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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100040032-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: November 21, 1949
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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1Approved For Release TOP 2002/08/20 : CIA-- SECRET 78-01617AO06100040032-2 1147
FAR EAST
1. CHINA: Nationalist move to Taiwan.`-US Charge Strong
reports from Chungking that the move to Taiwan of Chinese
Government personnel selected by Chiang Kai-shek is about
... to' begin. Strong suggests that if Chungking becomes in-
,secure, Chengtu will be used as a staging point and adds that
zechuan "leaders" may now be expected to play ball with
the Communists in every way,
(CIA Comment: CIA believes that the withdrawal
of Apting President Li Tsung-,en to Hong Kong will speed
up the move to Taiwan, and that in the near future National
Government control will be restricted to that island.)
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