TSINGTAO'S WHITE RUSSIAN POPULATION/A WHITE RUSSIAN'S EXPERIENCE IN SHANGHAI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000400650006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 13, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY China
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SUBJECT Tsingtao's White Russian Population/A White
Russian's Experiences in Shanghai
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been heard from s n~a the r tiara,7ra
about 700, and the Soviet Consul called a meeting of these stateless
people to offer them Soviet passports, and an opportunity to return
to their native land if they so desired. In addition to the advantage
of possessing a Soviet passport, the recipient would also be granted a
ration permit that would enable him to make certain purchases of food
which at that time were relatively scarce. As a result of effective
Soviet propaganda, up to 80 per cent of the city's
White Russians applied for and were granted Soviet passports, but the
glowing benefits of the propagandists did not accrue to these former
stateless people and sooner or later their newly acquired identifica-
tion papers were lost or thrown away. Of the city's White Russians,
only about 30 to 50 returned to the Soviet Union and now
f th h
Shanghai.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
150 White Russians aboard
DATE DISTR. /3 Aug 54
NO. OF PAGES 2
LST and was brought to
2. The life of a stateless White Russian in Sh hai is anything sane,
an The
and with the advent of the Communist regime
Chinese would not permit^^ wprk except among the few oreicnerfra nrr+a
ent in the c.ityF__
semi-
wee y v s s of the Peo le 's Police and questioned for hours on identi-
cal subjects.
a large number of Soviet citizens in the city.
The Soviets were always accompanied by Chinese military guards and
when they drove a out the city in automobiles the curtains were drawn
throughout the car except for the front windshield. The Soviets were
always attired in civilian dress, and only on one occasion did [::]see a
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small child. a Soviet cit and heard her speak
D..c.eia to her Chinese military associate.
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Soviet civilians are housed in the French Concession, Broadway Mansion,
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the total number of Soviet advisors who were resident in Shanghai but
The Soviets in the city are
not permitted to visit the Russian Cu land cannot associate with the
Chinese civilians nor the White Russian members of the community . As
a White Russian who had lived in Shanghai for 25.years
and had a son who remained in the USSR during this period. The son,
who is now an engineer was sent to Shanghai and he
immediately contacted his father. The son suddenly disappears after
the initial contact with his parent and it was later learned that he
was returned to the Soviet Union because he?violated the non-fraterniza-
tion policy. trip from Shanghai to Canton there
were six Soviet civilians on the same railway coach, and upon arrival
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foreigners.
in Canton a Soviet wife and her four children met one of these
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