UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF, CANTON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003100080007-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 22, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 10, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2005/07/13 : CIA-RDP80-0081PA903100080007-2
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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China
Unemployment Relief, Canton
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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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As of 18 July 1953 Canton was crowded with unemployed workers.' Unemployment .
certificates, which were limited in supply, were issued by the Chinese Communist
authorities. Only the holders of these certificates were eligible for unemploy-
ment relief. Each certificate entitled the bearer to receive a monthly payment
of imp 60,000. An additional payment of JMP 30,000 was provided for each de-
pendent up to a total of five dependents.
Comment.
the situation was serious in late May 1953, with the number of
unemployed in Canton increasing daily.
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