POLITICAL INFORMATION: DETAILS OF REPATRIATION OF SOVIET CITIZENS, TIENTSIN

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• Publication Date: August 28, 1947
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4. The Soviet Consul General has subwittod a list of 627 Soviet citizens t? be
repatriated at they end of July. Of these persons ;30 are male and 297 female,
150 tall, between the age groups of I to 20; 110 between 21 and 30; 122 between
51 and 40; 134 between 41 and 50; and 121 over 60 f total 0317 The Chinese
police bureau is investigating all persons on the ist for dual citizanship4;
Some question may be raised on the repatriation of those who hold Chinese
citizenship papers.
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1. Persons to receive visas for repatriation from Tientsin to the USSR have been
notified that their names are on the list but, they have not yet received their
visas.
2, There are two ca.tegoriea of evacueeso (a) Orphans, young people and jobless
citizens 'will, be the first to go and will be repatriated at the expense of the
Soviet tover?nment. This first group is supposed to leave by the end of July
or the beginning of August. (b) The second group will include all other
citizens who have vo7.uriteered to go. An estimate on the time of departure of
the aecond group has not yet been stated. The first group to leave Tientsin
wail consist of approzi tely 800 personsm he total number of porsons t go
ZZc> a Tienta mn has been stated variously as either 1300 :nd1viduaIs or 1300
families, the former figure probably being correct.
. Although the voluntary character of the evacuation is being emphasized, all
Soviet oitizens who are registered as jobless have been summoned and encourage?"s
to express their wil7.ingnese to goo The Soviet Consul General has stated that
he wants to purge the local community of useless members. The registration for
volunteers, which was supposed to terminate on 4 Julys was extended. By 7 July
there were 660 volunteers.
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5. The Consulate officials are dissatisfied with the comparatively small percentage
of Soviet registrants, as only about one-fifth (approximately 800p.see paragraph
6) of the Soviet Coomtunity have registerodo Some have not registered because of
the stories circulated by young Soviet citizens who arrived from Harbin in June.
Steps are being taken to stop these stories; Dobrovolsky, one of the men who
circulated them, has been sent back to Harbin by the Chinese at the request of
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6. N. V. Selesniev, Secretary of the Tientsin Soviet Associationowho arrived in
Tsingtao on 28 July, told Lelchitsky that only 800 out of 3,000 or 27% of the
Soviet community in Tientsin, had registered for repatriation, In contrast,
70% of the Tsingtao Soviet community had registered, a higher percentage than
either Tientsin or bhanghaio The failure of the Tientsin po eel,'n register
*an be attributed, in part-., to the anti-Soviet propaganda campaign of the
emigre press in Tientsin.
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7fl Consul General Kurdyukov has expressed great dissatisfaction with Soviet residents
of Tientsin. He stated that the community has become disorganized; that there is
too much loose talk about the repatriation; that many individuals have liquidated
their affairs without proper instruction; and that false propaganda about life
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Consul General Ledovsky at Peiping has stated that visas will be issued in the
order in.which applications are received. All Soviet citizens will be repatriated
except those connected with Soviet official institutions and those who own
profitable business enterprises. A statement to that effect has e.lready been
registered with Chinese authorities.
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9. Soviet citizens will be evacuated by the Soviet ships "Kuibyshev" and "Golgol".
First priority on the list are the "Crib" orphans. All young men are being sent
to the Tomsk area, and all other persons will go to South Sakhalin. Only a very
few technicians and specialists will be sent to Khabarovsk and Vladivostok.,
10. All Soviet oitiz(;ns are being asked if they intend to b : repatriated; those not
willing to go are requested to put their reasons in written form and have been
warned that if they do not go, the consulate will not guarantee their future
safety. As a result, all Soviet citizens are becoming either ardent Soviet supporters
or vehement opposers. Deals are being made on departure dates on the basis of
voluntary contributions to the repatriation.
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Flo Note: The following is a series of incidents showin, the Soviet
Consulate's handling of individual cases, which may indicate various Soviet policies
in regard to the repatriation.)
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a, A Soviet citizen named Boris Imshenetsky carried on effective propaganda
among chiefs of the trade union movement (?) to encourage registration for
repatriation. He was summoned by the Soviet Consulate during the first part
of duly and praised for hie constructive work in getting Soviet labor to
register for repatriation. lie was then given an envelope and told that the'contentc
of the envelope ware a reward for his work. Expecting money, Imshenetsky took
the envelope outside before opening it, whereupon he found a visa to the USSR
He has been expressing himself strongly to members of the Soviet Community, on
the injustice of this reward.
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b, A Russian emigres, George BQ Vagina has been seriously reprimanded by t le
Soviet Consulate for agitation against the repatriation. Vagin escaped from
the USSR in 1935 and has always freely expressed his opinions on life themes
His wife, however, has retained her Soviet citizenship,, Vagin was told by the
Consulate that if he did not cease his anti--Soviet propaganda, coercive action
would be taken against him?
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oo A oonsiderablo amount of personal property will accompany persona being
repatriatedb A wealthy Soviet Jew,, Eo K. If liand, has been promised that a
"KolhoQ" will be named in his honor after he gets to the USSR in exchange for
130.head of cattle which he will take.with him and turn over to this fColhozs'a
It in estimated that repatriate;v (from Tientsin?) will take approximately 500
head of milk cattle to the USSR.
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da A Soviet woman inquired of the Consulate if she would be able to send money
from they USSR to her parents in Tientsin and if she would be a_Uawed to return
to Tientsin if she did not like like in the USSR She uaa told that It would
be advisable for her to take her parents with her, as she would not be able to
return for at least two or three years and that it would take at least that long
for her to repay her "free" transportation. She was also told that she should
take with her wearing apparel to last two or three years or longer,
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e, A Soviet citizen named Fettel asked the Consulate to postpone hie repatriation
He was told by E4 G. Ershov,, Secretary of the Soviet Consulate, that he may remain
under only one condition--that he go to Tsingtao and work for Soviet intelli-
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