RED CHINA SLOWS COMMUNE SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-02771R000300120025-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 25
• Content Type: NSPR

Ai an Initial step tow ird S?-?t'm 1 -:-- -?--
Con
r~,, , . legs communes, the vft (, P ai" trol b light
tomniittxes to c,,}i it:ia'e' ac- tight Comrnuntat party rule acrd
of"f
:ircfveal
rou
tiviues of
r
g
pe
.. can function for a tot, i tribte; operate within this framework
>teslstaact lndte~.Err[' laid down in Peiping. The corn-
Observers here beta s the muse members hra ttw r101.
hate of deliberation n=,Sv b2Enw to sleet commune eORgresses
and lower-level bodks, but the
struck regarding the rorrrrnunrs elections will be s4r1et11r setst
Indicates that that tonurrur.rats, trotted. The sy* list TOX311111100d
have encountered sovie peasant As sty to sped erIsi me,111 ,
resistance to the proj'r..m. They; Unto the citlta:
g 1s ttedevod to Htsv+e
also believe that there are or-k tided
ationr>t corn; le cities that`' derided to establish tart Cott
g ~'? anur,*s to haprove its control
require careful caneiderfttiort:E and increase tbe? ,tan's saws
However. thcr* it n"things tco of prvctucttoa psttkutarigr of
pushing the prograi i v.-it h vitoe farm collectives, th!' lttra'1RKhers
1. grout prQgraas has :tot beta bigger crops Shutt its siarrTlt~r~
aeitietred what was left: URW stabt sos-
tlolti Voggstioun FSrtSYtia[3e'a,r ItV" and Cftn$rel of bbw.. TMW
Vans? 1PA&nninn-. besot. it:,anar will' add tens', at mUflow
being informed ; r"? v ?nr) '
'fie tri0nuna will be tstidtr
, , ri sio-tlsbed, lpcorpntate- 011 the( bftk.' Iitt 1w. ptimir - o
tetktst '. irgg+ smmlt~ apw try a? its
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Approved For Release 2001/11/08 : CIA-RDP78-02771 8000300120025-6
Approved F "i Release 2001/11/08 : CIA-RDP78-02771 R000300120025-6
RED S'L,
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COMMUNE S- fA Fi4
Cadrat Cautioner`
{Haste in Placini;:t'. r;+ts
Under Pigid utltroi
sy TILI??MAti Tit:rttrit
drtmai la I h, ~. ?.
BONG KONG ''rl t; t^
Chinese Common r.~q V 'ru
ceoding somewhat Jr-', *=uw4
ly. In the formatior,> nS pr;,;-e'&
contmtmes than th-::P i~ 1? -ab--
liclty from Priptr~r? A;.,.,t thisw
new system seemed; to mdr .etc;
a month ago.
Recent informs' 4 Zrca- Ur!*,
capital of Conimurn.?? ? `ir a: rr
pnrt.a that cadres ? t -rh
cautionexi not to h'# i~ .sly.
in setting up comm.::
Officials of rtirni r r r; it arc
being rrtninded th tt e ., .n,'
up ' of collectively z ^* ! .4n j
bidtvtdual rural ri r:y in
volved in entahhs.r , -1
fledged cotnmunrs, v";: -W'0-!
freed carefully. In ! i. r, it::'ar'
they are bring: to1u !h,t the
toi etia of organi3in p tv,nt .
f., nto communes mmus+ at xr -i-
; fere with the gAtt',viu ut shim
T he der ecuves, to t,;: to it ea rya es can be cut or bonuses
t note that it may f: x,' i?it. to.!givenjin accordance with the`
five years to comptele thr coin- work enthusiasm of the fntntr
mune program. 0164 ta;s arehers. Labor groups can be
ly' ' being told that rise prr-4rnt
ff
_.....___~,. ... h;fted from farm to factory;
1 dtnge Are Merged
Under the 'T lations for a
t;'1-t:}F4tzrd commune, a few
thutisand to 10,000 peasant
hrnncho'ds merge their farm
cri,ec.t,ves into an organisation
that takes over *ll oollectlve
p'opcr!y as well as the email
plots,.tools, livestock and towr/I,
the itemante hgve been W.
Putted to horp Individually up
t1 nc,W.:nstrad of splitting up
the ineome c the collective as
hcret?,irre. the peasants go on
t- tiXrt! wags ayAtcm.
>t: Fifnaity and, individual house-,
holdW.ing virtually disappeara.?
The _epmmune members cat in,
cen(r4t wens halls and live is
comtnt;nal housing. Nurseriesl
taste to*r of the chIldren and.
thr fields Along with the men.
All uremia of production and
all lnhnr belong to the com-
ni iw. It not only farms the
Inrg;e rrra tinder Its control but
hu, Ir1s and manages Industries,
handles traste and banking, and
runs .rr;gsoois. Irrigation systems,
hrspit.als, posts and the tele-{
graph. t
The managements of the!
h-!n itnu?nshipl slid of the
conrmunea become one and the.
e+me. The organisation is along
minter) lines and the corn-'
munc4 arm and Incorporate
ahie-bodied persona into the.