SUBMARINES OF EAST CHINA NAVY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013100110006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 23, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
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marines of East China Navy
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Two submarines, which had been turned over to the Chinese Communists by the
Soviets in early May, left Dairen two days after the acceptance ceremony
for a harbor on the Shantung coast. They have been assigned to the
'Tsingtao Base Command of the East China Navy01 They are both a?19450-ton
class of submarine built in the USSR in 19470
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Some previously repo.r a orma on is duplicated in an attempt to gain
clarity,
Cor,ent, the principal bases controlled
by the Tsingtao ease command are Yentfai (121-249 37-32), Weihaiwei
(122-069 37?31)9 Tsingtao, and Lienyun (119-29, 34-40)$Hsukou (119-22,
34-43)0 The subs are probably at one of these0
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