ESTABLISHES NEW SYSTEM OF TELEGRAPH SERVICE CHARGES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320646-9
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 646
• Publication Date: July 5, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL(ORD AI
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Economic - Communications
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Tientsin; Wu-hsi; Hong Kong
DATE
PUBLISHED 31 Mar, 26 May 1950
LANGUAGE Chinese
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DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST. Jul 1950
NO. OF PAGES 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
ESTABLISHES NEW SYSTEM OF TELEGRAPH SERVICE CHAl3GES
RATES BASED ON VICTORY BONDS -- Wu-hsi Su-nan Jih-pao, 31 Mar 50
Wu-hsi -- The Wu-hsi Telecommunications office has received the following
instructions from the East China Telecommunications Control Bureau.
Beginning 2 April 1950, all long-distagpe telephone and telegraph offices
in southern Kiangsu shall put into effect anew system for determining charges
for telecommunication services, which shall be based on the official rate for
Victory Bonds for the current 10-day period, which rate is subject to revision
every 10 days. Telephone charges for ordinary local service which are billed
according to the calendar month, shall be reckoned from 1 April 1950 according
to the new scale of charges.
1. Method of Computing Charges
The charge for one basic unit of telegraph or telephone '@ervice shall
be 7 percent of the official rate in people's notes for one unit 6k .a Victory
Bond for the current 10-day period. This figure is to be multiplied by the
number of service units to be charged according to the scale of charges in
terms of service units previously determined by the Telecommunications Office,
to compute the amount of the charge in terms of yuan.
For example, suppose the current official rate for Victory Bonds for
the period was 20,000 yuan, then the charge for one unit of service would be
1,400 yuan (20,000 x 0.07). According to the regular scale of service charges,
a long-distance telephone call from Wu-hsi to Shanghais reckoned as 15.ser-
vice units; the fee is accordingly 21,000 Yuan (1,400 x 15). According to the
regular scale of service charges, one months ordinary local telephone service
in a first-class city such as Wu-hsi is reckoned as 118 service units; according-
ly the fee to be charged is 67,200 yuan (1,400 x 48).
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CONFIDENTIAL(O1 V E' IDE IAL
2. Previous Unpaid Charges
In the case of unpaid charges incurred prior to 2 April 1950, 2 days
shall be allowed in which debtors may settle their accounts at the old rates.
Any old accounts not settled within the 2 days of grace, must be recalculated
on the basis of the new system and rates; if settlement is long delayed, the
debtors shall be penalized according to regulations.
3. Fees Charged on Account
Separate bills shall be rendered,. in the case of charge accounts, for
telegrams, long-distance telephone calls and monthly ordinary local telephone
service, which indicate the number of service units to be paid for. These are
to be converted in terms of yuan at the official rate for Victory Bonds on the
date when payment of the bills is made.
4. Payment of Fees
In the payment of charge accounts, the calculation of amount due in
yuan shall be based, not on the rates for Victory Bonds on the dates when the
services were rendered, but on the official rate for Victory Bonds for the
period in which the bills were rendered. Bills must be paid within 10 (or
other mutually agreed upon number of) days of issue. If not paid within this
period, disposition shall be made according to regulations.
REDUCES TELEGRAPH TRANSFER FEES -- Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, 26 May 50
Canton, 25 May -- The Canton Post Office and Postal Remittance Office
have received notice of the following directive from the Central Postal Ad-
ministration:
To lighten the burden on people who have to remit funds, it has been de-
cided that all post offices and postal remittance offices which handle the
telegraphic transfer of funds shall, beginning immediately, abolish the fixed
handling charge of 4,000 yuan; and that hereafter the fee for each telegram
for remittances outside of the province shall be 26,000 yuan, instead of
44,200 yuan, and for remittances inside the province 25,300 yuan instead of
30,600 yuan. Furthermore, if the sender wishes to add a brief message of in-
structions to accompany the telegram of transfer an additional fee shall be
charged proportional to the number of words in the message, but at a rate one
third less than the regular rate.
TIENTSIN EXTENDS TELEPHONE SERVICE -- Tientsin Chin-pu Jih-pao, 31 Mar 50
Tientsin -- Beginning 30 March 1950, there is direct long-distance tele-
phone service between Tientsin and Hangchow, relayed via Shanghai wireless,
daily from 0700 to 2200. For a 3-minute call. the fee is the same as that for
25 basic service units. For th, last 10-day period in March, the rate for each
service unit is 2,100 yuan.
Beginning 29 March 1950, unlimited long-distance telephone service became
available between Tientsin and Han-tan, Hopeh, via Shih-chic-chaang. For a 3-
minute call, the fee is the same as that for 13 service units.
POSTAL ADMINISTRATION TO DISTRIBUTE PUBLICATIONS -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao,
26 May 50
Peiping, 25 May (Hsin-hua) -- The Postal Administration of the. Ministry of
Posts and Telegraph, Central People's government, today notified all post offices
of the following regulations on taking over the distribution of publications:
CONFIDENTIAL.
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1. All post offices when taking over the distribution of newspapers and
periodicals shall retain the present private distributing agencies, dealers,
newsstands, and newsboys, and shall not disturb or abolish them without the
consent of this administration.
2. All post offices shall adopt the policy of uniting and reforming the
distributing agents, and when the time is ripe, shall enroll those who are
industrious and reliable as regular employees of the post office.
3. All private distributors who are willing to continue as distributing
agents for the post office shall be given the same discounts on subscription
rates as before, and these may not be reduced without the approval of this ad-
ministration.
4. In all cities and large towns. and at busy road intersections, nu-
merous distributing agencies ahall be established for the convenience of
readers who are casual purchasers.
5. All local distributing agents must accept the leadership and direc-
tion of the local post offices with regard to the work of distribution; no
violation of the regulations shall be permitted.
6. All post office shall register and organize all distributors, dealers,
newsstands, and newsboys. After unification, regular meetings shall be held
to discuss methods of improving and expanding the system of joint public and
private distribution.
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