SMUGGLING ACROSS THE BURMA-CHINA BORDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900510006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 9, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFO)RMATION Ft, t'
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ACQUIRED
OVA'E OF
INFO
2 2. The gasoline arad an j. r;:3 oil, are not smuggled by agents of the fah Oil.
Comps directly. !d: sales can take place without a pe rnit from the
emaa,.nd xtg officer .' ? Kachin. Rifle 3 at Muse
3, uasolirf arrives at Kyako&r from Lashio, Formerly gasoline was smuggled
directly from La.sh'_~ . Source personally observed one t: zck~..load of
.3Ir. x 7 tires vtliir:) arrived at These on 6 Apr1.1. 19;1. After one veak all
tle tires had di.: bppear?edt, Anyone can engage in smuggling in this area
providing it is ..t too obvious,, The police,, castoms off.cers, and
mil.itar are a7-*- aware that smuggling exists but they am willing to look
the other vra.y '.f bribed.
NO. OF ENCLS.
(USTED r3Ct.OWT
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO..'
1o Between September 1950 .11 May 1951 approrlrately 15500 dxu Of gr;solit
and. 3,000 drum of lub r tccaating oil have been smuggled across the Bus sa
Y border fm r, K kok (98-17; 24-05) into China0 rash. drum contains 44
gallons. More than 1,0)0 tires., 31 x 7 ' or 7.,50 x 20$ hatm been shipped
into China, App. z^entlY the Chi.rese Communists prefer Incl. .-made
Firestone tires to tir .: manufactured in the U.S,,, as the former fetch
a higher price in These products are all shipped to Olenose
Comae ist headquar.tt3 r.t Kunming,,
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.
Next Review Date: 2008
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