CHINESE COMMUNIST NAVAL ACADEMY, TSINGTAE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100310002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY China
DATE DISTR.
12 July 1951
SUBJECT Chinese Commun
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1. In February 1951 yam,' o the Chinese Communist Naval AcadenW moved. from Port
Arthur to Tuugchea in the suburbs of Tsir tao.1 The head of this
academy is Soviet adniral (hzrienchi -v the deputy head is TAO Tien (f it ).
and the commissar is LIN Choi-ho ( .& V) , In early June there were 2,800
trainees at this school, 600 from Port Arthur and the remainder from North
China. The acaderv places emphasis on the training of submarine pereonnel.2
2.. In February 1951 an amphibious training center Moved fron Port Arthur to the
Tsingtaa area
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nixt ; period, at this center is eight months. In early
June there were -4,00o trainees at the center, most of whom were selected from
regular Chinese Communist Army units.
In early June there were approximately 500 Soviet marine and a detachment of
Soviet naval ?police at Tsingtao.
4. In early June Soviet naval captain Wayekulev was deputy commander of the Port
Arthur-Dairen t`ilitary District and coar
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er of the Taingtao detachment of
that district. C'layokulev is virtually in control not only of Chinese Communist
naval and military affairs in Tsingtao but also of the civil administration of
that city. M18 office is at Number 57 Tgaipeing (1 Road, Tsingtao.
In early June Soviet naval coriander Somichev was deputy head of the Chinese
Communist Tsingtao :(arbor office, which is under Chinese Communist Navy !ead-
quarters, Peiping.
6. in early June TAIL Kuo?chaing ( I a representative of this Tsingtao
laval Academy, conferred with RUA Yang ( IJJ ), the president of Shantung
University, Tsingtao, regarding the recruiting of members of the June graduating
class -,ho majored in electrical, mechanical, or chemical engineering: As a
result o this conference It was decided that all these graduates should be
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compelled to enter the Teingtao Naval Academy -provided they passed the acadenr?s
physical and other entrance examinations and provided the Northeast Heavy
Industries Department did not desire to recruit them for work in P'anchurta.
If the services of any of these graduates was requested by this department, then
their disposition was to be decided by the Shantung University Administrative
Council.
7. In mid June 87 students of Shantung University passed a physical examination
given by a Tsingtao Naval Academy doctor at the university and were notified
by the academy authorities to report to the academy for registration on 15
July.
8. In mid Tune the Tsingtao Naval AcaderrV was training naval personnel for surface
craft as well as for submarines. There were very few submarine trainees because
of the high physical requirements.
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