IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY OF MANCHURIA

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
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• Publication Date: November 18, 1949
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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Date: a .._- ,
To: Oft
Publications
ro~a: ~S~M Division, Projects Planning (fit.,
Subject: ji-on and St.ei industry of ttnohuria
tateme~nd' P*oiec~t
&SLIMML To provide requested information on iron and steel industry
of *anohuria
Scoeg
Latest information desired; requester has Janis #74.
Request includes desire for latest Information on present
condition and production or J den Arsenal.
Gran 7as (i.f :
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?z-af ? sa l December 49
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,emrtuenta'~ resod ibi`~ ; ee: Xnformal coordination as needed; note that
nature or request and requester is highly classified.
f'cation to be Q hi.~: Top Secret
ear:nezg~s:;g?.t: Requester only.
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Grid Steel 1ndust4'a of 1,nc huria y
ZrA nation c;randum, 8 1 o et~~~b r 1949*
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1dw tc chief 0/SI from S: ec:.al Liaison
Attached are two copiers of ir/F'E drafts deali ; with the
Steel industr of Mnchuri.a which were prepared in response
uur request of 18 1oven.ber i49.
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2.. Data were included not cnl~ for the 'rovinc,..s of LiacninE
and AntunE as requested by but for othek rxovincea where
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SECRET low 3O vss crer 1049
gukden 90th , i ii: a X41
n Ars nai was ca, tu.z:ed bjr the Qo=wuzzists early in
r 1946. the takeover was ao; :ompliaed with a .minimum' of
ro able that product-Qn was res'1ed
Communists and maintained during 1949* o report since ovember
1:48 bas, reached "RE about the arsenal, however, Althou?
Communists press frequently makes mention of many industries in
ftaatL=J~k; ' reportix production Goals surpassed, worker
a enuity in reeorza a uction, labor ee.nditious, etc.),, no reference
ever z&de tc: arsenals in -Y1chus?f:a.
5ecticros of t?-ie arsenal date pack ti. 1910 and, for the coat
part the arsenal was :guilt, before the 4Tapano8e took over in 1931.
he Japanese did ex .and the plants and by. 1945 were producing a
long last of ordnance items. Japanese records state that the
arsenal contained 90560 major ites;~s of equipment in August 194
Lets re owed 24 (by value) of this equipment, ac=e 3#304
It is
a sei.ecLive fa41.tin accordir, to the i'aule7 deport.
sport ccncludee
reduced pe.
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on including looting, war destruo-
acit,; of the Mukdera Arsenal was
Lion, detericx'at.i +n and. 5cvist re*oval.
the 2aule, inve-t: tors. Limited production began
uent ope. -ation. by the Ja iionalisats belied the exu'en
Juli 7. 1946 and 6 March. 1948 production had recovered to an
impressive level, (see to bla oe low) thou6iz ob .y in a few but its-,
portant items. s;st of he remaining? equipment is over 20 years
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o ,;u, atioz7 of 40,000 wQr.V.es=w. The areenal's power plant
is a,arentl still serviceable. 'tine arsenal empltye
rkera in 1948 eoz pared t , a beak ezaployment dur.rng
has a capacit; of 8#000 but opera ,,d in 1348 at 5,,800 . `she
arsenal also items a s"11, f uzxdr,, and two electric furnaces (10 ton
capacity). .vst of be high explosive powder care from the
Liao,ylan explosives fac Cory (a subsidiar, i + rano :a of the 90th
ntities of shells any, aerial bcsrab,at
e ukden
.leav1 achine.r, ranch i ac tort') located
clusicon, it apt' ear that the post-war operation of
r important suosidiary
n. Although re p rtedl sacked by the
Wen swan ; 1ura 'ranch pr4uced for the -ationalista
n(b y US s taudards) of trae Iants.
dcstructlc n, raw z a Leria1 snorta6ea and inefficient or
ukderi Arsenal was surprisir 1t' effective, ces, ite tiie enrd-
Capacity of the u,kd : n Ar-sei l*
Au,uat 1945
Oh 1948
24#000
24, O00
ne guns
,660
600
Cartridges
54,000,000
48,E 000,000
Shells
0,000
3600000
945 appear optimistic but the ANA wi.o conduct
nves'ti ;at can of the Mukden Arsek al states that "figures
have been checked on tWc_ different occasions and are believed to
be as accurate as possible to o,tain.0 In 1948 the ..raenal also
underto k various repair and c . nversicn (o.' weapons) activities.
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Prw ncipai ones were the Paine, O Report ~,n Japanese
is to the President of the United States, Jul;
46" am AMA,, uk en, h,-284-48 3/22//48, Secret,
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al of, coal
on metric tors, but is
on a trle tons
S of some of the largest
Pench' ihu?
Its the opinion of D/ft
and may
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s. 1950 coal product
to increase to 10 mi1,l
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are in
was 3#500 t ns per d a;(
in an i f tcient,,, "coal-
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ut 460, tons,3 ovie t rtiei je;tion in
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30 November 1949
no4ur an
iron mines in Manchuria have, in Zerieral, not been re.
;a, te: d by the Chine
uriists, sina the demand for iron
0j* must necessarily await the reoueninZ of the Anshan and
Penehuihu blast furl-seas (we assume Poo" export pr,-specta for the
pre se nt
icn available to D/F..' indicates that only
e enchtihu Mines was production resumed in 1949, the Com.
.viug for a oal of 100,000 tons of iron ore in 1949.
..re 1s not too ifieanin ;fui since it is not known whether
the Co r unists are mining the rich or least ores around kenchrihu,
the +Japanese ri.Lned 5,436,000 tons of iron ore in the
three major mine areas of Anshan, Pench'ihu and tun ientao.
and cviet removals have seriously davia ed the Anshan rainea
the other two areas should still rive c._ nsiderable ca}acity to
produce ore, perhaps as iuo:i as 500,,404 tons annually, The mature
urian ore is such that the loan ore is plentiful and close
but that the rich ore occurs in vouis and dykes,
pensive underground mining methods. but
va18 or c : ;e tc, c~_-xicentratir ; e uipment, (at Anshan
co>nsysted of roastiriG, crushir: ,, and :ma, netically separating
of the Ore) was report._;dly 100; ; therefo. e, onl, the high , rade
not requirin ; bensficiation before sae
.d be of value
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h.e f-0110wi%- table lists the ncipal Manchurian mines as
iven In trie 'aisle tep.:.ot of July, 194,it their lc~ctztJ.un,
reserves, grad : of ore 1943 prod ictiLn and present coraiit.s.on?
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30 NovemUer 1949
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B anehucian iron
-e1 mills
eye Cox :-.unists have made only a halting stet on re
Ope ni.
Iron and steel industr;1 which was built b the
1946 by Soviet ocyupatic=n and
Japa ne s
din1945and
the civil ar which raged around the installations. icvei,tbele ,s
considerable capacity remains in the industry, as is shown in the
d t?, ble, and the Co =unists should be a le
lize ma
the plants in 1950
In 1949 the 4ox. unists rebuilt some of the coke ovens at
Anshan and perhaps they have also rastored the Pench'ihu coking
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ovens? bone coke is being produced in Lairen. Ahoy reope.:od
400u-ton blast furnace at Anshan in June, 1949 and mi gbt be
able to open 700-ton blast furnace (Ashen) in 1950. The n .illion
ton capacity sits 1 mills at Anshan ave still cold, and the only
eel produced in Manchuria is a trickle from electric furnaces
located in i:airen. he mills in Anshan and Aench'ihu for pro-
steel are not in operation.
The industry requires for raw materials coking coal, high-
re,
not iron
s and refractories. Iroducticn of coal, but
been r: sumed. There are probably considerable
atoctles of iron ore at the mines in Manchuria. The power re-
quirements for the industry at its present reduced size can be met
ning plants in ,.nc curia. rlu;_,#S and. r fractories are
readily availaule in Manchuria. The railroad network has been
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vunists should have little trouble in restoring, minimum
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ope tisn of the industry in 1950,
ces: e_ He port 1946 cted..
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- 30 4tovexaber 1949
SECT ;L?
nchur ara ca .1 a `8 Oh 1ervioe Cron _a.d steel -nants
The
city and condition
railroads In
Manchuria is excellently de --voed in the Yap} . stf Qt: mmdl s
Terrain +~ttat 1 on kab.oiiurl.an i. ilwa ? a, dated 3. a. 1948,E
Secret, 44ile there has boon postwar desrr t .on of railroads
cburia
that the Chinese
is have L-e-
d all rail lines which connect the ii-on mines, coal zaines
n and s uze3 mills. ho data othyr than the existence
rail lines are ava.1abie tcf
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Ante: is Nov 49
To: n/FJC c' ,/ !bo jc) c)
Publioations
F4roms Division, Projects Planning
subjects US eoneular personnel in Mukden
To provide specified information on US consular personnel
in Mukden
s Information desired includes:
a Nam as
t Nationalities
o Ages
d) present status, i.e., whether incarcerated or not,
Memorandum, to be drafted by D/YF
dam in /st: 21 Nov 49 MU
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Re.U.e Branchs Duff
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Pons- ,l us bpi an: Zn.fo must Come from State; seourl ty= of
requester must be preserved,
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nrxi semS.stians Requester only
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18 November 1949
T,r1ET/1ORANDU 1 FOR: CHIEF, G/SI
6U13JECT : Request for Information (Case No. 621)
1. It is requested that this office be furnished
with the following information concerning the consular
staff at I4lukden:
a. names
b. nationalities
c. ages
d. present status,
or not.
i.e., whether incarcerated
2. We understand there are some dependents of
American employees also at Mukden. If this is true,
we would like their names.
3. It is requested that this information be
furnished as soon as possible.
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ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
INSTRUCTIONS= Officer designations (see separate sheet) should be used in the "To" column.
Under each comment a line should be drawn across sheet and each. comment numbered to correspond
with the number in the "To" column. Each officer should initial (check mark insufficient)
before further routing. This Record and Routing Sheet should be returned to Registry.
FROM
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