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CIA-RDP80-00810A001400620010-7
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RIPPUB
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C
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1
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December 14, 2016
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April 30, 2001
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10
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Publication Date: 
June 15, 1953
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2001/11/21: CIA-RDP80-0081OA001400620010-7 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT .CON:'IDENTIAL/CONTROL - U.9'. OFFICIALS ONLY SECURITY INFORMATION This Document contains information affecting the Na- tionai 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. + Industrial Development, Hunan and DATE DISTR. 15 June 1953 ? Kansu NO. OF PAGES 1 25X1ADATE OF INFO. REQUIREMENT NO. REFERENCES RD THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) 1. On 24 November 1952 the Hanyang (N 30-31, E 114-41) Arsenall had about 15,000 workers. K'ai xssu-chi (0418/1795/1133/2448/1015), Soviet ordnance expert, was head of the technical section. German, Japanese, Soviet, and Czechoslovakian technicians were employed by the arsenal. The plant was producing 75-mm. shells. During the months of June, July, and August 100,000 shellb':were produced. The production of machine guns had been increased by 42'percent over the production for the first six months of the year. The plant was planning production of 81-mm. mortars, 4.2-inch howitzers and field pieces. New workshops had been erected in Wuchang and production was speeded up to meet the heavy demand. All arms produced were consigned to the Combined Supply Section of the Central and South China Military Area Command. 2. In late December 1952, the Chinese Communists were planning to start the construction of a large sulphuric acid factory at Lanchou (N 36-03, E 103- 41) in the autumn of 1953. The factory was to be completed by October 1954. In December the Chinese Communists were recruiting engineers for this project. 3. On 15 September the xuehyang (N 29-28, E 113-12) Water Front Boat Control Office received instructions from the hsien public security bureau to coman- deer 30 boats. The boatmen were ordered to transport 500 cases of large chin and parts from Hankow by way of Yuehyang to Chingshih (N 29-38, 111 'O for installations in a vegetable oil refinery. 25X1A 1. Comment. from the same source, in October 95Y1 A he anyang _ rsena. L was _ _ _ _ _ d under the supervision of K' ai-t :-ft Ach and three German engineers.