ARMS SHIPMENTS TO INDOCHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800200001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 12, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL I TELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY China/Inc'ochin^
SUBJECT ?.rms "hi',ments to Indochina
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1? Durthr the nights of 6, 7 an(,' 8 August 1950 the TA PU ( a motorized
junk, carried arms, ammunition and other scar materials froze Castle 'eak,
Hong Kong,, to Lasami Island, where the cargo Was trap hi-r;7ed to Lhe Chinese
freighter I1lI:G iICT I; SIIa SIIOU /v f )* Which then left for Indochina,,
On 20 lur ust the freighter returned, loaded with Wooden cases brought from
chiahuan (113.36, 22-22). As of 21 August the freighter hac not left.
2. In cargo of shipments of military supplies by the Chinese Communists to
the ViOt .'inh forces are II3L'.(: '. enp representative of the South China
?i1itaYy Administration Coranis-ion, two Viet Minh representatives, LI
7 rc ci en ( x. ;4and Y[IA14 Ch f i (}~jj - c': ) a and others who are living
in 2103
Cor:nnont. A translation of this name, prorx,ted by the rarity
o. ir-character names for Chinese vessels, is ST a ;L "C""' Though
this sug'-ests the vessels of the Isthmian Steamshi-) Connany, the des-
cri)tion of the ship as a Chinese freighter precludes such identification.
The3TEEL ROV r, Isthmian Steamship Cor any, loft I!ong Kong for Indochina
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25`R1 R August 1950.
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C? See - for :,)revious detailed .anforuiation con-
cerning-the, organization in Macao.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
STATE
ARMY
CONFIDENTIAL
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Approved For Release 2000/04/18: CIA-RDP82-0