ECONOMIC INFORMATION: RAILWAY AND HIGHWAY COMMUNICATIONS, DAIREN TO MUKDEN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 26, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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RAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
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SUBJECT Eccnomic Informeationt Railway and IIi Y
Communications,, Dairen to Nilsen
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1. The Dairen Nu]den line was double track until September F
a. Dairen to Pulantien (121 9. -2 ~: Passenger trains run daily, starting
at noon. Passengers are subjected to examination by both Soviet and Chinese
Communist sentries at Shihho (121-52., 39-20). Travelers must possess certif--
icatea issued by communist authorities in Dairen. This certificate can be ob-
tained by bribery. Travelers are released (?) twice dairy, from 07CC) to 0900
and from 1500 to 1700.
b. Pulantieri to Waaf g 122-4)2
operating, 3g3g) t Freight and passenger visas are - al .
c. afazWti 42iu ashchena (122--08. &0-10): Poor freight car,-r are used
for carrying passengers and the trains run irregularly.
d. 8siungyuehcher to Taashihchiaos The, railway line between these two tow=
has been torn up by the Communists. The distance from Hsiungyuehche :gig to
Kaiping (122=22, 40--24) OW be covered by mule cart, carriages or on foot.
It takes one day to reach Kaiping. Some travelers go to the coast vast of
Hsiurruehcheng, where they bribe the Communist guards stationed a11 : ig the
gulf to allow them to ride junks to Yi.ngkou, an overnight trip (]eta -, 4040).
Communist influence extends somewhat north of Kaiping, and travelers ? o make
the one-4V trip on foot from Kaiping to Tashihchiao are searched three times
by Communists. Travelers from Dairen are searched by Nationalist troops at
Chiaotaaipu (12230, 40-33), about five miles south of Tashihchiao,
e. Tashihchiae to Mukdent This distance is covered by passenger train in
app mately five hours,
2. Three trains run daily from Dairen to Port Arthur via the Choushuit (12131,
38"56) airfield.
3. The line from Dairen to Chengtautuan (122-31,, 39-:31) via Chinchou is Lonttrolled
by the Soviets. The branch line from Dairen to Kanchingtsu,[?J vi= Nan-
kuanling (12136, 3901) is also controlled by the Soviets. The lino to
Shahokou (suburb of Dairen), a distance of four miles, is in operation, as
Is the line to Wuchi (another suburb),, a distance of about three miles.
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4. On 9 July there were at Dairen 17 locomotives, eight of which were in the
repair shop; an unspecified number of coaches, including two first class and
one second class; and 219 freight oars, 37 of which were closed.
5. The higlaay from Dairen to Chinchou, built by the Japanese, is 24 feet wide.
The slightly narrower section from Chinchou to Pulantien is used by Soviet
military trucks, which go only as far north as Shihho, and by trucks of Com-
munist trading companies. The poorly-maintained section between Pulantien
and Hsiungyuehcheng is used by Communist trading company trucks. Commtuniiat
military trucks travel the Haiungyuehcheng-Kaiping section; the part between
Kaiping and Tashihchiao cannot be used. Nationalist military trucks use the
stretch between Tashihchiao ,and Mukden. Chains must be used in raiz4r woather.
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