POLITICAL INFORMATION: SOVIET PLANS FOR A NEW FAR EASTERN POLICY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000250007-0
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 21, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Political Thfornatioas Soviet Plans for a Ne>r
Far Eastern Policy
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ORIGIN
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DATE:
INFO As stated
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le On 20 September M h yev, Director of the Shanghai Moscow. arodr r Bank, inw: Lted
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Chibuunovslq, Druri, Borodin, Sun, and Birbrr.~jer0 Mihs f proposed a new Far
Eastfr.n policy, making the following observat onsz
(1) When the present local repatriation ends,, only a fey: chosen families will
be allowed to remain in China, according to the original :oscow plan. Cow)ul
sory repatriation will then begin in order to determine w:.ich citizens are
loyal to the USSR and which beccans Soviet citizens for .rep sons of expedie.a:y0
Moscow will instruct the Shanghai Consulate to take this =.ction immediatAr
as the international situation does not warrant delay. B. the end of thli year
the Far East will be the foca3, point of critical relation* between the USSJt and
the United States0
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(2) The Central Cooperative Union (CCU is the former Car v. Sayus), orde:r(4
by the Politbureau to enlarge its activities abroad, plan bo open branch's. In
various places abroad, including China and the colcn3r of *ngkong0 Negotiations
are required in Nanking prior to setting up the China bra :h of the CCU, `jilt
regardless of the outcome of these negotiations, it is im!,.)rtant to prepar+, a
flexible organization in Shanghai to act as an auxiliary ~:rgan to the praiosed
CCU branch, or to act independently as an expert organ sty', ject to CCU In `Iascow
.through the local Torgpredstvo or the Narodny I3ank0
(3) Local Soviet merchants must decide wheth -* they are -ady to coopera+.MM
with this plan and remain in China, The Shan?.aai branch ' the CCU is to export
from China used clothing, leather goods, texti.las, and fcWrdstuffs.
There were mixed reactions to this plan. Birbrayer and S.:.lin were in favor-;
Chibunovs1y was skeptical and believes that the proposed ; lan would mean ataugg
gl.ng` probably from Hongkong to the USSR.
20 The USSR is now using all possible means to import needed goods. The purchase
of penicillin in Shanghai by crew members of the Mch is .probably sanctiolbed
by Moscow,
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3. One of the main tasks of Goatee bi}B, 1.1inistry of State Security7 in China is
the supplying of arms to the Chinese Communist Party, especially in South Mira.
Transactions are made mostly through Chinese and foreign firms connected with
Soviet trade establishments. Agents who actually conduct the smuggling are
Chinese Communist Party me-,abers. The Soviet Hongkong trade representatives Si.zov
and Kovalenko organized the smu' ogling of arms and wolfram sent from Hongkong to
the USSR on Soviet ships.
4. At the last meeting of the shanghai representatives of 'eorgp..idstvo and the
Narodry Barn: it.was decided to move the offices of the Sovie? Citizens A Trade
Association to 1 Avenue Eduard VII ghung Chong Road, East ?
This was to be done so that Miheywr, reportedly head of the economic Section
of the local Gosbez, might control the organization more efficiently,
The Narodny Bahk, Torgpredstuvo Export Khleb, and the Intourint office are all
at 9 Avenue Edward VII.
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5. The Sov-eta will set up a special section of the -tar Eastern information Bureau
within the Shanghai.TASS office. This section, headed by zoovsky, although :.nde-
pendent of TAS3 will be officially a part of it. Appoirrtece will arrive in Shanghai
on the next repatriation ship. A new USSR-China policy will be initiated after
the return of Ambassador Petrov, Top Soviet Shanghai officials are prepared to
send their famili,s to the USSR.
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6. The appointment-of Lozovaky - Soviet Far East expert -- to bend the Information
on Bureau in Irkutsk presents evidence of the importance of the Far East to !!osccw.
50-74717. Extending LozovakyVs activities to Shanghai by sitting up a TASS
Information Bureau Section indicates that !.:oscow is expectin a shoar-down soon
in the Far Last.
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7o The Soviet Far mast from Irkutsk to Vladivostok is now wider martial law; no
one can travel through or remain in the area without special permission. Cone
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