POLICE, TROOPS AND CURRENCY, P'ULI AREA, SINKIANG PROVINCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200240005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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114FOR A7?ION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY China DATE DISTR. 11 JUL 50
SUBJECT Police, Troops and Currency, NO. OF PAGES I
Pauli Area, Sinkiang Province
PLACE 25X1 A NO. OF ENCLS.
ACQUIRED (LISTED BELOW)
DATE OF 25X1 X SUPPLEMENT TO
INFO. M REPORT NO.
i. P9 uli (Tash Kurghan m 7514, 37-47) has a police force of 50 men, whose
commanding officer is vabi Joo Jung. The majority of the policemen are
Ismaili Tajiks, with a few Sunni Tajiks. The office at Pauli is
responsible for the area from L~intaka to Chihilgumbes*, and is under the
direction of LI Pu**, chief of police in Kashgar (75-58, 39..-29) ~ Pay for
the Pauli police is sent from Kashgar and amounts to 5 rupees per man per
month, and free rations.
2. There are 100 soldiers in Pauli, under the command of LI Ju**. They are
responsible for the area from Mintaka to Chihilgumbez, and reoeive orders
from F00 Tin Jung**, Yingchieha (Yangi Hissar - 7609, 38=.56), Kashgar.
The soldiers are mainly Chinese, with a few Sunni soldiers from the Kashgar
area. They are armed with machine guns, Russian and American carbines,
pistols of various kinds, and swords.
3. Currency in use in the Pauli area includes Pakistan coin and paper money,
old Chinese silver coins, old Russian sovereigns***, and unniinted gold and
silver. The coins most in use are the yarnboo, a silver coin weighing 160
tolas, and the aktanga, a silver coin of 3 tolas, the latter being the more
esteemed.
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* Comment. Liintaka was not located, but is believed to be at
or near 1K11ik Pass (approximately 75-00, 37-00). An available map showed
Chihil Grumbaa (approximately 75-40, 38-00).
~omment. The area in question is reported to have a population of
about eight thousand persons, one percent of whom are Sunni Kirghiz
herdsmen and the remainder I ili koslo .
** 21o characters available.
Comment. This coin is probably a forerunner of the ohervonets,
25X1A a coin of approximately the same value as the British sovereign.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
CLASSIFICATION
I,S~+. NSRB
F81
Approved For Release 2000/05/18 : CIA-R
Next Review Date: 2008