CHINESE COMMUNIST SECURITY AND ECONOMIC CONTROLS KWANGTUNG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000400060005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 6, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Chiha
SUBJECT Chinese Communist Security and
Economic Controls) Kwangtung
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
6 March 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Chinese Communist authorities.-ordered the. farmers'
associations of various districts in the East River area to speed up,
the collection of provisions from the local populace and to deliver
these provisions to Communist-established public granaries for
storage. The collected foodstuff was to be under the care of the
farmers' associations and was not to be released except for emergencies)
sugh as famines in the area.
2. The Communists imposed restrictions upon the movements of rel3idents in
the Loting (N 22-41) E 111-28) area and sent Communist cadres there i
were require t-o report their reasons for leaving to the farmers' associa-
tion. Failure to do so meant punishment for the offender. For a first
offense a?person was required to make a public confession, and for a
second offense he was jailed.
a e aution a ainst guerrilla activities Huiyang
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on the people. All,hoes and sie1cles pot in use were stored in a
designated place so that the people could not use them as weapons in
the event of a rebellion.
4. The Huiyang government issued an order stating that it was everyone's
duty to keep a close watch at all times for any relatives or outsiders
who arrived in Huiyang from Hong Kong) Macao) or other places. Anyone
who saw or sheltered an agent in his home without reporting the fact to
the government was to be considered as having committed the same crime
as the agent.
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(N '23`-O E 114 --26 )IT HsienYe..tab lished a 40nt, :g rarity system1 " in the area .
Families were grouped in units of five and each. family fn the unit was
responsible for the action of four other families in"the unit Communist
cadres were sent under the guise'of production instructors to keep an eye
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the populace of Tzuchin (N 23-37, E 115-14) Hsien was
under strict Communist control. Anyone who wanted to make a trip away
even for a short distance of five li, was required to
the hsien
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apply for a temporary travel permit from the farmers' association."-,,
Comment.
a ,joint guaranty system was established in Huiyang.
emment. The nd reform program in this hsien
each peasant.
:will give less than two acres to
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