TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IN NORTH CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002600730002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 28, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
`,OUNTRY China .
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CD NO.
DATE LlSTP. 28 APR 1949
'SUBJECT - Transportation Facilities in North Ch' NO. OF PAGES 1
PLACE NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
to A long-distnnt:0`,bus service is running between. Tientsin and Tsinsn,a
takes 1 a days to cmplete the trip.: :. r
2. , ? assent ers are S5atdt ed' mbr?e than ten timed at different point's between
Tientsin and-Tsanghsien ( 116-52, 38-19).' At these points -= which are
operated by women and youths ~-, civilian identity cards are eponfiscated,
and any -US currency pr gold found on the"- passengers is forcibly exchanged
for i cop s hank .-da tars ~ the.. haneS t c rnur-xst currency) at the official
-rate., There are no '=check. points south 6T-i T4 ,nghsien.
3, Trains between Ts:,t an and :~eiha en ( 4=07,36-43) run only at iight. A
truck.. service is iii -operation liiatween .,';eihtden. A?ct A hsieft :(12O- 5, 36-44)
4., T ere are two trains a day, round-trip, between Tsinan and the Fangtz4
(120-15, 34 44 coal mines The, trains-.average tvyenty trucks (sic) and.
passengers sit on the coals. #. ~, .
" The Tientsin--Peiping railway is running as usual.
o l.i;: is pose to travel :from "Tientsin J . Hathin- by rail,
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
~rehivist -ef -the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
FIDENTIAL
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