POLITICAL INFORMATION: EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE HONG KONG WEN HUI PAO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100250001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 26, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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SUBJECT 8 litical Informations Editorial Staff of the
Hoof Kong Wen F ui Pao
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9 September 194$ it employed y staff !Lit ht
had in Shanghai. Among the leading editors of this newspaper are:
IISt Chu-ch'eng
in Shanghai editor-in-chief who also held that position
in
MAO Tun ( A ), well-known pro-Soviet writer who edits the weekly
literary co umn
TSENG Chao-lun ( ~I d
q/ ), well-known chemist with leftist leanings who
edits the weekly science column- TSENG'S political views do not agree with :R
those of his wife, YtJ Ta-yin (fgL~" L. .,1 ) ,the younger sister of the Mi.nister.+
of Communications, YU Ta-wei ( i )
i
SUN Ch{i-meng a leader of the Democratic League who edits the,--u
weekly education column
CHIN Po-tsan ( ), well-known leftist historian who 11 7K column on history and geography
edits a weekly
r,
s
CHIN Chia-chit an economist of the Democratic League who
edits the weekly column on economics
HOU Wai--lu ( 1 4 ft ), well-known writer of aprogressive'J thoughts who
edits a weekly co1umi entitled "New Trends of Thought"
Ki0 Ling 11 'f ), leftist, former editor of the Shanghai Ta Kung Pao
who edits a column on social affairs
SUNG Yin` pin a leftist writer for youth who edits a 99Youth
Problems" column.
r
cu ate the S
ten Hu Pao in the interior; at present
('Oc l94) not ma copies have reached 3ha hai because of the severe
W
Le
'a
The circulation of the Wen Hui Pao is now supposed to exceed that of the
Ta Kung Pao in Hongkong. The ad ressof this Communist nd Democratic League-
supported paper is 30 Ho Li Huo Tao
1 )s Hongkong. Plans
are being made to ci
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