THOUGHT TRAINING FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES, SHANGHAI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003500470002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 9, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENC.-Y
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET]
SUBJECT Thought Training for College
Graduates) Shanghai
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United Stater, 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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REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR. q February 1954
NO. OF PAGES 2
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REFERENCES
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1. In July 1951 about 2,000 graduates of colleges in the Shanghai area were
gathered at Chiao Tung (0074/6639) University by Chinese Communist authorities
to receive two months of thought training before being assigned to jobs.
Those students who lived in Shanghai were permitted to go home Saturday
evening, but had to return, by Sunday night.
2. The graduates got up at 6 a.m. and had one hour of exercises. The hour from
7 a.m. to 8 a.m. was for study. Breakfast at 8 a.m. consisted of rice congee
and a plate of beans or peanuts. After breakfast the students either attended
lectures or small discussion groups until the mid-day meal. The afternoon
was filled with lectures or discussions and dinner was served at 6 p.m.
3. During the lectures all the graduates gathered in the assembly hall of the
university and listened to one or two speakers. No questions or discussions
were permitted. Mimeographed outlines of the lectures were given to the
students, who also had to take notes on the lectures. Typical lectures were
"Why We Should Forget Ourselves and Work for the Country," "How to Avenge
the Unequal Treaties," and "Why We Should Not be Pushed Around by Foreigners."
4. The discussions were held in groups of 25, who were further divided into
sub-groups of four to six persons. Each person in the sub-group was given
a mimeographed sheet of questions on the lectures to answer. The answers
were obvious and the leader of the sub-group would be prepared to answer
the questions in the large group meeting. During the large group meetings
these questions and the lectures' were discussed. These meetings were efficient-
ly handled by leaders chosen from among the graduates for their political
reliability.
The main theme of the thought training which was impressed upon the graduates
was "selfless service to the country." The last week of thought training was
very emotional. Most of the graduates had been convinced that the survival
of China depended on them