CHINESE COMMUNIST POSTAL, TELEPHONE, AND TELEGRAPH SERVICES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002300680002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 14, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
S E C U k I TY INFb IF dfT6 N
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within thr mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SUBJECT Chinese Commuiist Postal, Telephone, and DATE DISTR. 14. September 195?
Telegraph Services
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DATE OF INFO. REQUIREMENT NO. RD
PLACE ACQUIREd I REFERENCES
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. Since their unification under a single management by the Chinese Communists,
the postal, telephone, and telegraph services in China have been under the
Ministry of Post and Tele.dommunicatione. In mid-June 1953 every office of
the ministry maintained a radio station and long distance telephone facilities.
All Of these offices were utilizing new type machines. At some offices there
were military representatives who had, been assigned by the army to super.v=_se
operations. Between Shanghai and Peiping and between Peiping and Moscow there
were wire-photo facilities. At Changchou (N 24-32, E 117-42) and Amoy there
was direct telephone.service to Shanghai and Canton. At Foochow there was
direct telephone service to Peiping.
2. There were approximately 300 employees in the Changchou office, which included
the following sections: postal money order, stamps, telephone, telegraph,
savings, mechanics, and telephone-telegraph lines. In mid-June the buildings
housing the Changchou office were being enlarged and new-type Soviet-made
telegraph receivers and transmitters were scheduled to be installed to increase
the efficiency of communications in Fukien.
3. The facilities of the Ministry of Post and Tele-communications were used only
on a small scale by Chinese Communist government and military organizations.
All official mail was delivered by separate postal service under armed escort.
All telephone poles in Fukien belonging to the telephone and telegraph service
used by the military forces bore the characters Chun Min (6511701+4).
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