ECONOMIC INFORMATION: COMMUNIST-CONTROLLED RAILROADS, MANCHURIA

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CIA-RDP82-00457R001900890006-2
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1
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December 14, 2016
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March 5, 2001
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6
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October 21, 1948
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REPORT
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SUBJECT CONFIDENTIAL Economic Information: Communist--Controlled Railroads, Manchuria /'' 25X1A C ff"Aptk I"% ENTRA~RtH NVAI}r{ - (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO 25X1X REPORT NO. Railroad Schedules and Iieulations, bsu>u?hieh 1. Two freight trains and one passenger train leave Ssupingchieh (124-22,43-11) daily for Tsitsihar The freight trains leave at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m,,, the passenger train at 1:30 a,m. The fare on the passenger train from Ssuping- chieh to Liaoyuan (123-30,43-30) is ;3,000 Communist currency,, 2. There is one freight train and one passenger train daily from Ssupingchieh to i.eihokou (125-41,4232). The passenger train leaves at 12 noon and the freight train at 8:30 P.M,, 3. Train tickets are not sold until the necessary permits are examined by the ticket sellers, all merchants must show a tax receipt issued by the Communist authorities before they are allowed to transport goods on the train. These tax receipts are good for a week only, so that if the merchant does not board the train within the time limit he must pay another tax and secure another receipt = L.A j !";A IL CLJaN~" i ..s. .~., Approved For Release 2001/03/2 ti, -RDP82-00457R001900890 oviQt? Railroad Personnel, Harbin=tSanchouli 25X1A Soviet Russian personnel are found at every railroad station between Harbin and Danchouli. There appears to be two stationmasters - one Soviet and one Chinese. There are many more Chinese employees than Soviet employees, When the Chinese Communist authorities were asked why they employed Soviet Pilo i s . ans they replied that they were doing no more than the Nationalists, who had sign?d 25X1A a mutual assistance pact with the USSR (Ca6), Comment0 The Chinese Communists were undoubtedly referring to the Sino-Soviet Agreement of August 1945 which covered, among other subjects, the joint Sino Soviet administration of the Chinese-.Changchun Railway system.) WARNING NOTICE: THIS DISTRIBUTION LISTING MUST BE EXCISED IEFORE , ~, OFcIHJ I This document is hereb CONFIDENTIAL in SCC,ar letter o lancerwdtedthe f 1OctoL Director of Central intetiiig nce o to the Archivist of the 9 ti 'e fe Next Review pate: n~oe~? For R~ MENT. CONFIDENTIAL 'Class. lease 2001/03/22 : CIA-RDP82t00 REPORT NO. 25X1A DATE DISTR. 21. October 1948 NO. OF PAGES NO. OF ENCLS. 1 @_~1?9OQ6 Date: ,... 7 ~.97~._.... _._. By