CHINESE COMMUNIST SECURITY TROOPS CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRICAL POWER PLANT AND CONDITIONS IN FUKIEN

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CIA-RDP80-00810A008600980004-9
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2
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December 21, 2016
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June 2, 2008
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4
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December 22, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008600980004-9 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United states within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. C -0-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NOFORN SUBJECT Chinese Communist Security Troops, DATE DISTR. Construction of Electrical Power Plant, and Conditiions in Fukien. NO. OF PAGES Ii PLACE ACQUIRED DATE ACQUIRED J,2 December 1955 2 REQUIREMENT NO. RD REFERENCES This is UNEVALUATED Information +-e% a taeOh xninvd iiiii t, jqn nyprnyt- nf I 'A ta-~ ifles there were no regular Chinese 3. 5. to maintian a unit of about' 60 tocal'civilian soldiers. .The hsieneaevernment issued .Communist troops stationed in Anch'i Hsie.n, Fukien. There were, however public security forces of approximately 180 troops in Anch'i (N' 25-0!+, lE 118-105 town25X1 and about 120 troop.s in Hut,'ou (N 25-14,'E 118-02). The other villages in the area were.pr.otected by local civilian soldiers. Those villages having a.. population oft" 300 per.sane~'v'ir3ai.uding elderly_T'persons ...and children;, ,were expected 25X1 work was started on the construction of a small power plant in Hut'ou town:,; The plant, when completed, will generate only 2,000 watts of egctricitp s. 25X1 25X1 mass arrests of reactionaries and followers of HU Feng (5170/7364) were being conducted in.Anch'i.1 Two persons, LI Wen-chao 25X1 (2621/229/6856 and HSU Ching-pang (6079/4842/6721) had been shot during this period. almost all of the business ventures in.Anch'i Hsien were being 25X1 operated jointly by the government and private businessmen. Shops 'selling noodles and soybean curds and even the business of dealing--fitr'human waste were under joint management. 'A collection of 100 catties of human waste could be exchanged for 3 catties of white rice. An overseas Chinese Visiting in Fukien was required to send his passport to the provincial gDvernment at Foochow in order to obtain a new visa that 25X1 would:enable':,im to leave Communist China. C -0-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NOFORN AEC 1 '11 2111-M!"2006 hP211 Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008600980004-9 INFORMATION REPORT Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008600980004-9 C?0-N-F-I-D-~E-N-T-I-A-L i NOFOHN i-I C -O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L NOFO* 11. It was rumored that approximately 300 persons had been arrested during this one-week period from Anch'i Hsien alone. Approved For Release 2008/06/02 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008600980004-9