ECONOMIC - FUELS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600250394-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2011
• Sequence Number: 394
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTO
COUNTRY Commmist China
SUBJECT economic -1,1 ale
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLIHED Hong Kong; Ti-hua
DATE
PUBLISHED 8 May, 8 Aug 109
LANGUAGE Chinese
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Newspapers as indicated.
DATE Dish
THIN IS UNEVALUATED INFORMA'T'ION
191,9 XTHJT MAY BE 1, 800, 000 ZONE -- Wen -hui Pao, 8 Aug 49
Shen-yang. 7 August 1949, (NCNA) -- The Fou-hsin coal mine in Liaei Province
in the last 5 months has completed 99,6% of the year?c goal of restoring 21,670
meters of mine tracks,
At the end of 30 May 1949, 30 pits had been restored, as compared to tha
es:amate for the year of 23. Sixteen of the restored pits are already producing
at a rate of 100 percent above the estimated p-oductior. At this mine, there are
three open-cut areas, of which one is being enlarged, anotaer has begun producing,
and the third is being opened.
Production at this mine has increased in 1949 from 42,000 tons in January to
110,000 tons in April dnd 201,000 tons in May. The planned output for the year is
1,500,000 tone, but the total may reach 1,800,000 tone.
This production increase has been due both to large experd+tures by the
authorities to increase personnel and equipment and to the fine --',it of the
miners, disking fire and gas, the workers have in 5 months restored 10,500
meters of tracks in five pits and mined many tens of thousands of tens of coals
There have been fires in three shafts. The shafts are full of gas which creates
a danger of fires
On the occasion of one mine fire, 90 youth corpsmen boldly went ir.to the
mine and subdued the bleze.
Artisanc have done a great deal of repair work on conveyor belts, mine loco-
motivas, etc.
The adminietratioc has dl,re much to aid restoration by supplying pumps, coal
cars, and similar equipment,
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Han-k'ou -- Most of the 33 oil refineries it suWal1h
bau}auptcy. A few are etill being operated with the a l
which continue to be received from the outside.
Heretofore, the raw material for thane refineria.-.1
Asic, and Standard oil companies. This oil was not ornds )fti
but a type of light oil which was not considered very neef 1
which the Chinese bought for a low price and processed far
was low in grade but was welcomed by poor rural dwellers could act as a substitute for the lack of electricity. Aevt1Y~t t
virtually stopped, however, and since most cf the cities am epelp3
oil lamps which do not use low-grade kerosene, these refineries are gq-i3tg'out e?i"
business.
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