(SANITIZED)CHINESE COMMUNIST WAREHOUSES SHANGHAI(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006500240002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 15, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT
DATE OIETR. 15 April 1955
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constructed of lumber and steel and were painted black. Warehouse No. 509
contained burlap sacks tied in 90- to 120-kilogram bundles. Each sack was
marked with a green circle within which was the character "fa" (4099). The
sacks were being loaded into barges for transfer to a large ship. Warehouse 25X1
No. 507 contained soybeans packed in burlap sacks with the marking "she"
(4357). Metal ingots were stored between warehouses No. 505 and No. 506.
in Shanghai was numbered consecutively from 501 to 509. The warehouses were 25X1
a row of warehouses at the Kaoyang (7559/7122) Road pier
houses, except for No. 517 that was two stories high, were all old, large,
one-story buildings that had turned grey. Warehouse No. 517 had been repaired
2. There was a second row of warehouses numbered from 510 to 520. The ware-
and blue yarns that were beina.brought into the warehouse by tricycles.
recently and was painted a cream color. Twenty workers were unloadinglare*A
o. 513 contained baskets Of eggs.
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trucks. The warehouse was three stories high and was built of brick. A sign
on the front door of the warehouse read, "Shanghai Branch Warehouse of the 25X1
Shanghai Kung Ssu Ho Ying Bank" (0361/4424/0678/3602).
(1129 0682) Road, East. The textiles were being brought to the warehouse by
textiles wrapped in white cloth were in a warehouse on Taming
textiles were being transported to the warehouse of the Shanghai
Cotton Mill (2132/4748/0361/0674), located about 1,000 feet from the Shanghai 25X1
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rung Sau Ho Yi Bank's warehouse.
Armed sol are
were on guard outsi a warehouse.
wearing grass-green uniforms
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