ATTEMPTS AT EXTORTION OF MONEY FROM RIVER SHIPPING, MACAO AREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004900590012-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 4, 2002
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: May 29, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY
SUBJECT Attempts at Extortion of .oney from
River Shipping, ::acao Area
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1. On 1.5 iy.arch 1950 eU using (?,' )}_ ), a Ia T'ien krh* leader from N'ing
Chung ( jj 'I~ ) in eastern Chunbshan hsien, arrived in ,aaoao with ton
fol1owers. In April, ktu was staying with a friend on the ground floor
of 9 Yeh luu Ch ien (4S4 z}' , Street. lie and his followers were
collecting money, in ti:e name of the .;.in Sheng ( ti q ) Cornpar r, from
river boats at Chu Chou "i'Vou near cr.?ieri Shan (113-32, 22-14)
on the inlet west of .cacao. The area of~ activity of t~ e group those n
represent is from Ping Chung to Chu Chou 'Y'ou. The organization, which
consists of 100 man with 5 or C machine guns, is under the leadership of
4U Ch?uaa ( 4 ). before coming to i..acao, the men who accompanied
i''U }sing were engaged in carrying information between the field grcup and
the u.acao leader, traveling as smug ;lers on wood rafts between t.acao and
Fling CL' urrg .
2. In early April 1950 river boats calling ati.acao were receiving threatening
letters, demanding money, signed by HO Fang (/- !I ) and CHOU Chun
{ fT ), director and deputy director respective y of the Ssu I Ching
lion She (END U -~ )~* The letters instructed the recipients
to deliver the mon y to tie offices of the various Ch'ing Len She in
aoao.
3. River boats in L..acao Lave received notices as.cirg for contributions of
foodstuffs for the 3 Army of the ,wangtung i rovircial AntiV-Corranunist
i,.eticnal Salvation ,army-**, signed by IIOA_.G Chao { ~~1 ), commander of
the C Regiment, 3 Army, :,warrgtung Provincial Anti-Communist r~.atlonal
Salaatic.n Army,**** 1A1.G has an oftica, known aq the hung Chi (%TA )
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Camparry, on the ground flair of the T'ai An (k i otel, 1i81 Pang
(;- ) Street, ,.Cacao, which is used as a center for the collection of
money from various shipping conparries. In early April. 1:7JANG Chao, who
is also known as HUANG :-,ien (,p 1. ), was appointed to ccmriand a
regiment in the 9 i.ivisioa, 3 Am', Anti-Communist ,ational Salvation
J rj. he is a native of _-.iu tun ( ~~ } in n.sinhui hsien. in i acao,
hU hG resides at the v+uchow hotel.
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4. On 7 April 1950 Li ~hiu ) , a LL o1 ficer of the Chiu Lug ( t , ; )
Company of the 5th district of Chun:,shrxn t,siea, arrived in i acao and
began demanding protection fees from shipping firms. The Sane activity
was also being carr7Zed on by FU Lue-shah also known as
Fu ~i~'ia lI~-?1.1dY.ig 1 q 44 ,, ) 9 who also arrived in iS o@'~U?Sl 'I ,E1r~Y'1,t 1950 ,
5. On 28 "roh 1950 more than forty armed men? part of the forces of the
Chi.n,se !Nationalist .sinistry of .'ational Lefense, raided kt Co nuaiEf;
grain boat at 'ai Sha Lan opposite l,:a;"#_?? Ch,;u,, an island
about ten miles southwest of 1'..araa, an a;ooic wore than forty picu.ls of
grain.
6. In early April 1950 the following vessels were t>i.yizg,,hetween canton, and
Shihchi: SS C1 UNIG ShjtN !- ) x. Say S1,atiG Ci . and SS i,S -ITT
H UA 13 1 the SS hAI YEN, which :'or;:?erly ran between
Shihchi, and rnor.oon, had suspended operations.
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