RIVER SHIPPING IN KWANGTUNG AND KWANGSI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009400080013-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: December 26, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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River Shipping in Kwangtung and Kwangsi
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAT1S 1190K ATI.OX CTI HOTHI NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITiiN, THE MEANING O F THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
Uz S. C_31 AND32, AS AM , ITSTRAHSMTSSTON OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY R TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO.
HIBITkD BY LAW. REPRODUCTION Ot'TNIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
As of September 1951, all craft on waterways connected with the West River were
organized into two groups, military and civil, in order to ensure control of
shipping and effective and speedy handling of ships for military use. The military
group was placed under the West River Special Commissioner's Office, and the civil
group was placed under the Kwangsi Bureau of River Transport.
2, Among the duties of the West River Special Commissioner's Office are:
Organization. and. direction of ferries on the West River and its tributaries*
b. Requisitioning of ships for military purposes.
Control of the movements of shipping, including registration at points of
departure. and arrival.
d. The maintenance of general order.
The organization of so-called Peace and Order Societies on vessels with a
crew of more than 20, and the organization of so-called Foundation Political
Groups aboard craft with a crew of less than 20.
ment'has a staff of 50, including laborers.
4* The following is a list of power-driven ships operating on the West River:1
The Kwangsi Bureau of River Transport, with headquarters at Wuchou (111-19,
23-28),, is un er,the direct control of the Pearl River Transportation Bureau.
YU Chti-tsu a native of Szechuan, is the chief of the Kwangsi Bureau.
!PpFe~.arp.two departments in the Bureau; the Licence Department under HO Chi-hsuan
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Tonnage
Route
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300
Kueihsien (109-40,
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Canton
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As of May 1951, the 160-ton merchant vessel T'AI FENG LI 4,!) was
25 mme guns, 2 heavy machine guns, 2 light machine guns, and rifles.
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