PRIVATE BUS-LINE OPERATIONS UCE BLACK-MARKET GASOLINE; KWEICHOW INCREASES HIGHWAYS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700070582-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 582
• Publication Date: August 15, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION RMTRICTED
URITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Economic; Transportation - Highway
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Hong Kong; New York; China
DATE
PUBLISHED 24 May - 2 Jul 1952
LANGUAGE
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DATE OF
INFORMATION 1952
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
PRIVATE BUS-LINE OPERATORS USE BLACK-MARE= GASOLINE;
KWEICHOW INCREASES HI YS
The scarcity of gasoline and apparent discrimination against
private enterprise is reflected in the report that, the managers
and certain employees of four privately operated lung-distance
bus lines in the Canton region have been fined and put on trial
for alleged purchase of gasoline on the black market.
Over 1,500 motor vehicles are said to be in operation on more
than 4,000 kilometers of complete or soon-to-be completed highways
in Kweichov Province. All bridges on the improved or newly con-
structed highways are said to be able to carry loade up to 15 tons.
Troops of the People's Liberation Army are pushing the construc-
tion of the Klang-ting -- Lhasa highway to a point beyond Kan-tzu in
Sikang in spite of staggering difficulties.
As a result of the Three -Antis Movement, the government-operated
Kwangtung Transport Company claims to have eliminated much corruption
and inefficiency.
PRIVATE OPERATORS PUNISHED -- Hong Kong: Kung-shang Jib-pao,.24 May 52
Shen-chluan, 22 May (from our own correspondent) -- Twelve men, managers
and employees' f privately operated long distance bus lines plying the region
between Canton and Sben-chluan, Kwangtung. were arrested for purchasing gaso-
line on the black market. "l*ey were fined sums five times the amount of the
evaded tax and turned over -co the court in Pao-an fcr punishment.
The accused claimed that the gas,)line rationed to them by the Liquid
Fuels Control Office was insufficient for their requirements, that therefore
they ha& petitioned the authorities for permission to cease operations, and
that this had been refused, leaving them no choice but to purchase on the
black market. No rationing is imposed on the Communist dominated jointly
operated Lien-ying Motor Transportation Company.
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The oepgnies affected by these arrests are those operating on the follow-
ing routes: Canton-Shen-ch'uan, Pao-an-a 'a!-p -ping, Shen -ch'uan'-Sha-t'ou-chiao,
and Hui-yang-Tan-ahui-Shen-ch'uan.
1,500 MOTOR VEHICLES ON KWEICHOW HIGHWAYS -- New York, Eua-ch'iao Jih-;'w,
2 Jul 52
Hong Kong, 23 June -- News from Kuei-yang states that the Kweichow
People's Government has built and conditioned 26 highways having an aggregate
length of 3,740 kilometers. Newly built highways amount to 660 kilometers.
Highways still under construction and nearly finished include those from
Ssu-nan to Tung-den, Hui-shui to Lo-tien, and Kuei-yang to K'ai-yang, totaling
347 kilometers.
At present, of the 79 heien in the province, 63 hsien cities can be reached
by improved highways on which 1,500 motor vehicles are in operation. Formerly,
many 'f the bridges could sustain from 5 to 7 tons only; now all the bridges on
the improved or newly constructed highways can carry at least 15 tone.
In building the highway from Tsun-i to Huang-ping, a distance of 110 kilo-
meters of travel has been saved. Among the completed highways are those from
San-sui to Chin-ping, and Jen-huai to Tsun-i. The completion of all these
roads has gree.cly facilitated the marketing of local products and improved the
economic life of the province.
TROOPS PRESS CONSTRUCTION OF TIBET HIGHWAY -- Hankow, Ch'ang-chiang Jih-pao,
26 May 52
Peiping, 25 May (Hsin-hua) -- Ch'ien Feng, a Hsin-hue reporter, writing
from personal observation, described as extreme the difficulties encountered
in the construction of the highway from K'ang-ting, capital of Sikang Province,
to Lhasa. He called the spirit of the troops r'f the People's Liberation Army,
who are overcoming all difficulties and rushing the road onward, invincible..
Ch'ier Ferg sad traveled as far as Kan-tzu, and stated that the road over
the Ch'iao-ex..-ahan (98 35, 32 05), elevation 5,300 meters above sea level,
was now passable for vehicles, and that the workers are pressing on toward
Chang-tu. As to terrain and climatic conditions, he stated that the construc-
tion of this road ie difficult beyond .comparison with the road between Chung-
king and Kuei-yang, and added that in the region ahead the difficulties and
obstacles will be much greater than in the region already traversed.
Canton -- Since the enforcement of the Three-antis Movement, great im-
provement has been effected in the management and operating efficiency of tl.:
local motor car repair shop of the government-operated Kwangtung Transportation
Company. To a great extent, ir_asponsibility, dishonesty, and inefficiency has
been checked.
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