CHINESE COMMUNIST TRADE THROUGH MACAO

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 2004
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FORM NO. 5f-q/-R
FEB 1952
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY Hong Kong/Macao/China.
SUBJECT Chir ese Communist Trade through Macao
PLACE
ACQUIRED
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE U N I T E D STATES, W I TM I N THE MEANING OF TITLE 1B, SECTIONS 795
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON. IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM 15 PROHIBITED.
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* Except as noted.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
During June and July 1952 the following goods were shipped from Hong Kong to
Macao;
Date Description
June Machinery (27 cases)
,, June Fuel or Diesel oil
Quantity Remarks
1 unit For military use after being
equipped with a generator in
Macao. Stored in the Li Sheng,
Company warehouse! Eventual
destination Canton.
3 sets Contents of cases unknown.
Stored in T4aipting Warehouse.
Eventual destination Hankcwr.
80 tons Stored in the Ilha Verde ware-
house. Shipped on the motor
launch YUNG LO.
Jac Steel plates 200 pieces
Copper bricks 500 pieces Stored in the Nan Kuang Company
warehouse.
Copper sheets
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18 June Rubber tires2
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100 cases Each case measured 2 feet by 6.
feet and held 25 sheets. Stored
in Nan Kuang Company warehouse.
860 pairs Stored in Nan Kuang Company
warehouse.
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21 June Radio sets3(TOP CTT)
(sic)
June Iron angle bars, square
bars, and flat bars
Quantity
70 tons
50 cases
June
Bleaching powder
125 drums
,ViLme
Aviation gasoline
50 tons
my
Diesel lubricating oi15
200 tons
(sic)
July
Kerosene5
30 tons
my
Steel files
60 bundles
Radio equipments
2 boxes
~JJuly
oils
Engin
60 barrels
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Films?
6 boxes
J Caustic
J,ly ' Tires
Engine oil
Engine oil (5-gallon tins;
250 barrels
100 sets
87 barrels
159 tins
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Remarks
Shipped on the FATSHAN and stored
in the Nan Kuang Company warehouse.
Shipped on the TA LAI and stored in
the T''aipring Warehouse.
Shipped on the TAKSHING.
Shipped on the YUNG FA LI. Eventual
destination Canton.
Eventual destination Amoy-4
Shipped on the YUNG VUNG HSING.
Shipped on the TA 111. Stored in
the Nan Kiang Company warehouse.
Shipped on the FATSHAN and stored
in Nan Kuang Company warehouse.
Stored in the Nan Kuang Company
warehouse.
Stored in the Nan Kuang Company
warehouse.
Shipped on the FATSHAN.
Tar (53-gallon drums)
10 drums
Tar (5-gallon tins)
45 tins
Pitch
60 barrels
July
Iron bars?
50 tons Shipped on th
e TA LAI.
Crane?
1 set
Iron cylinder7
95 rods
Round iron bars?
110 tons
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Films
49 boxes Shipped on th
e FATSHAN.
u,1l.y
Pitch
1110 barrels Shipped on th
e FATSHAN.
Photographic paper
1.8 boxes
July
Steel bars
.50 tons Shipped on th
e TA LAI.
July6
Steel bars
50 tons Shipped on th
e TA TAI and stored
in the Nan Ku
ang Company warehouse.
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Pitch
Shipped on th
e FATSHAN and stored
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in the Nan Ku
ang Company warehouse.
July
Tin plates in boxes
300 tons Shipped on th
e TA LAI.
(approximate)
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2. During June and July 1952 the following goods arrived in Macao from unstated
shipment points;
Date Description
5 June Vitamin powder (in
53-gallon drams)
Vitamin powder (in
20-gallon drums)
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Quantity Remarks
25 drums Stored in the Ttaip'ing Warehouse.
100 drums Stored in the T'aip'ing Warehouse.
Eventual destination Canton.
700 drums Stored in the Li Fa Warehouse.
July Steel plates and steel 400 tons Discharged from a steamship flying
bars8 the Panamanian flag to a Communist
boat at sea near Chiuchou (113-36,
22-14). Stored in the Nan Kuang
Company warehouse.
:5 July Empty shell cases, )00 tons *Shipped on the FU SHAN (6858/1I72).9
minerals, used engine (approximate) Stored on the Wanshan Islands
(113-42, 21-55).
`25 July Aluminum plates. 500 boxes Bought in Hong Kong; 48 plates,
each 18 inches wide, 3 feet long,
.03 feet thick. Stored in the Nan.
Kuang Company warehouse.
On 8 June a complete lathe, shipped in six cases, arrived in Macao from Kwangtung
-1 1. (sic) and was stored in the T'aip'ing Warehouse. Its eventual destination was
Hankow, via Canton.10
!e On 14 June 20 cases of silver arrived in Macao from Canton on the HSD MING 25X1
HSTNGa The silver was to be converted into foreign exchange in Hong Kong.ll
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CD NO.
COUNTRY Hong Kong/China
SUBJECT la Shipments from Hong Kong to Communist China
2, Lease of SS MET TA
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE. MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793,
AND 194, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSM15SION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON 15
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF TNIS FORMIS PROHIBITED.
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le Between 26 June and 19 July 1952 the following goods shipped from Kowloon
passed through the Lo. Wu railroad stationl en route to Communist Chins.:
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Date Description Quantity Transportation Company
26 June Mica 7 large cases TYien Hsing
23 July Pharmaceuticals 20 small cases Yung Teung
Indigo Blue 30 small cases
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Date Time 'Description Qaantit
26 June 12015 p.m. Bicycles 592 units
17 July 6:50 p.m. Dyestuffs 30 small case-
Metalwares 40 small cases
18 July 845 a.m. Mica 10 large cases
Pharmaceuticals 80 small oases
19 July 5140 p.m. Mica. 60 large ease*
Metalwares 120 small cases
2a On 26 June and 23 July the following shipments were loaded on trucks to be _ 25X1
transported from Hong Kong New Territories to Communist China via Mare Kam To2;
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3. During the first week in July 1952 very few shipments were made from Hong Kong to
Communist China, although no less than 20 wagons3 of cargo entered Hong Kong from
the mainland during that period. After the middle of July shipments in former
amounts were resumed.
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4. The former HUANG HAI (7806/3189)4, a steamship formerly owned by the Nationalist
Government and owned by the Min Sheng (3046/3923), has been renamed the MEI TA
(5019/6691) The Chinese Communists have covertly leased the ship through the
Tai P?ing Yang (1132/1627/3152) Company5 to the Chieh Chffeng (2212/2052) Company.
The ship has a gross tonnage of 2,400 tons and a net tonnage of 1,9900 tons, flies
the Panamanian flag, and is worth US $200,000. On 23 July 1952 the MEI TA was on 25X1
her way from Hong Kong to Bangkok. A large majority of the ship?s crew were not
satisfied with their treatment and were ready for mutiny.
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