CHINESE WORKER'S DIARY DESCRIBES VISIT TO USSR

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600260470-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 470
• Publication Date: October 31, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. REPORT
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(,Chinese oditor's note -- Thia artioie consists of selections ;from
the dieay o? Feng Rn-kuai, a worker in a Tien-ching flour mill, vho
ens a delega2a to the 3euond Congress of the World Federation of Trade
Uhions.)
Wuecow, 7 Augnet 19uy -- Today is Sunday, a rest day for workers Sa all in-
d3s~tgiee. At 1000 huure I want to sea the ?~seum of Technical 3cieacae. 'n the
fuels $epnrtraant, there were units of t2te Infest machines for prodre'.n~ r-oc?1,
kerosene, gasoline, eto> Yn tbs testile6 depd:tAmeat we saw thz nsweat spinning
and eenving meo~iinee, nl1 of which were nutL~a+,tc; o&.a worker could attend to
'the opernt.ton of 280.lseehiaes. In the radio depnrtmsat there were ]surge and mall
receiving iaetrtaeeui:e, trouxd.Sng instruments, portable receivis~ seta, color ?e:a-
vielon seta which ann reproduce theatrical performances SO kilomstere evgy, and
various record players which could automatioal~y ahango the reaorde. All of these
nos Raeeloa inveation~; may soon be seen by everybody in the ~I'crl8. Bv~rything Z
eavt today lapreseed me a great deal. Only in a socialist nestioa cna people create
such Snvaatioa9 an!1 display such Sngcnulty,
19 August Ig$9 -- Arrived nt Tula. at 1000 hours, to sea the Tula anal .mi.3r~e.
Yee met by the chairmen of the ?rade union sad the chief L;f the Conl Mine Adminis-
tration. A techniodan from the pdminiai:rntion showed me various instal].ntiona and
told me the history of this mine. Then Z was taken to the miners' reorention room,
childrda'e recreation room, klndergrstea, and the boys' camp which are attnahed to
this tins. In the afteraeon, we went down in the shaft, and caw everything, fry
digging and sorting to transporting, completely meaheaized and automatically oper-
ated.
Tlse tepbniaian who took ue down to the shaft remarked that the shafts are
alsgye kept eo al.eaa that the afr Snsido ie ae clean ae i,he air outside. The
shafts sro illtmtifnnted as b*igh+ ae daylight. ~e iron beatoa they rise completely
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eliminate all dagger of nollaps?. Bnon ve game to the-vorkPrs g+uxrtere. 74xeq
are like large ]inte~s in China, cleaa aed ccnvenlent. ahe~ ore Furnished or3th
safes, 'hedr+, radios, aad bane attractive reception aoome. ~'e returned tef the reorea-
ticn roam to eat, and there I xaas ancourelgad by icue Russian co~ad~:and. assured
nF assistance in the annstructinn of a prosperous nev China. Aext ~3aS at d~esi5
I reached !loecov.
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