CHINA TRADES TUNG OIL, BRISTLES FOR CZECH AMMUNITION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600340047-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: August 23, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONTROL! CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL
US OFFICIALS ONLY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CO NO.
DATE OF
SUBJECT Economic; Military
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Hong Kong
DATE
PUBLISHED 26 Jul 1950
LANGUAGE Chinese
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SOURCE Kung hnp,_Jiho.
DATE DIST.CI Aug 1950
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
CHINA TRADES TUNG OIL,
E,JSTIjS OR CZECH AMMUNITION
London, 25 Jul (AP) -? The News Chronicle reported today that Britain
is aiding the Chinese- Communists to secure munitions by buying large quanti?,
-~ies of Chinese goods from Czechoslovakia. The latter barters munitions with
Communist China in exchange fo- tung oil Sul hog bristles and then sells these
products to Britain at 1OU-percent profit. The News Chronicle goes on to say
that the British Ministry oj~ ment with Czechoslovakia for them purcha&e of c3,200,000cUSddollars' worth of
Chinese products,
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