KWANGTUN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BEING DISPERSED TO AVOID POSSIBLE KMT AIR RAIDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 963
• Publication Date: February 16, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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KWANGTUNG GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BEING DISPERSED
TO AVOID POSSIBLE KMT AIR RAIDS
Hong Kong Chinese-language newspapers, from 5 to 21 December
1950, report that government agencies in Kwangtung are moving into
less populated areas to avoid being bombed in air raids. With a
few exceptions most of the government agencies in Canton have moved
into the suburbs and at the same time, government officials are send-
ing their families away from the city and back to their native vil-
lages. In accordance with instructions from the Kwangtung Provincial.
government, local government agencies of central and south Kwangtung
are dispersing into rural areas.
CANTON GOVERNMENT DISPERSING AGENCIES -- Hong Kong, Kung-shang Jih-pao, 5 Dec 50
Varisou Canton government agencies have been dispersed to suburban areas as
a precautionary measure against possible KMT air raids. Only a few members of
each agency are remaining in the city to handle daily business matters. The va-
rious district (ch'u) governments and revenue bureaus have not as yet been removed
because of the necessity for their continuous presence within the city. Bomb shel-
ters and fire-control equipment are being readied for possible use.
FAMILIES OF OFFICALS LEAVE CITY -- Hong Kong, Kung-shang Jih-pao, 21 Dec 50
Canton, 22 December -- In preparation for possible air raids in the near fu-
fl ton offI inlo have been a +o+.in_g
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their families. Since 15 November'1950, approximately 400 women, children, and
aged have been evacuated to Shao-chou. Three large-scale reception centers have
been established in Chu-chiang from where the evacuees will return to their native
villages.
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CHU-CHIANG, CENTRAL KWANGTUNG GOVERNMENT AGENCIES EVACUATE -- Hong Kong,
Hsing-tao Jih-pao, 7 Dec 50
Chung-shan, 6 December -- Upon receiving notice from the Kwangtung Provin-
cial government to make preparations for possible air raid attacks, government
agencies in the Chu-chiang district have moved their offices to safer locations
as follows:
1. Chu-chiang Administrative Special Office to a school building in the
Eighteenth Village of the First District
2, Sixth or Chu-chiang Military Subdistrict Office to Chu-hsiu-yuan Ts'un
near Shih-ch'i
3. Chung-shan Hsien People's government to San-hsiang in the Fifth District
Plans are also being made for dispersing Central Kwangtung District govern-
ment offices. According to tentative plans, the Central Kwangtung District of-
fices are to move to Tu-yuan; the Hsin-hui Esien government to the area along the
foothills of Feng Shan; and the Seventh Military Subdistrict to the Hao-Shan--
Hsin-hid border.
SHIH-CH'I GOVERNMENT AGENCIES MOVE -- Hong Kong, Kung-shang Jih-pao, 10 Dec 50
Various administrative and military agencies in Shih-ch'i in Chung-shan, Kwang-
tung, began dispersing on 8 December 1950. Since then, the highway between Shih-
ch'i and Macao has been crowded. Important agencies of the Chung-shan Hsien gov-
erument including the revenue bureau, have been transferred to San-hsiang in the
Fifth District; the document files of the Kwangtung-Kwangsi Column and the Chu-chiang
office have-'been moved to Chu-hsiu-yuan and Heng-mei villages in the First Dis-
trict; and all military affairs offices to Wu-kuei-shan Di ^t. Provisions stored
in the various villages have also been transferred to other location.
CHIANG-MEN COMMUNIST AGENCIES DISPERSED -- Hong Kong, Kung-shang Jih-pao, 5 Dec 50
Macao, 4 December -- The Chiang-men Military Control Committee and other gov-
ernment agencies are reported to have been dispersed from the city, which may be-
come a KMT bombing target. These agencies have moved to Chao-lien and Ho-t'ang
and business in Chiang-men has been greatly affected. Business firms have moved
their valuable goods from the city, and many inhabitants have returned to their vil-
lages or have sought haven in Macao.
REPORTS KWANGTUNG GOVERNMENT IN CHU CHIANG -- Hong Kong, Hsing-tao Jih-pao, 20 Dec 50
Taihoku, 19 December -- It is 'reported that the Kwangtung government moved its
offices from Canton to Chu-chiang a month ago.
CONFI E h AL
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