ACTIVITIES OF THE CHUAN MIN PAO

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007300140013-6
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: April 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Thailand
SUBJECT Activities of the Chuan }'in Pao
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1.
In iece,.iber 19:550, the ? ;huan
in Pao published a booklet on conditions in
Communist China and Koroa.
residents of Thailand.
In January 1951, the Chuan
The t)ookl t as distributed araoiaa; .he Chinese
in -Pao organized a ce pai;,a anon- Chinese
iubor'ers to collect contributions for victims of the Caphan Lean.; fire.
3.
C1:1 IU Chien aka C::T. Chien, aka KLT Kiting = a reporter on U9 Chien
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'"iTa Pao., is a I":ak. 'Ho is c10s.a.. 3GuOC1.1'Gn~.. of j ...il.T~ jSaC1_h.1~2a.
aka L07, I:un? Ilua, aka ?hO:T ah Liew *, President of the Bangkok :Iatel?a .ssociaf-
tion. LrJ also o ns the Kian Iiuat Lee Comp, 201-203 . acha' on _'oad and
is mana ;er of the ?'enact Coods Der of Company, Ltd..'**.
4. 241though the Thai police have accepted the petition of he puolishors to
::r> )oirit C!13 r Tong Saw Tan editor of the Ciiaan 'Till Pao, t. e,,r have launched a
campaign to force the closure of the paper.:`In ,Taxsary 19_;1, the -'hai
police issued an order to check on the identification pape.7s of Jhuan :in
''ao distributors. They also plan to call in ro:,u.lar subscribers ti the
oper f or ldentif i,7atiou chocks in an off ort to ( ..,`: cou_':Y' i-o s _) c Sirw? -r
orders have been issued to police stations in the pr ovinco.sa
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5)o On 1 Jairuary 1951, T3' ,',.I Chih-hung, aka 3ITTi;, tic :Tana t cc i ;or o,: t he
in Pao, want to the Dangrak police station sayin. that he had been warned
ai.lwid id to aceass:in-
t the Chinese _Tationalists were sn - ling eo-ole into Th
ate pro--Ca.a.,U gists in Darigkok. TSt >.I also stated that they planned to set
fire to the Ta Chong Publishing Company and then accuse the uoonun.ist; of
sabotage.
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6. Following the arrest on 30 January 1951 of TS'e',I Chih hun ; ld -.,U C ien-
ehung, Lianaging editor of the Chuan Din .Pao, an urgent rneet:ing of tho
Chinese Communist Party was eel led at the Oh' i. KuanZ 3choolit..'Pi, which has
moved to a neg. building near :,:'at Saket (Golden .'aunt). ft this aetir~g~,
presided over by a CCP leader, LI" 7.'oo aica LIt.; a
resolution was passed supporting the editors' a,)peal to the Thai a:ir:Listry
of T,nte' ior.
7. LIT:i i?oo, a native of Ilainan, studied for 'parry ,,ears in 3han,hui and ,'ranca.
He is a sponsor of the Lire Kong Zee Sawmill Company
5 .rat Saket.
3. TS':I Chili-hung and .'U Chien-chun; have filed a complaint yr th the '. istry
of Interior and have aJdrassvd a plea to the Civil Court that they be re--
:Leased and bo permitted to remain in Thi:iland. T3',1I told Police Lt. Cc' ,
Chamrat I.:antukanont Chief of the Thai CID, that he has nevo' broken a Thai
law, that his arrest is the result of the insistence of the morican
:unperialists and that he is victim of repressive measures o_' the Thai ruling
class for the suppression of thoae who defend righteous causes. IIe claims
that hj does not fear returning to China but is reluctant to leave his
.'ri3nds and his work.
9. The local Chinese Communist Party is circulating the information that the
Chinese Coriaunist Government will welcome the deportees. )nUiat L:aha.}un
!'resident of the Bangkok Chinese Chamber of Co}:unerce, has donated moneyP
'co the #a":d1ies of T3'AI and ;J as an e: rossion of syrrpa-en,
10.. .'.'U T' ien-junk and 111W Chi-Mori.,, both believed to bo rnennbers of Chinese
Corrmunist 'artJT, havo been named acting editor and publisher respoct:ivol.y
of the Chum-i 1-An Pao. ,'G is a Thai national , born in The i1 and of Ch:i nesQ
parents.. t i r ep are graduates of :'ssut;,ntior, College i s 3arngkok end one
of the two was graduated from Yen Ching University in Cant-on T'VI
is approximately 23 years old.
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ccordi.n; to LIt: had been
dasa.I;nated as tno EIakka .'.ssociation representative for a projected
tour of China.
The Thailand Business Director , 1911j9_19502 lists the. aclclreas of e
1.. Ouse .,ornl?aa."y, ]MO., as 201-205 Pacha.von} (~oad,
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CPYRGHT Larr ..~s rte) as raana ar of tki: Lan sSori;.; I ee u(5, oily The;; are
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probably the sarro.
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i r1ivar iIty in Peipiri , has 'ben partly supported by . finer is Li a fundu9
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