1. SMUGGLING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MACAO 2. EFFECT OF BANGKOK FREE GOLD MARKET ON HONG KONG ILLEGAL GOLD TRAFFIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014300400007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 8, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FED 1952
CENTRAL INTELLiGZNCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL - U,S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
INF
COUNTRY Hong Kong/Macao/Thailand//So
SUBJECT 1. Smuggling 'between Hong Kong and Macao
2, Effect of Bangkok Free Gold Market on
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1? As of 9 September 1952 there were only three Hong Kong firms engaged in smug-
gling between Hong Kon
and
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hose iir:s? through private arrangements
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the Hong Kong Police, were required to submit a list of the goods to be
transported and obtain the--ua.officiaal approval of the police members involved
prior to each smuggling venture.
20 By early September the free gold market in Bangkok had brought to a halt the
illegal gold traffic between Hong Kong and Sou- heast Asia,
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