CHINESE COMMUNIST PLANS FOR HAINAN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005700270010-6
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2002
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 5, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT' Chinese Communist Plans for Hainan
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1. A Russian mining advisor named 'Weim1,31?a-ltm (? Vibalin)'> who arrived in
Canton in May l950, is attached to the Communist Ministry of Heavy Industry.
Directly after his arrival, he left for Hainan, accompanied by LIU Hetang-ean
( k+J Il =..), chief of the Industrial Department of the Canton government,
and a Chinese mining engineer named. LI Chih wen
2. These men took with them plans, made by the Japanese durin,:; the last war,
for the exploitation of Hainan mines and for the setting up of a fishing
company at Asisha (112. , 16 ) island., west of Hainan.
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The group completed their tour at the end of June 1950 and returned to
Canton. They then completed plans to build a railroad around Hainan,
establish laze mining facilities in the Wnchih mountains (113- , 23.? ),
and, establish a fishing comy.)any at Heisha ;island. It is the intention
of tie CCP at Cm.nton to form a Mining Exploitation Committee headed by
LILT NNsiansan.
4., The COP at Canton Is presently making plans to reopen the Tien Chuan (09A
iron mine, east of Yulin (10928, 18-14). This nine was.sabotaged by the
Nationalists prior to their evacuation and it is estirated, that aTsoroximately
one month will be required to reopen it.
I'- June 1950 the Ministry of Communications sent CH?:F:H Ching hung (11? ME
to investigate the requirements for a railroad around Hainan. CH939 stated
and Economic Committee of the Peiping government sent five men to Hraina..n.
Three of these were Soviet advisers and two were Chinese, the latter named
CHIA Tofu and SUNG Yu-ho ).***
that the railroad could be cormieted by 1 July 1951. On 17 July the Financial
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Co ent. CHX To-fa was former mayor of Si n and vice chairman
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in the East China Military District.
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