1. CONDITIONS AND CONTROLS IN TIENTAIN 2. RAIL TRAVEL BETWEEN HARBIN AND TIENTAIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900950006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 15, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CU NO.
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1. Conditions and Controls in Tientsin
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2 Rail Travel between Harbin and Tientsin
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In Tientsin in lice 1.950, regulation of ret.:i1 business was increes3_ngj d
many businessmen were cow4laininr that they would haute ':;o close their
lishments because of the stricter controls. Each, busin:: ssman has to obtain
on annual renevial of his permit to operate andr, even though these ata i u
freely, the number of privrte enterprises is decreasini. A new ordinance
in early 1951 rewires applicants for comr.ercial licenses to list the itracas
they intend to sell. Permission to open businesses is not granted to non-
Ore.ental s and even Chinese find it difficult to start a' new enterprise.*
Taxes at least theoretically, are not overv;helr'1dng o The owner of a sr.A.I.l.
retail shops for exnri le, must pay t.4o percent of his gross income to the
economic section of the police. This percentage? hoti:evex, is the minimum;
the rate is progressively increased so that no successft.l businessman can
operate without having ro,o at of this profit taken away in taxes a
Tientsin has cr,ny branches of commercial firms and rnpre-.;entetivee of Cornmunis'.
countries,- There .ar:,, numerous Polish trade representatives, ner.iy arrived in
1. 51,, and Czechs enF;agsd in buyirr and selling for Czecl siovakian ~t;overnment
firms. Tientsin merchants believe that shipments to ''astern European nations
E.ra overland through the Soviet Union instead of Lvr the former sea rc;ute?
Foodstuffs in Tientsin ax'. ample and ear s i1y obtained on the open market
without rationing. Prices are high but c.i pare fnvoratbl:; ,,vith those. of irt-
po ?ted or manufactured articles. There is no 1lack market, in food cur/ little
in manufactured' ;goods. The only remaining flack rn rket items appear to be
the American dollar and Fold. There have been several p:dice campai: ns to
elyriinnte speculation in these 'ields and the new rec:ui.rerrent f or listing
of cos ties is irtornrcted as a measure to control black marketing",
A new police rulini- requires that persons planning to rra r;c' Tic'ti.onv err?l.oyuert Iiist'dory E~.isa~t.`ours., The train has
two classes, referred to a? hard and soften There are no Sleeper
a.bcr:cr rrc3c ati orts am no first-class passen,;er services but. food can be bo aght
at al times ;-rr the train, Trains often include special. >co,aches fc:+r srrrlet
>evsonnel anc hinh-r n :ia14. Chinese Cormurdsts and the beat coaches on ordi-
trains a e des'-t"nat.cd for the Soviets., Loca _ Sov':.i ois* *%** are not
por?r_:itted to outer these conches?
;ozo.etng. ,. Althctku 7h it was not so stated,, thr..s .restriction
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:serfs or~ ty to long distance cal?.s,
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Cocx,; nt-,, This ca e was reported extcnsivel,y in the ,rr: s
]rrdi:en This is is sued only in exchar.e
.;ith : hich he Person arrived in 'iientsin,
Cora +nt. This means only a visa for Iioa:
the `-r:-, v=. l ^a sers
grr;ent_ Thhis terns refers to ~r ;: res -+iso :obtained Sovii.et c tim
cn 'tip in China, cis disti.rn"u: she,:' from S ov .ett zen a 'cos+i th e USSR-,
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