PORT OF WHANG PO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000301000001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Approximately 98% of the inhabitants of Macao are Chinese and I would
say that well over 50% of the population is pro-Communist. Although
all visitors are supposed to report at the Police Station for regis-
tration, it is very easy for Chinese residents of the mainland to go
and come as they please.
2. The Portuguese have between two and three thousand colored troops in
Macao and on 29 Jul 52, there was a minor battle between the Portuguese
troops and Communist soldiers on the mainland. A few Negro soldiers
and a few Communists were killed, but since both Communist China and
the Portuguese desire to maintain the status quo, nothing serious came
of this fight.
3. The Communists need Macao as a port to receive foreign supplies and the
Portuguese, of course, wish to retain possession of the peninsula.
4. There is an additional port at Whang Po where ships, which for one reason
or another do not desire to dock at Macao, often put in. Small ocean-
going liners can dock at this port. UY ships and those belonging to the
satellite countries often put in at this port. Ships that are too large
to dock at hang Po often anchor out in the stream and are unloaded by
sapans.
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