant, formerly the Japanese iian. Hua (jw Factory, is raot operat-
ed by the Soviet authorities. Plant wior::ers are restricted to the
suburb in which they work and are under close, surveillance.
d. Use of caves (sorie of which were e..cavated f c r the purpose) in the
Changlin ;tzutun (121-.50, 39 11) anc Yin c hen tau (121-23, 38-59) area s
a:.s -?unit on dumps to stt,re the products of V ,e NeT^a China and other
e. L.anufaeture of hand -renac es at the Ta Tung
try in L.airen.
' ,uriitions ~.Iac-
f. Statiouir.~ of a la.rJo black c.UII."iy tiarship in Dairen Bay.,' it3t*
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4.. H 4V '~oc_ which swept the area in mid-August deL;troyed eighty percent of ;,rye
non-grain crops around Port Arthur and Dairen. Although crops have been =nor,
Chinese Communist authorities are exacting tax a` in kind, from one thi.. 'd
to two thirds of the total produced, dependirng epon the number of pert; n:: in
the .I''ainily who are enraged in far-ming.
5. Sovi.:;t troops ane their fa-.ilies ~n the area r ;ceive the best grade: whitc
bread and many other special privileges This fL voritism of Soviet person Lei
is explained to the local population by Ca;ununi.: t authorities as due to ti-:=
because of 10he importance of their v.ork. The ..iuiaicipal authorities of Dai.. n
have also e -aployed the argument that IthO Tse.turng allows the Soviet troope to
remain in L; ,nchuria in order to nullify the effects of the Kuoinintang Arl.:.eunnce
with the United States.
6. The Co=:m-un1..t mayor of i,airen is MAO HsUn ta, a C cr- c;r ne* :.~~r ,:7.'
Comintern, who was an intelligence agent for the Soviet ax;y in Manchu.^ia
during the war against Japan.
25X1A ae Comet: A second source gives the total., number of troops in
the area, apparently including both Chinese Communist and Soviet, as
500,000. The number of troops in each a3 ea was not given.
"'~? "~ October 1947,_
94e , the Soviet coy mander on the Kua.ttung Peniauula was r:-
ported as Mariskov or 11aliskov. Colonel General Beloborodov was .:,
ported as commanding the Soviet forces on the iittantung Peninsula,
with headquarters at Port Arthur, and Tat Colonel Z, Cubushhin as
25X1 A commending Soviet forces at Dairen in sus mer 1'949;.
Comme it: Trade between Communist-controlled Manchuria and the
Port Arthur-Dairen area was reported banned in early 1949.
25X1 A Gor en ; In September 1947, the So t i,6-, was reported t;
have sold the Japanese M a n Hua and Chin I'ua. ( } factories to 'she
Chinese Communist Kuantung Bureau; at that tiu a the plants ."loss ovc d
only sufficient equipment to produce ll. ;h weapons
25X1 A -; - Camment ; No explanation was given for tie use of such a
Possibly its purpose was to accustom observers to the presence of
Soviet ships in the region, a tactic similar to those used by the
Soviets in North Korean waters
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