MOST CMSNC SHIPS IN HONG KONG RETURN TO CHINA; COASTAL AND INLAND SHIPPING IMPROVE

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• Document Release Date: August 19, 2011
• Sequence Number: 469
• Publication Date: October 17, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL CQNF'?IDEN~4A~:
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Economic - Shipping
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PURL"ISFiED Hong Kong
DATE
PUBLISHED 15 Aug - 25 Sep 1950
LANGUAGE
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS IN FORMATION AFFECTING iN[ NATIONAL O[F[MSt
OF THE UNITED S1ATE3 WITHIN TN[ YCANIMO OF [S PIO MAO[ ACT [0
U. B. C.. SI ANO Sl, AS AYLNDE D. ITS TRANSYIESION OR THE P[YLLATION
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NIBITtO BT LAW. R[PRODUCTION OF TNI! FO RY IS PROHIBIT[ U.
DATE OF
INFORMATION
DATE DIST. ~~ Oct 1950
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
MOST CMSNC SHIPS IN HONG KONG RETURN TO CHINA;
COASTAL AND IlQLAND SHIPPING IMPROVE
ANOTHER CMSNC SHIP OFF FOR CANTON -- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-pao, 13 Sep 50
Hong Kong -- Another of the original 13 China Merchants Steam Navigation
Company ships in Hong Kong departed for Canton on 13 September 1950. She was
the Chung-106, a LST, weighing 3,100 tons. The ship was the third to leave
Hong Kong since May 1950; the first two were the Min-312 and Min-302, both LCI.
The Min-302 is now back in Hong Kong again,
ALL CMSNC SHIPS WILL GO TO CANTON SOON -- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-pao, 14 Sep 50
Hong Kong -- The 11 remaining. China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
ships in Hong Kong are also planning to depart "or Communist China soon. It
was reliably reported here that the Nationalist government's efforts to per-
suade these ships to go to Taiwan have failed and that the Nationalist rep-
resentatives has gone back to Taiwan. These ships, totaling 28,000 tons, will
be assigned to designated routes after arriving in China, the larger ones on
the South Sea routes, and the smaller ones,on the inland waterways.
Canton, 19 September -- Four more China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
ships arrived in Canton from Hong Kong on 17 September 1950; they were the
Chieo-,jen, Teng-k'eng, Cheng-kung, and Huan-Chang, al1.N-3 type ships purchased
from the US. The Chiso-den, Teng-k'eng, and Cheng-kung departed from Hong Kong
and arrived in Canton as they planned, but the Huanchang had to delay her de-
parture until nine men vh6~.Irefuaed_to' ga .to~ Canton. were tak(:n off,..fi~bm .they ship.
Each of these ships weighs~1,872.8 tons, has a loading capacity of 2,750 tone,
and is equipped with a 1,300 horsepower engine.
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TWO MORE CMSNC SHIPS LEAVE FOR CANTON -- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-pao,
23 Sep 50 ~ _
Hong Kong -- Two more China Merchants Steam Navigation Company ehips~
the Hai-k'sng and Ts?ai-o, left Hong Kong for Canton on 22 September 1950,
making a total of eight ships to depart for Canton. Those which are still
in Hong Kong a.re~ the Hai-heie, a 4,000 ton passenger-freighter with a
speed of 14 knots; the Teng-yu, a 4,000 tone freighter with a speed of 8
knots; the Hai-han, a 1,300 ton.freighter with a speed of 9 knots; the Min-
302, a LCI with a speed of 14 knots; and the Lin-sen, an N-3 type freighter
with a speed of 10 knots,
FIVE CMSNC SHIPS MAY SOON LEAVE IIONG KONG -- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-pao,
25 Sep 50 .
Hong Kong -- On~y five CMSNC ships are left in Hong Kong, and although
the exact time of their departure is being kept secret, it was believed that
all of them would probably be leaving for Canton within a week or so. Ac-
cording tb a reliable source, 120 Communist Navy officers from the Northeast
recently arrived in Hong Kong to direct the return of CMSNC ships to China,
and 30 officers have already departed with the Chung-106, Chang-kung, Chieo-
~en, and Teng-k'eng, and seven officers with the Huan-Chang, Others are now
training the crews of the remaining five ships in preparation for the return
to Communist China. _ .
INDIA-CHINK SHIPPING HEGIld3 -- Hong Kong $sing-tao Jih-pao, 15 Aug 50
Paris -- According to a radio broadcast received here from India, the
first ship to engage on the India-Communist China shipping service departed
from Calcutta on 14 August 1950 with a load oP hemp, and was expected to ar-
rive in a Communist port on 3 September.
SS HSIANG-HSING ARRIVES FROM BAN-CHLANG -- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-pao,
15 Aug 50 .
Hong Kong -- The steamship Hsiang-hsing, which recently joined the Hong
Kong--Han-chiana '(25 28, 119 06) shipping service, arrived in Hong Kong on
14'A.uguet with a large amount of cargo, According to one of her crew, there
was no interference from Nationalist planes or ships during the entire trip
although a Nationalist plane once spotted the ship and flew low over her.
The steamship Mau-sang also arrived in Hong Kong yesterday; she came
from Tsingtao with 2,413 tons of cargo. One of her crew reported that con-
trol on foreign ships in and out of Communist ports has become very rigid,
and although the crews of foreign ships are allowed to gc ashore, they must
?return to the ship by 11 o'clock each night.
MACAO BECOMES TRANSFER POINT FOR CHINA -- Hong Kong Being-tao Jih-pao,
17 Aug 50
Macao -- Subsequent to the Nationalist retreat from the mainland of Chinn,
and the limitations imposed on Chinese entering Hoag Kong, many scheduled and
unscheduled ships from Taiwan, Tientsin, Amoy, Swatow, Manila, and Singapore
are making Macao the main transfer point for both passengers and freight enter-
ing and leaving Chiaa,
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PLANS HONG KONG -- CANTON SHIPPING -- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-Pao, 17 Aug 50
gong Kong -?~ Immediate resumption of normal shipping service between
Hong Korg and Canton seems possible as more ships continue to depart from
Hong King fcr Canton. Two more ships, the freighter Min-su, belonging to
the Min-sheng Business Company~eanastedeon+l6 Augustu1950-?~~ThelM~iau weighs
the Kwangsi Shipping Company, P
1,62; tons, and cax,rie~sa ithwa9ssan~gounced by a,ecompanyTofficialhthat shecwill
verted landing ship,
operat? between Hong Kong, Canton, and Wuchow in Kwangei Province,
MAKES REPORT ON SS CH'I-NA_N WHICH STRUCK MINE -- Hong Kong Hsing-tao Jih-Pao,
18 Aug 50
Hong Kong -- The following account regarding the steamship Ch'i-nan, be-
longing to the Butterfield and Swire, which struck a mineThe shin hitha mine
Shanghai, was given by a company official is Hong Kongi. Fortunately only
on 16 August 195G about 40 nautical miles from Shangha
the No 4 hold was dam