TOP SECRET 7. Throughout the recent fighting in the Yangtse, Admiral Kwei, the C-in-C of the Nationalist Navy has been endeavouring to evacuate his ships to Amoy or Formosa. Between the 10th and 24th he successfully sailed many ships from woosung including, we believe, 5 non-operational destroyers, some towed by rescue tugs, 7 LSTs and 4 LCTs loaded with troops and equipment and escorted by l gunboat. Some of these vessels have now arrived at Tsoying in Formosa (5 miles North of Takao) where the commander-in-Chief of the Nationalist Navy has established his headquarters.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- China Formosa
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/7/7
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 158/7
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0007.007
- Keywords
- Foreign Policy Chinese Civil War Hong Kong Empire Colonies Imperial Defence Defence Military Intelligence Communism Geographic Intelligence Contingency Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Battles Military Strength Soviet Foreign Policy Soviet-chinese Relations Refugees Assessing Enemy Strength Chinese Air Force Chinese Navy Chinese Army Military Situation Reports Morale
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 8
- Persons Discussed
- William Hayter Douglas Packard Lawrence Pendred
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Military Intelligence
