MAP INTELLIGENCE REVIEW

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• Publication Date: May 5, 1953
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MAP INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
CIA/RR MR-36
5 May 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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MAP INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
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May 1953
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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TAFF. OF CONTENTS*
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I.
Asia
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A.
Administrative Changes in Communist China
1
B.
Administrative Map of India and Pakistan
5
C.
Map of Dam Sites in India
5
D.
Recent Maps of the Philippines
7
II.
Europe
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A.
Changes in the Administrative Divisions of Rumania.
9
B.
New Hungarian Gazetteer
13
C.
The Status of Belgian Roads in 1952
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D.
Discrepancies in the Portrayal of Italian Communes.
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III.
Africa
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A.
Administrative Map of French Morocco
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B.
"Atlas Gen6ra1 Du Congo et Ruanda-Urundi"
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IV.
South America
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A. New Departamento in Colombia
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*An individual classification for each article in this Review is
given at the end of the article.
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China: Communist Administrative Divisions -- 1953
(CIA 12577) 4
India and Pakistan: Internal Administration (CIA 12293) 6
Rumania: Administrative Divisions -- 1952 (CIA 12479) 12
Morocco: Administrative Divisions -- January 1952
(CIA 12380) 20
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I. ASIA
A. ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES IN COMMUNIST CHINA
Recent decisions have again altered the administrative
structure of Communist China. These administrative changes are
shown on the accompanying map, CIA 12577, which is a thorough
revision of China: Communist Administrative Areas -- 1952,
CIA 12276, described in Map Intelligence Review No. 33,
August 1952.
Two significant administrative decisions were made on
15 November 1952 by the 19th Conference of the Central Peoples
Government Council, as follows:
1. The Peoples Government of Northeast China (Manchuria)
and the "military-administrative" committees of the "major
administrative areas" have been abolished, and in their place
"administrative committees" have been organized. The
transformation took place during December 1952 and January 1953.
The former military-administrative committees were established
early in 1950 in each major administrative area except Northeast
China to govern at an intermediate level between the central
government and the provincial governments. They were designed
with the aim of centralizing and consolidating effective control
over the various areas of China through a semi-military type of
government. The change to purely administrative committees
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reflects progress in the consolidation of Communist control over China.
It will probably lessen considerably the prestige and power of the
area governments, centralize control more tightly at Pei-ching (Peking),
and strengthen government at the provincial and municipal levels.
2. The North China provinces of Pingyuan and Chahar have been
abolished, and the provincial boundaries of North China, with a few
exceptions, have returned to pre-1949 alignments. Pingyuan, created
in 1949, was reapportioned to Shantung and Ronan, with the 29 eastern
hsien being returned to Shantung and the remaining 27 hsien being
transferred to Honan. The 13 hsien of southwestern Chahar are now
part of Shansi; the remaining 16 hsien are part of Hopeh. Although
Chahar had existed as a province since 1928, its area fluctuated con-
siderably. In 1949 the northern part of the province was incorporated
into the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Other administrative changes that have occurred in recent months
are reflected on the accompanying map, CIA 12577.
1. In August and November 1952, decisions wei:e made to abolish
eight so-called "administrative office diatricts"--four in Szechwan
and two each in Anhwei and Kiangsu. Provincial governments subse-
quently were organized in these three provinces. These former admin-
istrative units had been established in 1949 and had functioned admin-
istratively at the province level.
2. The exact administrative status of the Inner Mongolia Autono-
mous Region (IMAR) and that of Tibet are not entirely clear. From
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information contained in recent Chinese Communist maps and atlases, 1/
it appears that the IMAR is included in the North China Administra-
tive Area and that Tibet is in the Southwest Administrative Area. The
most recent press reports from official Communist Chinese sources,
however, continue to list Tibet and the IMAR as administrative units
separate and distinct from the major administrative areas. Both Tibet
and the IMAR are directly administered by the Central Peoples Govern-
ment. According to the 1952 Peoples Handbook, Tibet also has the
status of an autonomous region--a sop to its predominantly non-Chinese
population. There is no doubt, however, that the two so-called
"autonomous regions" are effectively controlled by the Peking regime.
3. On 1 July 1952 the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region was moved from Chang-chia-Mou (Kalgan), Chahar Province, to
Kuei-sui, capital of Suiyuan Province. This change was followed by
a 1 August decision to merge the military districts of Suiyaan and
Inner Mongolia. Since Suiyuan has a sizable Mongol population and
is generally considered to be geographically a part of Inner Mongolia,
the eventual inclusion of SuiyUdn in the IMAR appears probable.
1. See Chung-hua Jen-min Kung-ho-kuo Fen-sheng (Provincial
Atlas of the Peoples Republic of China), Ya-kuang Geographical Society,
September 1952, CIA Map Library Call No. aH420.y33 (1952).
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4. One change has been made in the translation of Chinese admin-
istrative terminology. The Chinese character hrilr , ch'u, has
been translated variously as region, area, district, and zone. After
consultation with the Foreign Documents Division of the CIA, it was
decided to use the term "area" when referring to the ta-hsing-cheng-
ch'il (major administrative area). Publications in the English lan-
guage from Communist China favor use of this term. The term "admin-
istrative area," as in the name East China Administrative Area, will
replace the term "administrative district" used in previous geographic
reports and on maps produced by the CIA. (RESTRICTED)
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