1. DISPOSITION OF SOVIET MILITARY FORCES, PORT ARTHUR- DAIREN AREA 2. SOVIET MILITARY SHIPMENTS FROM DAIREN TO KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008500610001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 7, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/03/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R0085
CLASSIFICATION 01 25x1A
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
AOROAj REPORT
COUNTRY
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
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DATE OF
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C Ixi.na/ICorea/US SR
1. Disposition of Soviet Ailitaary Forces, Port
Arthur < Dairen Area
2._ _ Soviet Military Shipments from Dairen to Korea
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On 21 August Soviet forces in the Port Arthur-Dairen area were as follows:
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Army:
3 infantry divisions, 1 artillery regiment, .2 armored divisions
With 600 taanks6 1 anti-aircraft brigade, and 1 paratroop br .cado41
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Air:
350 navy and airforce planes.
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Navy:
A destroyer squadron of ".mixed" fleet based at Vladivostok
comprising 10 German Na.-tivei..le ace ( ft y , )... type2 destroyers
under Kan-na-weI..ch a i ( q f *; , ) ~, cc ceder-in ohiof of
the Port Arthur Dairen. area.
2, The Soviet Far Eastern Military Area Cor;a;iand has recently sent a. large
quantity of aanna and ainununition from Port Arthur and Dairen to Korea via-
Antw . The South Korean railroad's and the Mukdom.Antung railroad have
been oongostcd because of this heavy traffic, The ammunition included
260,000 rounds of 155mm artillery shells which are nov stored in underground
warel~c~ge at Pyongyang Wonsan, Shunhua ltj~ it, )6, and .Iir mhung.
1. II Comment, This iA (Muetion in strength from forces
25 1 A ed there iaa late July .
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No Uhange.In class,
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2. Cornrraent, M ibly Narvik-typo destroyers,
3, Comment. - reported that Kanovtah was. in charge
or Ar r..Uairen area and Karmanovski as naval corunander.
4, Coirraont, Possibly an error for railroads in South Manchuria.
5. Co Co , Possibly Sunch$on (igjj Ii) ).
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