CHINESE COMMUNIST MARITIME CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002501060010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2013
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
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COUNTRY China REPORT
SUBJECT Chinese Communist Maritime Capital DATE DISTR.
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October 1953
Construction Program
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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a state-operated salvage company was organized
to salvage vessels throughout China. The company salvaged a total of 121
vessels Approximately 430 vessels with a total tonnage .
of 150,000 had been sunk at the time the Communists consolidated their control;
Of th?, vessels representing a total tonnage of 30,000 were repaired.
Nineteen jetties in various Yangtze harbors have been repaired and more than 250
motor vessels) excluding those for military use, have been built. Depots at
Hankow, Anch'ing (N 30-31, E 117-02), and Wuhstleh (N 29-51, E 115-37) with a
total capacity of 18,000 tons have been repaired,
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following a decision
Administration Council to complete the new T'angku
widespread mechanized construction was undertaken.
of 17,000,000 cubic meters of earth had been dredged; theoriginal wharves recon-
structed and strengthened; a lock allowing passage of vessels of 3,000 tons
repaired; two coal?loading machines, each with a loading capacity of 450 tons of
coal per hour, repaired; and dikes, depots, and buildings repaired. The first
phase of the Tangk'u construction project was thereby completed two months ahead
of schedule. vessels of 10,000 tons were able to enter the harbor
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harbor
Whampoa harbor authorities undertook the removal of shoals on the 50X1-HUM
navigation route within the harbor; repair of depots and wharves; installation
of buoys for mooring of vessels up to 30,000 tons; and construction of cargo
centers, power plants, railway lines, and waterways. vessels
of 8,000 tons were able to enter the harbor for the discharge or taking on of
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cargoes. the "wall of the bank" at Whampoa frequently colla sed for a
distance of four kllometers and to a depth of ten to fifty meters.
the repair of the wail was undertaken in accord with the advice of a Soviet50X1-HUM
technician that the course of the current be modified. Dredging of Paishachou
(4101/3097/3166) cleared the main navigation route and restricted the current
to a central course, permitting completion of the wharf construction.
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Hsakou (N 34-43, E 119-22), Tsingtao, and along the lower Yangtze River.
In the Sungari River, twenty shoals were removed and 1,500,000 cubic meters of
silt dredged) permitting fully-loaded vessels to transport commodities
between Communist China and the Soviet Union. Nine hundred and twenty-seven
signs were erected along the shore and 190 buoys were placed within the harbor.
At the mouth of the Yangtze River) obstructions along the navigation route were
surveyed) mines wept, and buoys installed. Twenty lighthouses were either
constructed or repaired and 32 buoys placed on navigation routes at the mouths
of coastal harbors. On the Yangtze River a total of 305 lightboats, lighted
posts, and lighted buoys were installed. A new navigation route was opened
from the mouth of the Pearl River, enabling ocean liners to sail directly to
Whampoa harbor without passing through the territorial waters of Hong Kong.
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6. No,vigation offices have begun development of a systematic program of investi-
gating, surveying, measuring depth and planning construction programs along
vi ati n routes of inland rivers, harbors, and bays linked with the coast.
investigation of harbors at Hsakou) Tsingtao), Chefoo, Yingk'ou
N O-'0, E 12 -13), Lungk'oul (N 37-40, E 120-20)) Shihtao (N 36-53, E 122-25),
Weihaiwei (N 37-31, E 122-06)) and Dairen was completed. In South China, the
surveying of harbors at Hankow) Ich'ang (N 30-42) E 111-17)) Wanhsien (N 30-49)
E 108-24), aid Chungking was completed. Surveying of harbors at Wuhu (N 31-21,
E 118-23), Ytich'i(N 28-22) E 119-40), and Erhpa (0059/1100) was in progress.
Surveying of 730 kilometers of navigation route on the Yellow River from Ninghsia
to Suiyuan was completed and sounding and planning of a wharf and shipyard had
begun on this route.
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