POSSIBLE SUPPLY OF FRESH FRUIT FROM CHINA TO USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013600140006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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.CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
CD NO.
COUNTRY China/USSR
SUBJECT Possible Supply of Fresh Fruit from
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DATE DISTR. 4 Sep. 1952
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. The USSR has requested China to supply it with 3009000 tons of fresh fruit
during 19529 and China is attempting to comply. The fruits include apples, pears,
oranges, watermelons, loquats, peaches and fruit special to certain regions.
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this fruit would provide China with foreign exchange of about US 30 to S1+0 million.l
The Ministries of Agriculture and Trade therefore are held jointly responsible
for issuing regulations to govern the production, compulsory sale to the govern-
ment, and shipment of this ft, and the Ministries are trying hard to fulfill
these responsibilities.
1. C21maent. Since US$30 million for 300,000 tons of fruit works
out to 6.50 a pound, it is probable one of these figures is incorrect.
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