GOVERNMENT ISSUES SHIP-INSPECTION REGULATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600370652-7
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2011
• Sequence Number: 652
• Publication Date: January 29, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
UUNHUth I IAL
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Economic - Shipping
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Canton; Hong Kong
DATE
PUBLISHED 12, 14+ Dec 1950
LANGUAGE Chinese
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING TAR NATIONAL DEFIRES
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT SO
U. S. C.. SI AND IS. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANT MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
M191TID ST LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST. ,2.9 Jan 1951
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
GOVERNMENT ISSUES SHIP-INSPECTION REGULATIONS
The Government Administration Council has issued regulations
concerning inspection of incoming and outgoing domestic and for-
eign ships, ships' crews, passengers, and passengers' luggage,
which became effective on 27 November 1950.
The Canton Harbor Control Bureau issued a directive to pre-
vent Chinese ships from staying at Macao and Hong Kong to avoid
being commandeered by the government to transport military sup-
plies.
REGULATIONS DEFINE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY -- Canton, Nan-fang Jih-pao,
12 Dec 50
Peiping, 28 November (Hsin-hua) -- The Government Administration Coun-
cil has issued the following regulations, dated 27 November 1950, concerning
inspection of incoming and outgoing ships, ships' crews, passengers, and pas-
sengers' luggage.
1. These regulations were especially enacted to promote unified inspec-
tion of incoming and outgoing ships, ships'. crews, pasaengers, and passengers'
luggage; to assure safe navigation; to maintain order within the national
boundary; and to prevent smuggling and the spreading of contagious, diseases
and epidemics.
2. The following departments will perform the inspections under their
jurisdiction:
a. The Harbor Control Bureau will be responsible for inspection of
the ships' documents, logs, machinery, equipment, and safety devices, and the
crew's certificates.
b. The Customs House will be responsible for the inspection of pas-
sengers, passengers' luggage, and the searching of ships for smuggling. They
are also authorized to question smuggling suspects.
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c. The Peace-Preservation Office will be responsible for the in-
spection of passengers' credentials, certificates, and tickets, and, in coop-
eration with the Customs House officials, perform inspection of passengers'
luggage, and personal belongings to be taken ashore by the crew. This office
is also authorized to question persons suspected of possessing illegal arti-
cles.
d. The Health Department will be responsible for the-physical ex-
amination of crews and passengers, and for the inspection of ships' sanita-
tion systems, fumigation of ships and cargo, extermination of rodents and
insects, and the issuing of certificates of inspection.
No other organization, unless especially authorized by the Gov-
ernment Administration Council, shall be allowed to perform the above-men-
tioned duties.
3. The control of incoming and outgoing ships is the sole responsibil-
ity of the Harbor Control Bureau, and no other organization shall interfere.
When the entrance or departure of a ship must be disapproved by other organi-
zations due to special reasons, all procedures must be made through the Har-
bor Control Bureau. The Harbor Control Bureau shall notify other inspection
organizations of information concerning entrance or departure of ships, and
place of berth and anchorage, so that the inspections will be performed ac-
cording to the regulations provided in Section 2.
4. For all incoming ships, the Health Department will dispatch inspec-
tors for preliminary inspection prior to inspection by other organizations.
5. The Harbor Control Bureau will obtain the names of the crew and pas-
sengers from the captain of a ship, and distribute them to the other organiza-
tions. No other organization is permitted to obtain them directly from the
captain. .
6. Inspection of ships, crews, and passengers shall be performed at
ports of departure, arrival, and at intermediate ports; only under special
circumstances will inspection be allowed at sea.
7. Examination of foreign diplomats will be carried out according to
the regulations set forth by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
8. All crews. of Chinese ships, when going ashore, will be provided
with seamen's handbooks or seamen's badges issued by the Harbor Control
Bureau for identification. All crews of foreign ships,, when going
ashore, must carry numbered permits issued by the Peace-Preservation Of-
fice.
9. The Chinese inland waterways ships and coastal vessels do not
come under these regulations, except under the following circumstances:
b. When the Custom House deems inspection necessary to prevent
smuggling.
c. When the Health Department deems inspection necessary due to
illness or death aboard ship.
10. Included also in. the duties of the Harbor Control Bureau is the
responsibility to hold meetings of representatives of the Health Department,
Peace-Preservation Office, Customs House, and Sea:aen's Union to discuss and
improve operations.
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if. When additional inspection organizations are established, their duties
will be carried out according to the rules of the respective organization.
12. The above regulations apply only at international ports designated by
the Central. People's government, and supersede all previous regulations.
FORBIDS CHINESE SHIPS TO SPAY IN FOREIGN PORTS -- Hong Kong, Hsin-tao Jih-pao,
14 Dec 50
Canton, 13 December -- On 12 December 1950, the Canton Harbor Control
Bureau issued a directive to prevent Chinese ships from staying at Macao and
Hong Kong to avoid being commandeered by the government. According to this
directive, all commercial ships engaged in service on the inland waterways
around Canton are prohibited from docking at Macao and Hong Kong as terminal
points. When unable to sail because of engine trouble, they must request the
Harbor Control Bureau to send an inspector, and only after the inspector has
determined that repairs cannot be made in Chinese territory, will they be al-
lowed to go to Macao and Hong Kong.
It was revealed that although there are many commercial ships in and
around Canton, due to lack of business and to avoid being used for trans-
porting military supplies, most of them are tied up in Macao and Hong Kong
so they cannot be taken over by the Chinese government.
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