INDICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VULNERABILITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
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• Publication Date: January 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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10 (lb) Sine-Soviet Friendship:
Peking reported in numeral code (Jan. 9) that Li Chi-shen credited China's 1952
gains to Mao's leadership and "the fraternal assistance of the USSR." Ho Hsiang-
ning of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee pointed out that Sun Yat-sen had
urged Chinese leaders to "unite with the USSR."
Anshan announced (Jan. 9) that the Local Education and Culture Bureau honored
"Chinese and Soviet workers" who sponsored the SSF Month Photo Exhibit. Peking
said in numeral code (Jan. 7) that the SSF MAGAZINE published replies from Soviet
cultural groups to letters written in appreciation of SSF Month performances.
Peking and Shanghai reported (Jan. 11) that Liu Shao-chi, head of the Chinese
Communist Party delegation to the Soviet 19th Congress, had arrived home.
Peking'said in numeral code (Jan. 10) that the Soviet Foreign Insurance Administrative
Bureau, established in Dairen in 1946 to provide fire insurance for Soviet enter-
prises, had transferred its "assets and liabilities" to the China People's
Insurance Company.
2. (ic) Soviet Technical Guidance:
Peking (Jan. 9) quoted from a JEN MIN JIH PAO! article on the Fushun open-pit mine,
where "Soviet experts guide Chinese workers, who are trained in the use of modern
Soviet conveyors and drills." Peking said in numeral code (Jan. 8) that the
Ministry of Communications recently called a conference in Wuhan to "popularize"
the Soviet method of single-line towing.
3. (ic) Russian Leadership:
Kunming reported (Jan. 5) on an exhibition showing nearly 2,000 photos from. Korea,
Vietnam, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, Mongolia, and Poland.
They "demonstrated clearly peaceful construction in the People's Democracies" and
the "invincibility of the peace camp under the leadership of the USSR."
Wuhan stated (Jan. 7) that Kwangtung peasants who toured the USSR were making
speaking tours to tell the people of the happy life in the USSR. Wuhan said
(Jan. 11) that at the Central and South China Metallurgical Institute the staff
and students were improving their work by "emulating Soviet teaching and study
methods."
Chungking said (Jan. 6) that local factory workers had adopted 57 progressive
Soviet experiences, would learn another 50 and "widely emulate Soviet experiences
in order to industrialize China." However, some workers were backward in their
thinking, and refused to learn progressiva Soviet experiences.
4. (2a) War Burdens:
Mukden reported (Jan. 6) that the local Party committee met to outline work for the
first quarter of the new year, stressing "active promotion of the resist America,
aid-Korea drive."
Dairen stated (Jan. 9) that the Party committees of local machine shops called the
workers together to study editorials on intensification of the RAAK drive.
Shanghai announced (Jan. 7) that scheduled RAAK talks would stress intensification
of the drive and the preferential treatment program. Peking said in numeral code
(Jan. 5) that 109 railway workers from the Hangchow Administrative Bureau left for
the Korean front in support of the RAA! drive, with engineers and conductors
promising to take care of their families.
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According to Kunming (Jan. 12) the Yunnan Branch of the Peoples Bank called a
meeting to discuss "extension of banking facilities to rural areas in order to
assist the peasants." Peking announced in numeral code (Jan. 11) that the China
Red Cross Society had called a national conference in Peking.
5. (2c) Economic Difficulties:
Dairen announced (Jan. 8) that the local Commerce and Industry Bureau had ordered
State enterprises to limit their business to wholesale trade, widening the
differential between wholesale and retail prices "to encourage private merchants."
Sian reported (Jan. 5) that 12 Northwest exploration teams tested 4,100 different
kinds of ores last year, and this year the field work would be quadrupled, investments
increased six times, "to intensify mineral surveys and explorations."
Peking reported in numeral code (Jan. 8) that Mukden cadres had been reprimanded
and dismissed for storing woolen goods during October, "when there was a huge demand
for such goods, Sian said (Jan. 11) that 20 oxen had been illegally butchered
in a Kansu hsien and two illegal slaughterhouses discovered in Shensi, endangering
the supply of oxen for agricultural production.
Peking asserted (Jan. 8) that workers in Czechoslovakia were manufacturing goods
to fill-orders from China, and added (Jan. 9) that a Sino-Rumanian technical and
scientific pact had been signed. Peking said (Jan. 8) that the Northeast Party
Committee had called upon State enterprise workers to fulfill new assignments "by
fully utilizing their present production equipment."
Peking (Jan. 8) quoted "the reactionary" TINES of India as saying scientists at
Lue1iow had demanded that India stop exporting strategic materials.
6. (3a) Russianization Moves.
Mukden announced (Jan. 6) that Anshan steel mill cadres met to discuss implementation
of a program to promote advanced Soviet experiences and the study of Russian so they
could read Russian books. Chungking stated (Jan. 7) that the Southwest Party
Training School stressed such courses as political indoctrination and "culture."
Hofei stated (Jan. 9) that 80 percent of the 141,376 Anhwei Province propaganda
cadres were engaged in promoting "Party-mass relationships." Chengte said
(Jan. 7) that in Katso District, Jehol, the cadre propaganda network was reorganized
because it failed to carry out assignments and was ineffective. Mukden (Jan. 7)
told of a Party directive ordering intensification of indoctrination among workers
and cadres to promote the 5-year plan.
Peking reported in numeral code (Jan. 5) that the Central Government had issued
regulations on supervisory units in State financial and economic enterprises to
implement national policies. These units would guard against "overt obedience
but covert violation," and must have access to all files and maintain an adequate
informer network.
7. (3a) Basic Construction:
N[ukden announced (Jane 8) that Northeast construction units were stockpiling brick,
steel, cement, lumber, and other materials, and had accumulated from 3 to 50
percent of their needs. Peking said in numeral code (Jan. 6) that 10,000 Mukden
horse carts had been mobilized to carry materials for basic construction. Shanghai
announced (Jan. 9) that the Last China Office of Engineering had streamlined its
organization and taken on 100 engineers.
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Peking 3n numeral code (Jan. 5) reported that a Central and South'directive
compelled registration of technical cadres for basic-construction, technical
training, and indoctrination, saying "any refusal to accept orientation is a
violation of Government laws." Peking announced (Jan. 7) that the Shanghai Labor
Bureau had trained 20,000 for technical jobs and was giving them assignments.
Peking added (Jan. 9) that 700 Southwest technicians had been transferred to areas
where they were needed.
Peking complained in numeral code (Jan. 10) against "the indiscriminate recruiting
of technical personnel." Some Government units had offered special bonuses to
workers, leading others to demand pay increases and'resign from the unions.
"Instead of listening to lectures in winter schools, workers sent notes to the
instructor demanding pay increases."
Peking reported in numeral code (Jan. 10) that Southwest authorities had twice
issued directives calling for implementation of basic construction transfers, but
still certain units were lax. Inspection teams now were being organized to check
on implementation of orders in the Southwest. Wuhan reported (Jan.'10) that
Kwangtung had organized a committee to register technical personnel, but most offices
had been lax. A new order demanded completion of registration by the end of the
month.
Kunming reported (Jan. 8) that seven local private high schools which faced money
and teacher shortages had been taken over by the Yunnan Government to train personnel
for basic construction,
8. (3a) Counterrevolutionary Indications:
Dairen reported (Jan. 8) that local militia units were undergoing winter training to
"increase their political consciousness." Chengte said (Jan. 9) that Jehol militia
units were challenging each other to guard Government property well. Last year the
Jehol militia increased four times, to 51,000 men. Shanghai announced (Jan. 5) that
the newly organized East China Political and Legal Affairs Committee would suppress
counterrevolutionaries.
9. (3a) Judicial Changes:
Peking said in numeral code (Jan. 7) that with judicial reform in the Southwest,
backward cadres had been replaced by "firm supporters of the Party."
10. (3e) Agricultural Remolding:
Peking reported in numeral code (Jan. 10) that certain Suiyuan nomadic areas exempt
from land reform were found to be semiagricultural. Steps had been taken to divide
the land and abolish privately operated ranches organized since the liberation.
11. (4) Border Minorities:
Peking in numeral code (Jan. 5) reported that a survey team had explored the head-
quarters of the Huang Ho in the Kunlun Mountains of Tibet, collecting "numerous
geological speciments." Chungking said (Jan. 5) that the Tibetans were grateful
to the People's Liberation Army units for promoting public welfare, construction,
and production.
12. (4) American Atrocities:
Peking said in numeral code (Jan. 11) that U.S. authorities promoted "fascist
persecutions" to intensify the anti-Soviet war mania... Peking (Jan. 7) and
Wuhan (Jan. 8) reported protests of various organizations, including Christian
groups, at "fabricated charges" against the Rosenbergs; and their death sentences.
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Peking told in numeral code (Jan. 7) of a JEN MIN JIH PAO article: "Oppose the
Design of the Americans to Expand the War of Aggression in Indochina." Peking
(Jan. 11) quoted Indian sources through TASS as saying the U.S. Government planned
to support French colonialists in Vietnam with direct military aid.
Peking asserted (Jan. 5) that a Japanese American trade and navigation agreement
being drafted would "tighten the noose around Japanese trade and shipping."
Peking stated (Jan. 10),that the Tokyo American Embassy had agreed to help set up
an intelligence bureau composed of former fascist Japanese officers.
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