POLITICAL INFORMATION: SHANGHAI VENDORS' RIOT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200760006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 20, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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o 1'a]aue ~tuuiorz an l S)ecerabc~r s.ll hav~a r~dr:.itth,d t%rz.L
Choy ~?.ere nc~ street v~rzrlars atrt trtt~,t they rc;~ei~!sd rncr:~c~y as a bribeR .tt:P~tlts
,~rere t?aai.ct C~t~~Ei~3(3U zznd Y~oun~stara J~CIOi~a ~Izap~ were ~ritaed ~o shcrzzt; ~zhE, slva.rz~
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it to rxa.3~e ie~?3 vraf`:,te~~~i'h~t riot rrf tiie ~lharx;hai ~andors is zio~~ r~nl.,y ~ ~~>?cr-
bl4y~ cosxcerxai;t~ the locaf. 8~iety cif' tYi4 t,ityj, buy-, e.z':oghe~r si~~: ~a~` ~.~ d~:.?arEs~~;nt
oc?.iatyh ~1'le rrarli:3.nuin~ ai ?~he civs' ira.a:?, thca raf`t:,F~c~e ~~a~abietr,: i'on=ei~;n ~oe~dt+
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neither t~ie~'3~iaw~C~ra ~ ~ rsnr~ the C~rmmurai sts can be b~.m~la.~. i~or the a~i otr> r, ~ ~ 9;h,e
essential reasaxz-,,~,?r.f.s the Poa>` econ~srr-ic ctat~zatican in v~pa.ich a Zar~er axaca. iarg~r
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