RAIL CONDITIONS IN THE SHANGHAI AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100650011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: August 25, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE DISTR.. 25 AUG !
SUBJECT hail Conditions in the Shighat. Area
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T~iain airfields to the Shanghai North Station, work on railways in the area
consists mainly of strengthening bridges and building offices of the various
sal-17.i v stations. Because of the shortage of mechanics and the urgent need
for locomotives in North China, large numbers of locomotives have been sent
to Shanghai, to be repaired. After being repaired, they are returned to
North China. Rx=dm January to March 1951,-20 locomotives were repaired and
X) others were under repair in Shanghai. Some railway mechanics have been
sent to North-China, but only a few went willingly; most were forced to go
in order to earn a livelihood.
There are \one ;or two' Soviet mechanics in each unit of the Shanghai Railway
Bureau. These are paid several times the salaries Chinese receive for
similar work.
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When Soviet mechanics travel by train they travel with ordinary passengers
but never give their names when buying a sleeper as do ordinary men. Soviet mechanics travel in groups of four or five., s h m are~!a
Soviet guard and a Chinese soldier who guards them and, cts as an interpreter.
This is in contrast to travel conditions for high'-ranking government officials,
who travel on chartered military coaches serviced by troops rather than the
"eguLar train staff. These coaches are always placed directly behind the
civilian sleepers.
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