CHINESE COMMUNIST ANTI-MOSLEM PROPAGANDA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-02771R000500570023-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 1998
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: May 2, 1956
• Content Type: MF

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2 May 1956
NOT T TOt Chief,. -
T Chinese Communist Ant1?Jfosle Propaganda
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Anr#1 informally requested copies of
able Chinese Coin n mist propaganda material directed against
s. He was eepe a1i interested in printed material
Kashgarj, S'Inkimg Province, as follows:
Atheistic publications,
b. Articles urging Madera to adopt attitudes contrary
Lowe of or affectin
in-king Autonomous 'Provirce..
d. Derogatory or patronizing references to people of an
of the Afro-Asian Conference COMM
e. References to continued existence of Il:SIAC MZF I
2, 'No evidence is available on a current Chinese Cc unist
persecution campaign of Chinese Muslims in China. Indications are,
however,, that the Conruni st regime is attempting to utilize these
Muslims.
1 3 a -panish s onarv who - ad "recently" returned from
nee in Northwest China= confjyved the continuation of this
in that the anti-Coi monist "iuslims have controlled a
eastern Kx fo r a1ast 18m onthf and that "tor
easone Chinese Communist leaders have not yet launched
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The report indicated that Con runist authorities were
utilize theus1lm.9. One method of control
,port,, is carried through close 6unervisionn of
thous institutions and societies. The report
the Communist authorities .)crsecl ted =usliri
Lonalist regime, but were tolerant of the rest
followers of the
of the Muslim,
the report
violation of Muslim traditions and rituals,
only tho case of beef slaughtering through electro-
,d of butchering with knives. IA, 25 Feb 55,
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5. Other reports on file i confirm the information
ported in paragraph 3.
6, In our attempts to collect Chinese Communist pi pag
material directed to the 4osle we contacted the CIA/LIB, VDIDp
?BID, OCI, OPP and FE Division within CIA and the Department of
d to indicate the existence of extensive persecution of Muslims
attack to crush the revolt." At that time OCt c
ly confirmed instance of resistence to the Chinese
as on this scale," IA, OCI, Current Intelligence
6, 13 Jan 53, Secre
A CS report, dealing with Musli and Muslim asrc eiations
i t China, and covering information as late as August 19533,
.d PIA.. None of these offices is able to furnish any su
material
7. While have found little or no evidence of C.inese Corru-
niat atheistic pro;aeanda against oslems, there is considerable on
the Soviet side. several instarees are treated t State 3 artment t s
Soviet Aff ars No as ofO April 195+ one on page 5 states c;M
lectures delivered y Comrsursi.t officials increased."
a USIA report stated..""A broadcast by the
d in Tashkent (Pravda Vosto 5 Oct 191k9), while the number of
n God among the Mu slims of the U R." ( IAfI14.34h-55 -
attention to a new series of booklets designed to undermine
radio at AS IA AD in Soviet Turkmenistan in February 1955
55
tions of the Soviet Attitude Toward Islam, Unclassified
e fro reports also discuss a number of laws with provisions
he Islamic faith in the USSR.
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Its, Our i e ination Branch knows of your need for this typ
material and will forward it ae received.
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