CHINESE COMMUNIST EXIT PERMIT PROCEDURES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001700180004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
Chinese Communist Exit Permit
Procedures
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.
REPORT 25X1
DATE DISTR. 23 July 19531 25X1
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)
1. A person from a rural areal must
first secure two guarantors who will swear that the applicant is
not engaged in espionage or any other illegal activities. Guarantors
are difficult to secure since they may be prosecuted if the
applicant is found to be guilty of some offense. The applicant
forwards an application forni, together with letters of guarantee
to the local farmers association. The chairman of the farmers
association examines the application, verifies the letters of
guarantee, and forwards them to the local district (0575) chairman.
The district chairman forwards the papers to the hsien magistrate
who sAnr1s the papers to the local public security bureau for
investigation.
2. The public security bureau checks to find out if the applicant has
a police record or is on the local list of reactionaries, spies,
landlords, or rich farmers. If the applicant passes this screening,
his papers are chopped with the seal of the public security bureau
and returned to the district chairman through the hsien magistrate.
The district chairman informs the farmers association of the approval
or disapproval of the application. If the application has been
approved the applicant must go to the district office to purchase
his ticket to the border and inform. the office of his date of
departure. On the day the traveller leaves, he must bring his
luggage to the district office where it is inspected and the traveller
is given his exit permit.
3. When the traveller arrives at Shench'uan (N 22-32, E 114-08) his
exit permit is examined and he is asked a number of questions
regarding the purpose of the trip and his background. If the
traveller's answers do not fit the information on the permit or
do not seem to be logical, he may be sent back to his home. After
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the questioning,, a thorough baggage search is made. A person may
take out of China native products to the amount which he can carry
with him. No JP may be taken out of the country.
Each .rave er s
and one fountain pen with him to Hong Kong, but these items must be
registered at the border on the back of the exit permit. The
traveller must mail his exit permit back to the issuing office
within 15 days after arrival at his destination or his guarantors
are liable to prosecution.
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