CHINESE COMMUNIST COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, HONG KONG AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006400650001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 5, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION C0.ft'1th dTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO
1NFOF MA TION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY bong Kong/China
SUBJECT
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Activity, Hong Kong Area
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS 111FONCATION AFFECYlNO THE NATIONAL DEFENSN
OF THE 811ITUD STATES WITHIN THE tlRARINO OF THE ESPIONAtCE ACT 00
H. S. C? it AND !R. AS ARENDED.. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN AMY BANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED FERSOR 13 PRO.
RISITRD BY LAW.. BRPRODUCTIOD1 OF THIS FORM 18 PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
About 27 November 1950 the Tar East Enterprising Company, Universal
Development Company and Yun Tung Shipping Company, representing the
Chinese Communist commercial authorities in Hong Kong, organized the
Wah Dah Transport Company to do all their packing and stevedoring in
Hong Kong for the purpose of reducing to a minimum the publicity on the
nature of their export cargoes. The Kong Kong Stevedoring formerly
handled the business of these companies.
2. In mid-November 1950 Chinese Communist government representatives in
Hong Kong purchased 277,000 tons of supplies, including 3,000 tons of
dynamite, all to be shipped to the Chinese mainland before the end of
1950.
3. In mid November 1950 a Chinese Communist representative in Hong Kong
was trying to buy 2,100,000 tons of shipping, in vessels of 500 to
1,000 tons each, for use in Yangtze shipping.
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5. The Li.Ta (~ , ) Company*., Shanghai, bouGht 2,500 barrels of lubri-
cating oil in Canton for anipment to Liunar- in late November 1550.
6. Between 1 and 15 November 1950, 3,274 drums of gasoline, 500 drums of
kerosene and 1,348 drums of coal tar were smuggled from Hong Kong and
Macao to Canton and the Chungshan and Kongmoon areas. On 24 November
1950 the SS (1W CHEN arrived in Canton with 500 drums of gasoline which
had been smuggled from Hong gong via fsinchD ang (112=42, 22-21).
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