LETTER TO J. EDGAR HOOVER FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: CPUSA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005732213
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 7, 2011
• Case Number: F-2011-01838
• Publication Date: February 1, 1960

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RECEIVED FROM
FEB 3 1960
WASHINGTON 25. D. C.
Washington 25, D. C.
Honorable. J. Edgar Hoover, Director
'Federal Bureau, of Investigation
United.States. D'epaxtment of .ustice
Dear Edgar:
1 FEB 1960
Mr. 11I (;u'.-* ,,..
Mr. Rosen. _
DG.- W.C&i1ivan
Tele. Room
Mr. Iv gram_
;Miss Gandy_-_
My specialists have' translated.and reviewed "The Great
Ten. Years (Statistics of Economic and Cultural Achievemen011
"
the. Chinese'Communist publication you sent me recently. They'
have.found that much of the data in this book is new and:fills
important gaps in. our information .on. the development ot:?Chinesd
Communist economy. The: statistics in this book'al-so provide
some- absolute figures. on. production in..Communist China; these
figures will. help..us luteipretmore.accuratelymuch;other inforw
xnation previously available to us. For these.reasons.the book
is most, valuable.
a / Q O y S' c e a Y? Y
these publications .through regular procurement .channels.
Jr<
After we had.asked.for' and received, your pexmissidr, to
downgrade the classification, of this publication-..fron, "Top Sect"
" to "Secret", 'we received from the Hong,Kong Consulate-Genexal
another copy of the same publication. Since this Hong 'Kong copy
. =was bbtaine throughnon .sensit e se sources, we will use' it as.
the -basis. for dis seminati= of a, translation of the publicatibn, copies Y
of which we will give. you. Your sending us the publication. first
enabled, us to make the translation available to- the. intelligence .
;t;comxriunity much more -quickly than would have been possible other-
II~~ wise. 70. loo.- q 7
I.hope? you will forward to.iae any similar material yo"uW I
collect in the future, since the ?Chinese :Communists ax w
readyYrestricting: the.'nuniber of Chinese language?Publicnaations964
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sent out of China, and we find it increasingly diffic f to? get: 'i..
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Allen W. Dulles,
Director
APPROVED FOR RELEASE - CIA INFOL
DATE: 29-Aug-2011