POLITICAL INFORMATION: CHINESE COMMUNIST CONTROL OF REFUGEES LEAVING CHANGCHUN

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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 26, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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Control of Refugees Leaving Changchun
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1. Nle'ven rrersons . three men, three women and five children - left Changchun 3 August
at 10 aa.m. on their way to Mukd.en. At noon they passed the last Nationalist
sent.ry post, where they were searched and permitted to pass. At the "Seventh
33raoch Office," the first Communist sentry post, about a mile and a half
southwest of the city? the party was stopped. At that point the men nroduced
two v,istols and two cameras as -payment for taassage through the lines (see below).
In rettarn for these items the sentry finally permitted the women and children
to nrocoed but the men were told to return to the city to secure more weapons.
On 4 August the three men returned to the same Communist sentry ?,ost and without
further bribes finally armed their way through into Communist .controlled
territory. The Communists had announced they were a7 lowing a large number of
refugees to pass each day, and on .+ August the men were given permits which
enabled them to go to Fanchiatun (175.04, 43-43). On 6 August at Fanchirti n
the three men found the rest of their party and the group was given another
pass which permitted thorn' to go through the Communist lines to north of
Tishling (123-51, 42..).8). For the next five days they traveled by carriage
to Yftangchul ivg (124750. 43-32). Ssuningchieh (l24v?.' 4311) and Ka iyuan
(124.-05, 42-360. From Xaiyuan they walked to the last Communist post at
Sbantoarao, eight miles north of Tiehlixsf;, and from Shantounao they walked to
Pingtingpao, the Nationalist post north of Tiehltug. There they secured a
carriage to Tiehling and from .Ttehling they boarded the train for Mukden,
2. On 4 August the Communists surround ins Changchun announced they they would
permit through their lines ; OO refuges from Ohan chun per day provided they
handed over certain weapons. The refugees were guarded by Communists until
they reached Fanchiatu; where they were given Identification cards and allowed
to proceed. Most of the persons in charge of the Interrogation which preceeded
the distribution of the identification cards were students who had escaped from
Changchun previously.
3., On 4 August three Russians, two men and one woman, left Changchun. From the
"Seventh Branch Office" sentry post they were accompanied by a Communist
gucrd to SsupingchieN where they were allowed to take the train for Harbin,
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The handing over of the following weapons will permit
persons to as Communist lines around Changchun:
tern
l pistol
1 rifle
?. light machine gun
1 heavy machine gun
1 assault gun
1 trench mortar
1 grenade launcher
4 hand grenades
30 rounds of pistol ammunition
100 rounds of rifle ammunition.
1 pair of binoculars
2 cameras
1 heavy gun
1 rocket gun
1 bayonet
medicine
the indicated number of
3
4
6
7
5
10
4
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1
1
2
1
20
15
1
Number of persona depends
on quantity and quality of
medicine.
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