POLITICAL - OCCUPATION CONDITIONS

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230553-3
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RIPPUB
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R
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1
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December 22, 2016
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July 18, 2011
Sequence Number: 
553
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Publication Date: 
June 13, 1949
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/18: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230553-3 INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS COUNTRY Communist China SUBJECT Political - Occupation conditions HOW PUBLISHED Daily nevapaper WHERE DATE PUBLISHED 1k > 19k9 LANGUAGE Chinese DATE OF INFORMATION 1949 DATE DIST. /'Jun 1.949 NO. OF PAGES 1 SUPPLtMENT TO REPORT NO, THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION MERCHANT P3PORTS ON WU-IISI AFTKR COMSEST OCCUPATION The following veretcn regarding conditions in Vu-hies, Riangeu Province, after the Communist occupation on 23 April was given by a merchant who recently returned from that city: CtASSIR'TION CENTRAL INTE'L.LItENCE AGEMJY "Sea.use the occupying forces were mostly irrrperienoed boys in their late teens, the m-esermtion o-' order during the n,;cupatioa re.^ioa was left largel, to the local militia. After a week, the Ccomrmiste assayed iull con- trol but few experienced administrative personnel had been sent to the city. "After the Communists took over all newcpaper firms, the Sn-non Jit-vao (South liangan Daily) was put into circulation. Since it only gives coverage of Communists' ideo7.ogy and military suocessee, its popularity with the people is negligible. The businessmen have reopened their shops, but trade in carried out mlj on a limited scale. They are still confronted with the problem of paring their employees. Factorise have resumed operation but are permitted to sell their goods only to the designated Communist trading company. 'Althou& IM gold-yam certificates were allowed to circulate as lagal tsmder until 13 Msy, all merchants immediately refused to accept then. This resulted in trade confusion. The biggest boom was enjoyed by the amusement plrces which realized an unprecedented business. Many of the Communist troops who patronized these plasos were overuheimeu by the gadgets of modern civilization." STAT CLASSIFICATION REM $TIDE wow nssu I Ommeu11oi I Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/18: CIA-RDP80-00809AO00600230553-3 I