SCORES CARTOGRAPHERS OF NEW CHINESE MAPS FOR INDICATING NONEXISTENT RR LINES

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• Publication Date: January 31, 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
CLASSIFICATION cONFIDENTIAL
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Transportation -Rail
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Peiping
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PUBLISHED 1 Nov 1950
LANGUAGE Chinese
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
Jen-min Jih-pao ~fficiel Chinese Communist orga].
SCORES CARTOGRAPHERS OF NEW CHINESE MAPS
FOR INDICATING NONEXISTENT RR LINES
Li Chang-lun (1)
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no available information on this write
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Most of the recently published maps of China have incorrectly indicated the
location of railways or sec*ions of railways in the Northeast that are not at
present in existence,
1. During the period of Japanese rule in Manchuria, they constructed a
railway line, over 300 kilometers long, from Pei-an to Hei-ho in Heilungkiang
Provinre not for the transportal;ion of economic goods, but to enable them to
carry out their anti-Soviet military strategy. In August 1845, when the Japan-
ese withdrew and the Soviet troops entered the Northeast, the Japanese destroyed
the greater part of the railway. After the beginning of the battle for libera-
tion of the Northeast, our troops in accordance with the slogan, "restore the
railways in each area as fast as it is occupied by the pLA," began at once to
recover the rails and other equipment of the demolished rail line which had been
ecattered and ::madden in ravines and streams. Our troops. also continued to dis-
mantle the portions of the track that had not been destroyed, and used. all the
material thus obtained to repair other important railway lines. At present, this
~ei-an--Hei-h~ railway is not in existence. Nevertheless, with the exception
of those maps referred to below as A, B, and E, which are correct, practically
all others wrongly indicate it as still in existence.
2. Similarly, during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the railway line
from Ning-Wien, via Nen-chiaug, to Hu-lung-men, was extended to Hei-ho. But for
reasons of military se^-racy, no .maps were permitted to show its extension. When
the Soviet troops entered Manchuria, the Japanese sabotaged the line; and then,
in order to use the materials for the support of the CCF elsewhere, its destruc-
tion from Nen-chiaug to Hei-ho was completed by the CCF. Consequently, trains
going northward from Fu-yu (formerly Ning-Wien) are now able to proceed .only as
far as Nen-chiaug; and yet most maps continue to show a railway from Nen-chiaug
to Hu-lung-men. This is entirely wrong. In particular, Maps F and G not only
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~h,:w ~~!re line as existing as far as Hu-lung-men, but also its extension as far
as Hei-ho; we cannot understand on what evidence this is dune. Ai-hun and Hei-
ho are two names for the same place, but these twb maps show Al-hun as a
separate place south of Hei-ho. Furthermore, Map F has inaccurately located a
number of pees with reference to their coordinates.
3. All seven maps referred to below mistakenly show, as still existing,
the railway from Yeh-poi-shou to Chih-feng, in Jehol Province. However, at the
time of liberation, this section of the railway was systematically dismantled on
orders, and used for the restoration of other lines inside the Great Wall.
4. For the same reason, over 440 kilometers of railway line which ran from
Chiu-ling-ssu, a small station not far from Pei-p'iao, in the coal-producing
region, via Chao-yang, Yeh-poi-shou, Ping-yuan, Ch'eng-te, Ku-pei-Y,'ou, and
inside the Great Wall to Shih-hsia, almost as far as Huai-you, were completely
ripped up. All these maps wrongly show Lhis railway as still in existence.
5. The railway has been ripped up from LJang-Ch'ing in Kirin Province
~erth of T'u-me~, near the China-Korea boundary, as far as Sui-hsi (formerly
Hsiao-sui-fen) in Sungkiang Province approximately 100 kilometer northwest
of Tung-ning on the China-USSR boundary.
6. The railway has been torn up between Tung-an (formerly Mi-shan) in
Sungkiang Province as far as Hu-t'ou (formerly Lin-Chiang). All these maps
have made no correction to indicate that this line is not in existence.
The destruction or dismantling of the above-mentioned railway sections
took place at various times prior to 1849, while the maps mentioned below are
all of recent issue. This indicates that cartographers do not prepare their
data with sufficient care and detail. It is hoped that the proper corrections
will be made in future issues.
A. Lar a Ma of the Peo le's Re ublic of China (Chung-hus Jen-min Kung-ho-kuo
Ta Ti-t'u 2
Prepared by Chin Chu-an, Chen Chih-fang, and Yang Po-~u, of the Ya-kuang-
yu Geographical Society (3). Checked and approved by Chin Ching-yu. Printed in
.August 1950. Published and sold by +.he Great Chiba Publishing Company (Ta Chung-
kuo T'u-shu Chu) (k). '
Detailed Maps of the Provinces of the Peo le 's Re ublic of China (Chucag-hua
Jen-min Kung-ho-kuo Fen-sheng Ching T'u 5
Prepared by Chin Chu-an, Chen Chih-fang, Yang Po-~u, Huang Ching-hu, Tung
Shih-sheng, and I Chung-shou, of the Ya-14uang-yu Geographical Society. Checked
and approved by Chin Ching-yu. First editior. published in June 1950 by the Great
China Publishing Company.
C. TopograpL':al Ma of the Northeast North China and Inner Mon olio of the
People's Republic of China Chung-hua Jen-min Kung-ho-kuo Tung-pei, Hua-pei,
Nei-meng Hsing-ship-t'uT(6)
Prepared by Liu Ssu-yuan (7) of the China Historical and Geographical Soci-
ety (8). Checked and approved by (thin Ching-yu. Published by the Ya-kuang-yu
Geography^.al Society. First edition printed June 1950. Distributed by the Great
China Publishing i;ompany. ,
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D? New N:a of the People's Re ublic of China (Chung-hue Jen-min Kung-ho-kuo
Hsin Ti-t'u 9
Prepared by the Kuang-hua-yu Geographical Society (10). Printed in Janu-
ary 1950. Distributed by the San-lien Bookstore Company (11).
E= Large Ma of the Peo le 's Re ublic of China (Chung-hua Jen-min Kung-ho-kuo
Ta T1-t'u (12
Prepared by.L'uang Ching-hu, Chin Chu-an, and Chen Chih-fang of Fourthng
hua-yu Geographical Society. Checked ar9 approved by Chin Ching-yu.
edition printed May 1950. Distributed by the Great China Publishing Company.
F~ Large New To o ra hical Ma .of China (Chung-kuo Hsin Hsing-shih Ta
Ti-t'u 13
prepared by Shao Yueh-ch'ung. Ptew edition printed by the Fu-hsing-yu
Geographical Society (14) in February 1950?
G. New To o raphical iQa of the Peo le's Re ublic of China (Chung-hua Jen-min
Kung-ho-kuo Hsing-shih Asin T'u 15
Reprinted in July 1950 by Ya-hsin Geographical Society of Wu-ch'ang (16).
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