ECONOMIC SITUATION AND GOVERNMENT CONTROLS, TIENTSIN 2. TRADE BETWEEN SHANGHAI AND HONG KONG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002600790008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2004
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION RERORT
S~CR~T~
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This Document oontaina lniosmation aII tiu Na-
tional Defense of Lhe Nailed States, wlthln the m~a-
!na of Title 18, Sections 709 and 794.01 the V.B. Code, as
amended. Its tnnamtssion or revelation of its contents
to or reeeiDt by as unauthorised Denoa L Drohibited
by lea,. The reDt'oduclion oL this fora L ptrohibited.
COUNTRY
China
REPORT NO.
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SUBJECT
1.
Economic Situation and Government
Controls, Tientsin
DATE DISTR. 23 October 1953
2.
Trade between Shanghai and Hong Kong
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL .Of CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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Tientsin, ahd business conditigns have img~rdved slightly in-the past few
weeks. This'is particularly noticeab~:e 3.h the cash of restaurants and pl~ces
of amusement, Most of the exp~irt firms iii Tientsin are state-controlled,
and the government controls tie trade in nlt+tl.icinal herbal wools teas and
'beans.. Cargoes being brought to Tientsin from Hong Kong at the present
comprise-medicine end surgical instruments.
e,ll of which ?fit be spent bef~are their dl~parture. Because of a ny
incgnveniences involved in going ashore, lllany crew. members do not Zeave.
their ship..
The port of Chinhuangtao has become ry t~uiets but there are troops
stationed ~e:arby along the coast,
There has been some belaxation of controls on the movement of persons in'
1. The Chinese Communist port authorities at,Ten`tsin exercise very strict
control over. seamen arriving on ghips frcim Hong Kong..l The men are
searched and questit~ned by both eust?ms officials and ~iolice before they
are permYtted to lsxlds-and they must state'their exact destination in
Tientsin.. They are then told whet routes they may take tb arrive at
their destinations and they are liable 'to prison sentences if they do not
follow the orders bf ttl~ $olice.
2. Upon landing seamen must exchange a],1 of their foreign currency for JIB,
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