CONDITIONS IN SHANGHAI, SUMMER 1954

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A007500110005-4
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 25, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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.COUNTRY China
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Conditions in Shanghai, Summer 1954
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Road).
2. In the middle of August, different parts of Shanghai were flooded. The
flooded areas were especially extensive on 12-14 Aug 54. Not only was
Kiangning Road covered with over one foot of flood water, but even such
main thoroughfares as Ta-ma-lu (Nanking Road) and Yu Ya-ching Road (Tibet
3. Four housewives with children., were reported
to be holding full time jobs so as to balance their budgets, two working
in factories, one teaching in an elementary school and one working in the
power company in the Cha Pei area. Few people are visiting their relatives
these days "because we live so far away from one another and are all so
busy. tv
4. One electric power plant (tien chi ch'ang) had been moved to a suburban
area
25X1X Exact location was not specified.
5. The People's Government of Peking had decided to increase the college popu-
lation by 100% for the school year 1954-1955. Not only high school graduates
were urged to take part in the competitive entrance examinations., but also
young employees of government agencies. A clerk in the Bank of China in
Shanghai was ordered to take the examinations although he was only a junior
DATE D I STR .3(Oct 54
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high school graduate and had never attendeda senior high school or
studied any senior high subjects. He was relieved of his job so he
could concentrate on preparation. The young man was bewildered, for
he had been told the' examinations were difficult and standards would
be made'even stiffer than in 1953. He did not know what he could do
to regain his job in case he failed the examination.
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