POLITICAL PRISONERS IN CANTON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010900300007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: March 14, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTTIAL/(X.NITROL - U.$ OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
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SUBJECT Political Prisoners in Canton
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OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
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1. On 31 January, 2,100 prisoners from Paoan (113-56, 22-32), Huiyang (114-26, 23-05),
Polo (114-17, 23-09), and Tsengohteng (113-49, 23-16) were assembled in Canton for
shipment to Hainan to cultivate waste lands.
Also on 31 January, 168 so-called special. prisoners from Paoan, 91 from Tungkuan
(113-46, 23-02), 61 from Polo, and 172 from Tsengeheeng were executed by Chinese
Communist authorities in Canton,
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