COMMODITIES DESIRED BY THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS AND AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT FROM NORTH CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001200320004-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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.CENTRAL INTE.L.L..IGENCE 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 18 prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
SUBJECT Commodities Desired by the Chinese
Communists and Available for Export
from North China
DATE OF INFO.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 24 r'te'' 19533
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)
Mukden
sewing machines,) land tungsten
wire were in demand for importation into Communist China. The seller 25X1
had to present a detailed estimate to the Chinese Communist buyer of
the items of goods, the quantity, the unit price, the amount of the
transaction, the date of delivery of the merchandise, and the method
of payment before entering into the transaction. If both sides agreed
on the conditions, a contract would be made and the Chinese Communist
trading company transacting the business would apply to the trade
administration authorities for a trading permit, naming the foreign
trading company with whom it planned to trade. After the trade 25X1
administration authorities had made a decision on the rate of exchange
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or on the goods demanded by the seller as barter, the Chinese
Communist trading company would be given an export license.
2. Goods available for eort from China
with the import of other goods.
Tientsin
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It was necessary
to obtain samples of these dyes prior to negoitating with the
Chinese Communists.
4. Cottonseed and
quantities,
is a list of barter
b Linseed
Mustard seed
c. Cottonseed (20 percent oil)
d, Bran (20 percent oil
e. Hemp seed
f. Castor seed
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were avilable in Tientsin for
items available in Tientsin:
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export in large
The following
there was a demand for carpentry and other
minor'industrial tools in Tientsin
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