MILITARY REQUIREMENTS SPUR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AND MAINTENANCE IN CHINA
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD N0.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 195G
Daily newspapers
China
23 Jt~n - 5 Sep 1950
Chinese
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or taa tlNIRO snn. reran rra ruaw or unor.ra acr .o
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or m coaarn a oar r.ran m as ra.rrroa~xao ru.oa a rao?
ammo ar w. avroonrnoa or iru roar a -aoamno.
DATE DIST..z~ Oct 1950
N0. OF PAGES 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
MILITARY REQUIREMENTS SPUR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
AND MAINTENANCE IN CHINA
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RCTSg EP~TERN KWANGTUNG HIGHWAY REPAIRS -- Canton Nan-fang Jih-pao, 5 Sep 50
Canton -- Rapid progress hss been made during the past (months in repair-
ing highways and restoring traffic in eastern Kwangtung in crder to facilitate
support for the military Forces along the coast by the cities and rural areas
cf the Tung Chiang.
The 13 trunk highways of this region had an aggregate length of -1,219.7
kilometers, of which only 172 kilometers were in good condition after liberation.
The names and terminals of these trunk highways are as fol.lowse
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Since liberation, repairs have been campl.eted on sn aggregate of jlq.5 kilo-
metern cf the above-mentioned highwaya, as follows:
On +,he Shan-Ha1ng Highway (Sha.o-!cxan to Hsing-Wing), between Lien-p?ing
(~ r- )and Lao-lung-asu a ~ ~~`- ~ ;; the Chung-Ting Highway; the Teng-Ho
Highway;rthe Hui-Tan Highway; and cn the K~.isng-Shan (Canton-Swatow Highway, the
section between Tseng-ch?eng and _.-pc-ac, and the aecticn between Ping-shan
and. K'uei-t'an.
In the course of these repairs seven "urge perttanent :?idges, with an-aggre-
gate length cf 304..6 metexss ?lave been repaired. Four hundred sixty-tbree wooden
bridges, with sn aggregate 'ength oY 4,?g4.4 meters, n.awe been constructed or re-
__a
~roit cu
The Tung Chiang Highway Bureau is preparing to begin before '.'he end of 1950
thE: reBtoration of the highway which runs through the center of +.his region pass-
ing Hui-yang, Tzu-chin, and Wu-hus, and connecca Hsfng-zii.ng and Mei-hsien ~ith
Canton,. Engineers have already 'been sent cut to make preliminary surveys for this
pra,ject,.
F14NB &'}t~l6BZ0& OF NJIII'TAH'~? H4A~3 -- Hong ICc~ng Es.iaB-tao , Jih-pao, 30 Aug 50
In order to secure fluids for construction, the Ch'i-k~~:an Company has been in-
strueted to sell its. buildings end other property in Macao, and. if the company?s
funds are insufficient, the Kwangtung provincial government may arrange loans to
complete the pro,jecto
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SOL"PHWE$T HIGHWAY TRl~NSPCfiT FOFGES A3F.AD -- Hong K^ng Ta Ktng Pae, 1 Sep 50
Chungking, 14 August -- ~)r the 8y0ot ki~e:.neiess _?f nat~cnol `ai.ghways in the
Southwest Region; 6,483 kilomete*?? have been reconditioned durring the past 6
mont2r.s and are now in operati.en. ^1b.esz inclv~e the following routes:
The new Szechwan-Ghensi highway, from Ch~eng-tu via Mien-yang; Chungking--
Ch?eng-tu; Szechwan-Yt;nnan; Yunnan-Burma; Szeckwsn-Sikang; Chungking-Hankow;
Szechwan-3unan; Szechwan-Kweichow;'?;;:,nna~weichok,; Kweichow-Easters- Kwangsi;
Kweicb.ew-Western Kwattgai; Himan-Kweichcw; Flzna,-Car:+ea; and Kun=mim--Ta-lo
(loo-c3, 21-38).
The largest Sob accomplished ?vas the wider.].ng cf thy, 3t~ kil~meter_Szechsren-
Shensi highway i.?to two .1.anee. Ap~.rt from?31 bridge