1. CONDITIONS IN LANCHOU 2. IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN NORTHWEST CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010100390001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1o The ',)asic building plan for the extension of the city of Lanehou.1 both within the
city liu,ita and in the suburbs, was formulated by Russians. The oonstruotion
s"WE.s ::sst to a oon.tractor, the Hua C.hlang Conpany ( It is hoped that all
pub:l".o buildings will be completed by the end of 1952? Private residenoos are
. bca built by individuals but must fit in with the pre-arranged plans. Since
thero are numerous barren hilly nearby, many looa.l residents have built cave housed,
to 1:.vo in., Thee are good air raid shelts rs. According to rumor, the Chinese
Cortmsmistta are preparing to move their capital to Lssnohov if World War III
breaks out.,
2. Bus iawsss in Lanchou has been more active than formerly. Mazy branchesc of
Tientsin and Slu nghai firms are maintained there but, bao*t Ze of communications
di'f} cultios;, coo stodity pricos are throe to five ,times higher them those in
Tientsin and Shanghai,, and commodities are in short supply. Despite this
axce:lent market., goverment price ceilings have made business profits extremely
dif3. cult,
3~. In gtzeral, the atmosphere in Lanohou hats not altered much since the arrival
of the Communist regime., Tho situation, has been considerably less tense than
in Ti entain or Shanghaiu,
4., Chine ,oiumimf st communications a ithoriti.e.s in the Northwest., assisted by
ov f t technicians, have sent oomrrii.mieatiorx survey teams to various localities
to sal eed the construction of railw:ysa,, highways and other comuunicat1ons means
in. tie Nyrt.h rest. By late Septem.3er sx~other group of communications experts
hid heft Lanchou for Heirsing (101-49, 36-57) to make surveys all along the routs
ass.: flan for improving communications between Lanchou and Tsiaaghai4 According
to reports in Lanohou-, m large-scale arsenal will be constructed in Haining?
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uili:lou people, and that engineering projects were being planned by Soviet experts:;..
21Cosmment0 A number of businesses are reported to have moved to Leno eau
rom a :exalt al mother cities,, reports the movement of two of
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