ELIMINATION OF AGED CIVIL SERVANTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040563-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 563
• Publication Date: October 6, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION 1COIWI1>B"
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY REPORT NO
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Elimination of Aged Civil Servants
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
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5? postal voles declined steadily, tLbugh ..,.L- sat nail
he vas susisoned to party headquarters in Nanchang and was told that saw was ens the bosses of the new- Chia. - have* a of the people, and -the Ptople's Goverassnt
belonged to the w
people, ~?7~ of . tb!!s!~~. the reactionaries-mad comta~-rwolu-
tionaries. lLezefare,he V.' of the Demers of- the postal system and not Just an
ea loyee. by that the peoples mommy me ruing low, there had to be a cut in his
pay to balance the' people's ba get.
great esteem with which he was rated by his subordinates.
4. He was ordered to "stand by" his post and carry on as usual in Linage!.
CD NO.
DATE DISTR.( October 53
NO OF PAGES 2
1. The Communist Government of Xvavgtung Province at Canton adopted divergent standards in
its issuance of travel permits to applicants desirous of visiting Macao and Hongkong.
Although few questions were asked of student applicants and although there were almost
no known cases of denial of permits, considerable care was exercised to sake sure of
their return to Canton at the and of three or four weeks. As regards applicants over
50 years of age, the government's attitude seemed to be entirely different. Any excuse
vas accepted and no concern was expressed as to when they would return to Canton.
2, All old people were given their permits almost with a smile, especially people with
records of long years of service in the Chinese postal system or the Chinese salt
gabelle. Their resignation was invariably accepted to create vacancies for younger
people. Among the hundreds of such old civil servants who left China for good in late
July 1953 was one who had served in the Chinese postal service for over 40 Tars.
3. He would have been retired
on pension under the old- regime, though. he had never been a somber of the DQ'. As
a career man in the postal service, he had received steady promotions and any trans-
fers, occupying the position of postmaster in seven provinces including: bvangtuag,
Hunan, Szechuen, ll:.angsi, and Siaags1. When the Cansonists took over in the winter
of 1949-50, be could not be-fired because of his long record of loyal service and the
- Wig- ~;.f al3r^e=iti#i Lis =stt satasT be `asiosdfos s tamer back to tantoa,
his native district, %Iwo be sit be able to live with old friends. We request
was no cei - the easmoa ns9ola_1&tte tins vas both-& i.u and-_
a risk. Au poiial receipts _ sd to ab Pat or 19~-9 lire, > }mod r
ceived six salary cuts betssea lbsaehils, party asab& s
were given prasodtiaas a of saw a Wswy s. As he famed it issossible to
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