CHINESE COMMUNIST USE OF NON-COMMUNIST PERSONNEL IN PUBLIC POSTS

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CIA-RDP82-00457R004300390011-4
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 14, 2016
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May 8, 2002
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11
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Publication Date: 
February 16, 1950
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REPORT
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era,EU,QfU tt C4ASSIFICAI JON .r;i' 44 o2 D ~D Y/ COUNTRY China ~a r oO ~ e If xL~ 'I '~lC~"1~ `I G `-uu4n r rc#~ .' -a i fd G.O ~LFa fJC. n a, ~ ~ s . R, n ..m rr..ev. r.. IJIM 1-W g''1OWN M a UWAm ti?SK,5"'W 50. Q CD NO. 25X1A C01 V Fi N ' T1 DATE DISTR.. 16 FE B 50 SUBJECT Chinese Communist the of ion-Communist NO. OF PAGES 2 Personnel in Publi Posts PLACE ACQUIRED 25X1A 25XPE OF INFO. NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. I. A tur-vey of lists of members of various committees and departments in the CV,nese Communist government of Cnina indicates that non-members of the (Linese Communist Party (CCP) are assigned only to non-essential or r.on-policy-making positions. Lor example, one of the vice mayors of Canton is LI Chang--ta*, a sup; orter of LI Chi--sheer, but he is not accorded an active role. it is CHHU iiuang*4, a Party man and also a vice mayor, who is really active in mutters affecting the city government. YEl Chien-ying is too busy with larger affairs to concern himself vrith municipal politics. 2. The recruiting system presently in use tends to consolidate CCP control. Trainees and technical personnel are recruited on the personal recommenda- tion of CCP members of at least five years' standing. Recently, when college graduates were needed for various technical positions, the call was not made public, but each qualified CCF member was given three application forms to distribute to candidates whom he considered suitable and safe. The selection of trainees to study in the USSR is made in the same manner, except that each Party member receives only one application form to pass on. It th;..s appears that loyalty to the CCP is considered a necessary qualification for participation in the new government. 3. The use of non-Communists in high eoverrLment posts is a temporary measure.*** One old CCP member has stated that they will eventually "reckon with" persons like General Ceil&, G Chien* 4*, who have been given important posts for the time being. 4. The system of filiin; public posts and technical positions on the basis of personal reconmenaations,, which derives from the CCP fear of infiltration by non-Communist elements, sufters from the fact that old CCP members have only limited contacts with technicians, most of whom cone from the bourgeoisie. Though the shortage of trairosd technical personnel is keenly felt, the Communists insist that they must rely on the laboring class to meet the CCP'a long-range needs in this line. They indicate that they are, confident of solving their personnel problems within one or two years. T?( STATE Fi~ ARMY AIR . I =~ _ _ _ -V` - 6' "- '' ~.- ? ? ~ ~ r ~~ P-1 25X1 This (+? ,?j CONFIC "! 5," letter of o of Central Intelligence to CLASSIFICATION 004300390011-4 5. The CCP is speeding the establishment of training schools. In December -l949 Nan Fang University, Canton, was recruiting about two thousand young high school and college students for a course ,of political indoctrination. CCP members, including OH'EN ~~ei-shih ( t * ,' ` ), vice president and the real executive head of Nan Fang University, state that these indoctrination schools are called universities in order to attract as many college students as possible. After their graduation, these trainees will be used in local administration and as political organizers.***** Their employment will be temporary, lasting only until the CCP has a sufficiently large pool of Communist-indoctrinated technicians of tested reliability. When the latter are available, the persons trained on an accelerated schedule will be transferred to other duties. 6. The training period at iian Fang University is now six months. It is contemplated, however, that after the first six months the institution will become a regular university, requiring a five-year course for graduation. The Communist ideology will form the basis of the curriculum, and the student body will be drawn from the peasant and worker classes. The recently established People's University in Peiping, in which a number of Russian professors are employed, has been built up along these' lines. The Conununists assert that institutions of this type will eventually supply competent personnel who will replace the present group of bourgeois intellectuals with Anglo-American backgrounds. They concede that it will. take a considerable time to reach this goal, and for the time being they will rely on some of the better private schools, including missionary institutions. For this reason they are paying high compliments to Lingnan University as an educational institution. 25X1 A See 25X1A 25X1A 25X1A 25X1A Approved For Release 2002/08/07 : CIA-RDP82-00457R004300390011-4 of CC? intentions with regard to non-Communist leaders. I Comment. Q paragraph 32, gave a similar report Comment. In the Hong -Kong C'gea Hui Pac, 21 October 1949, CH'k:,'G Ch' ien was reported as a committee member of the Central People's Government Council of the People's hepublic of China, and as a vice chairman of the People's Revolutionary military Council. 25X1A ***** Comment. This appears to be a part of the program 25X1A outlined in. Approved For Release 2002/08/07 : CIA-RDP82-00457R004300390011-4