INDICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VULNERABILITIES

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• Publication Date: September 11, 1952
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SUBJECT INDICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VULNERABILITIES
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CPW Report No. 36-A -- CCMMUNIST CHINA.
(Aug. 1E-24, 1952)
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1. (ab) Russtan Faansomic aontrol:
Dairen announced (Aug. 21) that various commemoration programa would be held in
Dairen and Port Arthur to celebrate "the seventh anniversary of the liberaaion of
the area."
2. (lb) SSFA, Expansion:
Rangehow reported (Aug. 22) that the Chekiang Sino-Soviet Friendship Asseciatiee
called a meeting to discusS its program of increased propaganda to boost product Lou;
propaganda on Soviet construction achievements; an increased membership of 2
million; popularization of Soviet movies; and collections of photograDhr) of SPL-
activities for exhibit in the USSR. Peking, auhsi, and Shanghi Aug. 21) beeadeee
the new Russian Five Year Plea.
3. (le) Soviet Technical Guidance:
Faking in numeral code (Aug. 22) carried s commentary on Soviet adviser Lucherao:
"The Chinese Pe)ple Thank Him." Peking said (Aug. 23) that basic eeonomie
construction would swn aueceed rehabilitation in the Northeaat. Plans for tae
new program included adoption of 30 advanced Soviet techniques. "Oer great sale,
the USSR, Is giving us much assistance with our basic construction program. Soviet
technicians not only are contributing to the planning, but have taken actual part
in zonstruction work. The USSR has given us her latest machinery for use in her
Peking added in numeral code (Aug. 24) that by adoeting Soviet techniques, a steeL
company in Ceatral and South China had set new records. Nekden asserted (Aug. 23'
that workeriain the Fifth Northeast Electrical Supply Factory had increased
production 30 to 70 percent by adopting Soviet charting methods. Dairen . laaeee
(Aug. 19) great improvements through use of Soviet methods in the Dairen textne
mills.
Shanghai stated (Aug. 21) that a workers' brigade in the Pingshan Coal Mine,
Shantung, increased digging efficiency 80 percent by using Soviet methods. d.og
asserted in numeral code (Aug. 22) that export furs and sausage casings of the
Sinkiang Animal Products Co. were not up to international standards until Soeiet
technicians took charge and instructed the workers.
Anshan complained (Aug. 19) that workers in a local machine parts factory had
failed by not accurately following blueprint specifications. Anshan added
(Aug. 20) that cadres in the Anshan Construction Co. called a meeting to discuss
the production drop resulting from "irresponsibility of the workers." Peking
said in numeral code (Aug. 24) that a Tangshan Railway Factory ?arty official
criticized the conservative thinking of technicians and said: "We must study
carefully and humbly the irogressive experiences of the Soviet Union."
4. (2a) War Burdens:
Shanghai announced (Aug. 2a) that 610 lhanghai workers' homes had been razed ior
widening of two 10emeter arterial highways to a meters. ?eking reported in
numeral code (Aug. 21) that a North China Democratic Wemen's League had been
organized to promote earticipatio- by women in farm and Industrial work.
Chungking said (Aug. 22) tient the Democratic Women's Leagues of Sikang and Szmeawan
had ordered women to take part in the autumn harvest "as a patriotic duty."
Peking announced in numeral code (Aug. 19) that in the past 6 months, loans,
preferential treatment, grants, and relief to peasants in the old revolutionary
bases of North China totaled more than 100 billion yuan. Shanghai reported
(Aug. 19) that the East China Government Was setting up a technical college to
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train disabled veterans for technical and Government jobs. Sian stated (Aug. 24)
that 500 persons at the local Changan station saw a group of recuperated wounded
veterans depart for the Korean front. Chungking said (Aug. 20) that in the
mountainous Meishan Hsien, Szechwan, 200 women and an old man of 68 had been
mobilized to save crops of armymen's dependents.
5. (2a) War Propaganda:
Peking announced (Aug. 18) that with American training of tankmen and antiaircraft
experts, Japan was rapidly becoming militarized. Peking said (Aug. 22) that the
China Committee for Peace had sent messages to peace-loving people all over the
world protesting the indiscriminate bombing of Korean civilians, and had called
upon the Chinese masses to strengthen the resist-America, aid-Korea drive. Peking
asserted (Aug. 21) that Communists in July killed or wounded 19,502 enemy forces,
and shot down 269 American planes. Peking (Aug. 22) quoted an American admiral
as admitting that U.S. attempts to prevent Chinese supplies from reaching the
front had failed.
Peking added (Aug; 23) that a TASS report showed American mothers demanding the
return of their sons from Korea; American military expenses a)ourden that placed
the Government deeper in the red daily; and the Sino-Japanese Friendship
Association in Japan designating September as Sino-Japanese Friendship Month.
6. (20 Goods Shortages:
Peking announced in numeral code (Aug. 19) that the Ministry of Health had banned
as "faulty" the popular, chekuchai drug, for treating children's ailments, manufactured
by the Bunghsing Drug Co. of Shanghai. Peking reported (Aug. 19) that local
cooperatives had been ordered to increase the supply of ginned cotton assigned for
making of winter padded clothing and quilts for peasants. Wuhsi said (Aug. 20)
that the Department of Industry of Southern Kiangsu was conserving starch by
ordering cloth mills to register their stocks of starched cloth, and organizing
groups to study cloth-making without starch and to train workers.
7. (3a) Counterrevolutionary Indications:
Wuhan reported (Aug. 18) that Hupeh Military District authorities had ordered units
to guard grain in storage and in transit against destruction by landlords, bandits,
and special gents. Wuhan added (Aug. 20) that many landlords in Central and
South China had been accused of bribing militiamen and leading peasants to sabotage
production and create dissatisfaction.
Kunming said (Aug. 22) that the Yunnan Party Committee dispatched cadres into the
mountainous reas of Yunnan to promote land reform and "heighten the political
consciousness" of the people. Though many mountain people welcomed the suppression
of counterrevolutionaries, some cadres were "unable to make much headway," and
were undergoingadditional training.
8. (30 Moves Toward Regimentation:
Peking announced in numeral code (Aug. 18) that the Administration Council had
promulgated a law to control publications by demanding registration of all printing
or publishing concerns with statements of capital, output, and operations, and
placing them under a Publications Administration. Publications were forbidden to
issue anything inimical to the State, reveal State secrets, publish banned or
imported works, or suspend publication without permission. Shanghai stated
(Aug. 21) that the Shanghai deputy mayor told a meeting of East China newsmen that
Shanghai papers had been "propagating erroneous thoughts for the past 3 years,"
and that newsmen must learn to operate their papers for service rather than profit.
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Peking announced in numeral code (Aug. 21) that graduates of Wuhan and Honan
Univers' !e'-,s had expressed their willingness to accept assigned jobs. Peking
added (keg. 22) that Chu Te talked to Peking University graduates, urging them to
accept job assignments. Wuhsi reported (Aug. 24) that all 204 graduates of the
South Kiangsu College had "overcome their worries" and signed agreements to accept
Government assignments to national construction jobs, "after a month of
indoctrination."
9. (3c) Strengthening Party Controls:
Anshan reporLed (Aug. 20) that propaganda cadres of the local Party Committee were
inspecting work shops, with the propaganda chief scheduled to make a radio talk
entitled: "The Chinese Communist Party Will Implement Communism in China."
Sian noted (Aug. 19) that in Shensi the Party had 39,600 propaganda cadres and
2,180 reporting personnel. Wdhan reported (Aug. 19) that Hengyang railway workers
held a meeting to discuss the strengthening of Party leadership.
%Ian reported (Aug. 22) that the Kiangsi Communist Party had opened classes to
prepare future Party members, and considered 30,000 of the 170,000 active elements
working for the Party as prospects. Kunming reported (Aug. 18) a campaign in
local Government offices to increase Party membership, along with a propaganda
campaign. Many shop clerks attending classes in Communism were reported applying
for membership. Kunming added (Aug. 18) that in Chengkung Hsien, Yunnan, a
campaign to increase Party membership had been launched. Through indoctrination
classes, peasants new were convinced that "only the Communist Party can lead them
toward the happy life of a Communist society."
10. (3d) Reaction to Anticorruption Drive:
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Chungking revealed (Aug. 20) that in southern Szechwan the Government had' received
169 letters and 168 visits from people reporting matters concerning the anti-
corruption drive. Wuhan stated (Aug. 21) that in 18 local trades, workers ane
shop assistants "have assumed the attitude of being master of the house to supervise
management in production and business," as well as in accounting and use of bank
loans.
11. (4) Overseas Affairs:
Kunming reported (Aug. 20) that local Overseas Chinese had issued a "strong protest"
against Thai restrictions on Chinese residents, calling the regulations "another
disgrace in a long series of actions by the Thai Government," and charging Thailand
with "handing Overseas Chinese to the Chiang bandit clique to serve as cannon
fodder for American imperialists." The YUNNAN JIH FAO declared Thai discrimination
against Chinese cannot be condoned, and called for "positive steps."
12. (4) Border Minorities:
Peking reported in numeral code (Aug. 21) _that the Sinkiang subbureau of the
Communist Party had decided to institute land reforms this winter, as peasants
now held one-third of the area, and 1,000 of them had joined the Party. At a
recent conference it ASS decided that the "nomadic areas must remain semifeudalistic
and semicapitalistic," and cadres were charged with too much haste in implementing
reforms. The conference urged harmony between Han and minority c dres through a
study of Communist theories, and "elimination of the erroneous idea of narrow
nationalism by the minorities."
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