Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP82-00457R002700080005-3
Body:
25X1A2g
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4 OUNTRY . China -.21 ' UL_M * AT,, DISTR. 29 APR 1949
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North China
1., The British are dealing commercially with the Chinese Communists, and ; zan,;'
British firms are having representatives sent from London to sign agraemeent.v
i}aith the Chinese Co a,~rraniets 9 British and t-rnerican ships are putting in a':.
Taku Bar to pick up cargo,
2 Although business in Tientsin is almost at a standstill, the Chinese C ern-
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.cuaists, are trying to eneoure;e trade and have reinstituted link and bar .;ar
systemse kxports are permitted on a barter basis, and the exporter and