CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS BY SOVIET WORKERS IN CHINESE COMMUNIST-CONTROLLED AREAS, NORTH MANCHURIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001700790004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 13, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY China
US M. Most of the construction work ~ .s porforgod by Soviet workers a1
though s Chinese =vxej.st troops and local inhabitants were used, Approxi-
r ai.e3,y 20'.,,000 Soviet workers were engaged in highway construction between
October :1.946 and November 1.91+7, These workers appeared to be prisoners but
they were not Pe, 5000 Chinese (o is aist Army engineer troops worked on the
highway . "r+ Heiho '127-31,50-15) to Tsitsihar (.?3-57 s
The former Japanese .lit .ry highway between Tsitsihar and Ust Urov (120-46,
52-12) 1-41-9 ccnplete1 - repaired in Noveiber 1947, after one year of wort, This
roan is well constructed
, particular-4 In the 11si gan Mountain range. The
road is ravel surfaced and in coins places is wide enough to permit four 6x6
trucks to pass.,
SUBJECT Construction of Highways by Soviet Workers in
Chinese Comanunist-Controlled Areas, North
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In October 1946 t -e Soviet Army and the Chinese Coimmmist Ars.V began
ccznstruct'.ng and r?ebailding hlf-Ar ;rs In North Manchuria which lead into the
3 The highway between F31ago;.=eshch n: k X127- 50-15)
Heiho and Tsitsibar was
coarLplete6i in Nove r "L941 j, road is also travel surfaced,
4,, During the period frc a October 1946 to November 1914.7,,, the highways were being
used to transport 1 ber #'rcn the 11singan Mountain range and ore (type unstated)
fr North 'Manchuria to the USSR e 6x6 trucks (not stated if American or Soviet
made) were used to transport both the .1-m-aber.= and the ore, At least 7000 ;ruck
loads of ]camber were sent to the USSR during this period, while about 900 truck
loads of ore were transported over the 7e highways to the USA :
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