MEDICAL RESEARCH/MEDICAL UNIVERSITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040170-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 170
• Publication Date: June 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CL~ASSIFICA'iiJN C01'7,Ah,
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
iiVFORi~A~T'iON PEPOFiT
SUBJECT Medical Aesearch~Medical Universities
DATE DISTR. ~ ~.~N~~.~
NO OF PAGES
PLACE
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NO. OF EPJCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEh1ENT TO
REPORT NO.
1. The organization. of the rhinese universities has teen rad.-,.c.iiy :.ian~e,1
under Eomttunist rule. The colleges or ciepextments of seie:,ce, for
example, from various universities are nox all located in w!ut were
.formerly the buildings of a university, The agricultural departments
of all the former universities are grouped is some other univeL?sity's
buildings. This Fives the itn ressio.^. th.,:t
p y^rC~eiat-ud~/ 4i11I1C3? '!!11V~3r-
sities are highly speciaLzed. 2dore imporla;,t, ,this practice 1,-?cakc
the former chain of cocu^rand of the universities. Most o~ the .''oT?ner
faculty membe:~?s 'nave been retained but a:?e aou r-rouped wi+?i ent~.. ,~
different and un:.^n?,an proicscor:;; aau the new organization is hea l~,~ 1;,
truster Coimaunists. i'he new tu+.iversities :xP then renamed, Lls.ial -
with a name like "People's University of Science,"
~. The Yeka.ng Union Diedical Co ~oaverted to
a hospital. Thcro nr e no teacini c lities there :Lox. +Iar.~~ ~ : t;;e
former faculty have been sent to other locations in China.
'Phe Cammunist "People's Institute of Medical Research" in Shanghai.
carried out a research project on "tissue therapy" in late 19;2 and
e~'k~'1953. This project Eras to inject various body tiasu/_~s from
healthy animals into sink animals in an attempt to cure vn:~iou;:
AI RC/ICpC fl(w., ..~
-----~-? ~ ~ o+ aj; ~ ~,a ~ :liver, z'or example, were ground up, made
into a 601UtiOn, and then the prepares+,ioa yao ~;j ~ .
~c~ed intC Sic: ii
animal
t
s
o see if it would have
feet use
anima
~+. The ae~r goverimment hoe brought many Soviet scientists and d.ontors
into China. pe a result, Soviet me+?hods and ,procedures noa ~95,~]
prevail i.n Chinese medical and scientific procedures. In moat caaes,
Soviets have been p]aaed in charge of the Ch~,aese medial and
scientific institutioas. Order the 6ocmunists, doctors have three
alterrutt me -
(a) They can remain in pa'ivate practice under close super-
vieJ.... ~~ ....sue
~_~ ? ? ..
drugs an3 r[-edicitles? _ -~ ._.. -~?..., v_ ,_,;,.ry.-~ ..~_"?~;
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('AIHFZIlF.IITTAT. tiZr ~TIOn
fib} They can serve in tae Chinese Army Medical Corps.
gyp) '~Y c0.n teach in Oc:.;mtunist 4olleges.
Float oY +,~ wel]r~ained doctors, hatre been drafted into the army. A
~'~t ~' of doetora and scientists have cammiitte3 s*.iicide rather
than anbmit to Cacmcuniat daminati,: s. f~ gaod many doctwsa
hh~e committed suicide becausa they n 3~ Imp~osaible to practice
medicins under the new regime in accordance with the principles of
their profession.
tt,~se ?o.,..,., ..,.
~"~e g ven a permits were allowed to leave China becausewthe
granting of the exit permit was for the benefit of the Caunaunists.
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