COMMUNIST POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN EAST CHINA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012300290006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 19, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 12, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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,la I~ early March 19529 the East China. Bur.~eau of the Chf,nese Cor~urxist ,Party
was conci~act~.ng a "eecxaxitp learxaing anci irsspe(~.t.i~rn d~^*.~..e~ under the
supervi~sian of WEi 4Jen~po ~?75.1~,/2429,~0.~30~y rrre~ct^e~lary g~erYeral of the East
China Burea~~o Z"his ~3x?ive ~.rac:l,udad a sa~.urity check oaf ~or.~#~.dAntia~.
a~ass+agas betwaera arganiza,tiansg af' rtew>~psp~arsm ~agazf.na~s~, and apasAChes
daa,ling wiLth gave~J"~nmantal, pal.it~.4aly rnflits.a~;7 and econami~ matters$ and
of p~sr~ons.1 rtteraaranda, diaries, lattc~rs~ and t?i.egx~azsso Staff members
rated ae first claa3s arad above in argartizations f,n East Ch.iasa ware
requ~,x?ed to loin this mo'~eraent, which was to be complat~ad within a period
of i"rc~m three w?eks to a r~:~nth s.nd ws.s to ba a~epeat,e~l -twc~ or three
tirs~s a gear,
2p ire late Janraary 195?s a confi,d+sntial r?port we,e iaasued 'Sy the Chekiarttg
Prov.~.ncfal Gavernnen*~ incl~adi.ng the thz^ee rsa.ira uper~atinnal plena for 1952,
axe of wh:~.ch was ta. be called the "Increase Proriuct~,an and Econoraf ze on
Cansut~pti,an'y raovemenx.~ ~`he :stated put~poee of th~.e rmover~ent was to Hake
the people realize that to increase produe:tian and to e~anorxize on con-
. surs.ptian are the prerequis:s.t?~ far accumulating wealth ar,d enriching the
national reserves whf.ch are to b? used to sauppa~^t the Chf..neee People ? a
V'raluratee:r~ Army, and ;hat Such a maveraent is alrso aimed at, ate.biliziag
prf cc~e acrd accumu~.a t~.ng farads 'to speed the iradtastriali.r~atian of the
nations which fa the perrxanent policg of national. xrscaxautructian~, Tea
b:L1?lien dollax^sl murr* b? collected tht?aughaut th,e pxov,nce in suppart
of this mower~ento
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Irt early Februaax~~ 1952, the Hangchow municipal. authorities ware. aakiug
rel~.gious adherents to carry oat the thr?ee axrt~ ? s movement in the
religious field3 Pr?xtestants and Catholics were being brib~,d to accuse
lead~:,xtg ~znissionaries publicly of graft or cor?rup*.~icaT3,o CHANG Hsing wean
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