VIEWS OF TSINGTAO OFFICIALS CONCERNING COMMUNIST TAKEOVER OF CHINA AND TAIWAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003100640003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 26, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2002/08/07 : CIA-RDP82-00457R003100640003-8
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CENTRAL IN_ P's Y REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY China/Korea/indochina
DATE DISTR. 26 Hugust 1949
SUBJECT Views of Tsingtao Officials Concerning Cor imrni st ND. OF PAGES
Takeover of China and Taiwan
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1. The officials all express fear of the future in respect to american policy
toward China and possible non recognition of the Communist. Government when
it is formed.
2. They express the hope that the A-vorthwest provinces will be conquered soon in
order to provide a further link with Ru3sia for handling import cargoes.
3. ill China will be conquered before the end of the year. Taiwan will easily
be taken by junk invasion*, 'which will be a duplicate of the Yangtze opera-
tion. Over 10,000 Communists have already infiltrated the island.
4. An uprising of the people on Taiwan will facilitate the takeover., providing
the United States does not assist the i,ia..ionalists with planes and ships.
Taiwan Communists are said to have representatives in i'ciping who are planning
the future government of Taiwan**.
5 The invasion of Taiwan will be timed with the invasion of South Korea from
North Korea. This will divide iunerican interest, and it is expected that
more attention will be paid by the US to preserving Korean unity;-:: .
,. There is treat concern over the shortage of food and ;rains caused by drought.
.There is no hope for grains from I-oanchuria because of the recent I:;anchurian
-trade pact with Russia. Rope is expressed for rice from burma and Indochina,
because the right-hand man of mao Dai (sic) is a Singapore Chines.
named ,U whn is in direct contact with Chinese Coriiraunist officials
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;;-3, * Go,.~rtent. it is suggested that the recent skirmish in Korea might
have been a test of strength and a trial to determine .-imerican reaction.
It is also suer:?ested that the assembling of troops in the Lungkou-Penglai
area (see might be for the purpose of crossing to Dairen to
assist Jorth Korea troops at a later date
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