VULNERABILITIES OF PEOPLE S GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROPAGANDA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000200210009-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 5, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR? NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
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DATE DISTR.S Dec 52
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Vulaerabilitiee of People's Government Policies
and Propaganda
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1. The most disagreeable and generally unpopular aspect of the People's Government
policies in Iyang hsien is that of land reform. lyang hsien, as well as the
Chu", yuan to which it belongs, is an agrarian, community and the populace are
well aware of the effects of this reform. Farmers who were formerly tenants of
the various landlords during the Nationalist Regime have been duly ate&5X1 X
parcels of lend according to land reform regulations.
and their initial ardor over having land of their ova has d se: pa a o e a .
Compulsory taxes in kind are keeping them at the starvation level. ',T tex the
landlord system it was a common and accepted practice for tenants anticipating
a family wedding or anniversary to postpone paying of rent till a later date,
Landlords seldom refused a request. In addition, there was always sufficient
25X1 X food, famines excluded. Farmers is 1951-1932 confided
to me that the landlord system was of great merit as compared with their present
lot. Thar would prefer to be tenants for a landlord than hoaxed by land reform.
2. The merchant class of lying is slowly being liquidated by taxes said regulations.
Merchants receiving shipments of stock must present entire lot at loaal tax
bureau for recording prior to storing in shops. This effectively prohibits
dodging taxes. They must also make out three receipts for each sale ,- one for
retention, one for customer, and one for tax bureau. This class of people were
never antagonistic towards the Nationalists and look upon that regime with taaginj
t ?e cb' +e t
3. The youth in Iyang hsien have profited from the advent of the P,-,!op-!.E1 s
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due to opportunities for responsible jobs at an early age. They raced
ably to the tenets of this regime as the programs developed. By ;..te .1l
enthusiasm was being tempered by two facts. The first was that they :.ad jo1;s
offered but they could not quit, and thus their new freedom was shown tc be
hollow. Secondly, the youth, being of school age, were mentally alert. When the
contradictions of regime policy became apparent they were quickto discern them
and their curiosity raised doubts in their minds. This is an importa t factor fo:
anti-Communist support which will exist only until such time as the r'=gime settle
down to a less vacillating program in its tax levels, job shifting, .and often
ludicrous internal propaganda.
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1. Mpst.peasants in Iyang heien have come to realize that taxes and the draft,
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,Jungs were mandatory for populace an wen
memb rs. Illiteracy is high in Iyang hsien and such meetings effectively spread
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news and reach a broader segment of the population than possible before.
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ae'casried out during the IQational3.st Aegime, were no nec
and that in order for Chiang Kai-shek ,to have fought Japan and vario1As ^ lords
much ,sinters -were- nedd ,.Ware' ,ha. opened their eyes. The corruption of the
N icar lA sty Regime is not nearly so important to them as it has become to 25X1 X
Ruropeans. Corruption, though not appreciat is a natural phenomeno th
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Oriental, particularly the Chinese. Peasants they
abrruption by Nationalist officials as thievery but not oppression.
am na on .news was by paper an .compulsory meetings, These
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were available, bad become of little interest to the educated because of dull
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25X1 X ould have news of Formosa and the outside world. A useboy,
25X1 X ving ns coovxt$, Wae aroaob:W,e err s,,.t'y mer.hants
Who Were c i ? tsideo nows, It_ hcu44 'be, pointed out, h vev4ea",, that
the lack of outside newo doom not mean that to ,government . 4i reote ; ' 40w a is not
believed. in whole or .in dart, They. believe much: of .it because they have aoceee
- thl , else,- but they ave. bored by it 3a iee .have boon. aoafiscat end
oily< party?.Weials asve,.thomg" They, *agerIy soak news also .and .at .ipcal liwel
are :estly opportunists) little different from the people they rule. 25X1 X
25X1 X 6. leaflets dropped, by aircraft are the only practical m*thod for
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d e 'md1 such -as ?uteasile. or-;arms would bet-4o@lesa' as - they,?would,, gtve?,the
. %eht..+away to, the police. Gossip among ,peasants, 4w, still a habit* Chinese
le c2.ethwai ere a ossibli form of aid as clothes Oe. short,, p :cUlaray
ng` '. Irs. Western style'-clothes supplied ough'UAl", immadiats
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