ECONOMIC - FUELS, METALS AND MINERALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600250788-0
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 5, 2011
• Sequence Number: 788
• Publication Date: September 29, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
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SUBJECT Economic -Fuels, metals, and minerals
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PUBLISHED 22, 2E Airir 194q
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THfS IS UNEVALUF,TED INFGRMATION
CQAL CO2~8>EtibC]S Ao'~STS -- Tung-Pei Jih-lee, 22 Mar 49
T'ue aocosld Aortheeat coal uonfc~renoe net in Shen-yang (Mukd.en) from 20 February -
h March lg4q. ftia3 principal miat~og districts nod several smaller ones wererep-
s'9NVn8ad, with botL me.TU~cment and :la}ror dslagatee prestint. The calegdtea numbexed
more than 100A
Various queet~one ware discussed, including the fo_lowing:
1. Productionon eel forfor~lo>~. L?'tete-owned minas were given a collootive quota
of 8 ml.llion tone. Individual mines were Each assigged a geol. Operational im-
provement ~a #2~e northern ml.nee vne stressed to get better efficiency ani quality
a2'loxpfl cost, !e for the sout,~lern mines, resumption of operations was stressed,
Witt, a view to an Dues-rsl.l target for the IIortileast of ]2 mi111oa tons in 1850.
i{raneportation c3 coal was ciao e~tphadized with a transport goal in 194q of
7,00,000 tons, including etocka on hand. Psi)~Tsye moat s:a thei.r ?Tesrt ty assis~~iug
sufficient vase.
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2. 71 minim, :~t~;~da. T3, the past, sageraesa for output has led to
irrogu7.a:it ee, caneit~ difxicult;, in maintaining tunnels nrd injury to minors,
For ^afdty an8 efPlcienay these shortcut practices must be corrected.
3. Elimianti:.~hazarde. 3aYae progress has bean cede along this lice, but not
eru.ttgh. Hespoat3lble s e-t-y officers should 1AVeetigate ah. mayor accidents sad nnalyrs
causes in the ii~tereet of prevention. inch worker in a mine ohould have 3 cubic feet
of air per ruinous and care should be taken to preserve health sad awid accidents.
This can be achieye+d by training classes, instruction pamphlets, safety equipment,
sad rescue squads.
k. Hnlsllyg,91~ty, Cn this point there ie r?till so~letSing to bo desired.
Some mine e~pes>} ivea feel that without mechanical cleaners quality cannot be improved,
but workers tmtet be taught to keep out impurities when loading in ttte mine, aid to
clean the anal again outa?de the pit, for the presence o1' rock adds greatly to
transportation costs. This year in roetoring the mines nt Fou-bola, Ho-k+sag, etc.,
all atones more than 10 aentitaetera in arse trnuet be :weaned out.
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5. Increaer~t efficiency ThrcugS economy std proper ueb o3 men affil msteriale,
an afi'oxt w111 be made to surpass last year's output by 10 percent. ~e minitsg office
cf the. .government Se making atudier, in order to aadasdfze amounts of laher and
egit! foment.
6. Accurate coat accounting. Heretofore mine operators hnve~cancantarated on
fitltilliag their quetn with sli~lxt attention to seat. When ttrd mines ask for supplies
anal moneT; f?zl$ ,futtii'i'oation 3B often leaking, ao the rsquleition degenerates into a
ecxt of bar$aia4ng. Px?om now on, coat moat 'be controlled, an over-a:11 glen an3 a*,~xndard
at costs'~at up, payments'for conetructlon a.nd eperatdon eegarated, and depreciation of
pla;Gat$ properly ooinputed; 1n i~hia way an effort can be made to red.itce costs aad at the
rime time^a selling pr):ce fixed to prevent loss of am~ney.
`T. 7mo_rpving laborers? education ard_etarrdaxxi of ligir.~. In newly recovered
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mine~, iC is moat important to develop a new attitude toward vrork, YJnleae class
oonecinna~tn Sa,quiokened ameag the laborers, unless t~sy z?ecognize that t$ey are
the ffilna osrorrs there
can be no ateppirg tip of production er iaprovem~ent of quality.
".Phis is the u31ef factor in the success or failure of production goals,; so fast the
labor m:~vemont mu,at be,strengthened, education serried on $uTiiog productive work;
ltd welfare cottditione improved,
$. Dbmoaratlziog the emaat o? reduction. In airy kind of productivgs
entorgx?ise; management will succeed beet through the ~cint efforts: of a manmging
Committee?andl labor delegates, relying on the active initiative of thn'ionee of
workers. Past defects oY Cedremen in.this field moat ba corrected. This new
plan of control raises the laborers' political position in production. If this
is done the fulfillment of this year's gaota will be guaranteed.
~CE1dTCIAAB WAfl18D -- 'l'ung-psi Jih-pao, 26 Mar ~:9
The Fortheaet JProcioua Metals Contro_ B~~reau is advertising Yor various
tyges o7 epeaisliste: (1) mineralogists, metaliurgiet9(nonferrou~), geologists,
end :aechanical,.slectrical and civil engineers. Apglieante moat be graduates of
Chinese or ?ar0lga universities, or technical schools, wi`~h both theoretical sue.
practical eaperieficey (2) surveyozro (r~th the eam educatioasl sad ea rionce
quallYioatione as abo~) able to de mine and t~pographicnl surveying; (3)
mechanical draft?on adL artiste with 3 years of practical eapez?lence, blue-
print men with over 3 years of experience; (4) Russian Cermea, sad 8nglieh
-translators able to do scientific treaelaticne; an