INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY IN SINKIANG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000200760010-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2013
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRWIWELECY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY China (Sirkiang)
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
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Industrial Activity in Sinkiang
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1.
Sinkiang in 1950, it was still an ic50X1o17
primitive 'country in oomparison to the US. The industries that had been
established there were microscopic as compared to similar industries in this
oountry, The major cocupatione of the natives of Sinkiang were those of trapping
wild animals; breeding of mole, horses and cattle; farming; lumber; minlng;
the manufacture of various native handicrafts such SS rugs; exporting of these
items and their byproducts much am pelts, hides, casing., etc. for manufactured
items from the USSR (because of its proximity) and other countries. Some small
industries were developed in Sinkiang since 1233 by the Soviets* However, when
we left Sinkiang there were no ohemioal plants, steel induotriei, or evid50X1 of
any production of atomic bomb materials (other than the Mining of uranium).
2* The nine eleotrio generating plants that were oonetruoted in Sinkiang by the
Soviets were not supplying electric power to any industries, other than the
flour mills in Utumohi and Kuldja. All of these electric generating plants
Were driven by steam locomobilee. The electric power, other than in the CRSO
of the Urumchi and Kuldja flour in.tl, was used only for lighting purposes.
23. Sinkiang labor is highly unskilled, except in the case of long-setablished
industries such as leather tanning, wool washing, preparation of casings, rug
Weaving, etc. The newly established industries in Sinkiang always had Ghinese
directors (who were surrounded by Soviet Hadvisorsn, who did mare than :rel-
advise) and native Moslem labor. The working day for the common laborer, ,tarted
at 600 a.m. and encled at 5:00 p.m1;) with one hour off for lunch. The aaliAnistrative
and white-collar workers labored from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 50X1
4. the following were the only industries (if they
that were operating in Sinkiang
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can be called industries
in 1950:
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a. Urilmohi (Ithwa):
(1J ElectricGenerating Plant, 225 kws
A Flour N111 (electric)
Leather Tannery 1
..!-ISoysintorg Wool Washing Plant
Casings Plant (cleaning, treating and packing cattle,
"intestines) _
Soap Manufacturing Plant
Textile Mill' (manufacturing mostly blue cotton cloth,
' Chidaban in_northWestern outskirts of Urumchi)
Glass Fad-tory
Oil Pressing: Factory (sunflower seed, cotton seed,
1Dorstroytt Auto Repair and Parts Shop
lyimigun Arsenal (manufacturing ammunition
and rifle)
Two Typogiaphic Offices
Lithographic Office
Currency Printing Office
b. -KUidia (Ining)i
.(1) Electric Generating Plant, 225 kws
(2 Flour Mill (electric)
(3 Leather Tannery' -
(4 Wool Wishing Plant '
(5 Masabaeff-Gasings Platt
(6 -Satridinoff Casings Plant
?r Oil Presaing Factory
8 Two Lumber Mills' ?
*Kazieynn'(pleiiglass) Manufacturing Plant (manufactured from milk)
(10 ittollepair-ancl Parts' Shop
04 'typographic Office
Ch (Tahcheng):
Electrid Generating Plant 11 -kw
" Flour Mill
Loather Tannery
Two Oil pressing Factories
Ant? Repair and Parts Shop
Typographic Office
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-(Shafu):
1 Electric Generating Plant, 112i kws
Textile Mill
Rug Weaving (Several -small manufaeturers
Typographic-Office* '
(Hotien):
.1 Textile Mill '(manufacturing mostly White cotton cloth)
(2 Thread Manufacturing Plant
0 kik MeaVing(many small tanuftoturers)
Aug Weaving (many stall manufacturers) '
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hog and sheep
located in
peanut,
and repairing
etc.)
of small arms
d.
13.
h.
I Electrib Generating Plant, 114 kws
(2) Oil Preasing Fadtd*
(3) Typographic 'Office '
Cotton and Wool Cleating Plant
(2) Oil Pressing Factory
(3) Wine Distillery (constructed by the Soviets for their consumption)
Electric Generating Plant, 55 kws
Oil Producing and Refining
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gdectric Generating Plant,
(Qomul).:
Electric Generating Plant,
k. po.To1cho (Fulup): --
Electric _Generating Plant, 55 kws
1. Xuche?t (Kitai):
) Cast.. InPlant (manufacturing household utensils, small farm tools and
other smali:miscellineousdtems out of pig iron,-.nchugunn)
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5. Industrial buildings in Sinkiang araoonstructed:of either untaked mad brick
(3 x 6 x 12n) or of grey burned brick (2 x 4 x en). Private homes are also b t
with one of these two types of local brick. Buildings, whether industrial ox'
private resiaencest which are constructed of Imbiked mud brick are *lino painted
with-white lime.. Whereas, the structures erected of grey baked brick are usually
left unpainted. An ample supply of 'Tien Shan't' pins is available in most Sinkiang
localities for the-construction needp of each Individual community.
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55, kwe
55 kws
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