DISCUSSES CHINA TRADE WITH MACAO, HONG KONG

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000600400801-7
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December 22, 2016
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August 25, 2011
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801
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August 17, 1951
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/25 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000600400801-7 ,~ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS SUBJECT Eco~pomic -Trade HOW PUBLISHED Daily n~?.,epapera DATE PUBLISHED WHERE PUBLISHED Hong Kong la Apr - 13 MaY 195,1 Chinese T.llt DOCVY[N7 CONTAIN! IRIORYAl1OR Aff[C11Rt TNI RATIONAL D[flRtt Of TN[ UNIT[O lTATI! MITNIN TN[ R[ANINR OI ltIlOYARI ACT tO Y. t. C., ]1 AND !l. AS AR [ROID. IT[ iMNlRItlIOR OR TNR Rlr[LATIOR Of Ilf DONT[NTt IN AMY YlNM[R TO AM YRAVTNORI[[D IlRlON 11 IRO? NI[IilO tT LAR. R[IRODVC71ON Of TN16 -ORY I! TRONIt1T[D. REPORT cD r;o. DATE OF DATE DIST. ~, Aug 1951 N0. OF PAGES 1 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT N0. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION DISCUSSES CHINA TRADE WITH MACAO, HONG KONG umbers in parentheees~refer to appended sourceg7 According to s Cantos dispatch of 11 April 19511 two large transport com- panies have opened in the Canton Tung-t'i (East Bund) section for the express purpose oY handling goods shipped under contract to Hong Kong and Macao. Wolfram and tin ores coat only 130,000 yuan per market catty upon delivery in Hong Kong. Delivery is made 2 or 3 days after receipt of goods in trade and of costs in Canton. Local merchants have no idea how these two firms accomplish the ship- ment so quickly and cheaply. Recent]y the two firma have also begun shipping tong oil in the same way.(1)~ A Macao dispatch states that a large shipment of goods from Macao Was sent to Canton Por reshipment to Nan-ning. A large lighter Was ueed for transporta- tion. The shipment included lour second-hand care bought ia?Macao, three new Silver Tiger--head trucks, 50 large crates oP Hercules brand bicycle tires, tubes, and parts, three generators 'of over 100 horsepower more than 100 seta of auto- ? mobile tires and tubes, about 100 tons of light-weight rails, and 20 light-weight digging machines. It is rumored that these items will be Forwarded to Nan-ning to be used in preparation for assistance to Viet Nam.(2) A Canton dispatch of 12 May 1951 reported that on the previous day a ship of Canton registry reached Canton from Maceoq. It was loaded with rubber tires. On the.lllecks were several large trucks. At Canton, the load was transshipped northward.(3) SOURCES i 1. Hsing-tao Jih-pao, 12 Apr 51 2. Kung-shang Jih-pao, 15 Apr 51 3. Kung-shang Jih-pao, 13 May 51 -END - ARMY .; ~ ^ . wdl~tuti - 1 - CLASSIFICATION- CONFIDENTIAL AIR FBI CONFIDENTIAL ~0~9~IDEHTIAI Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/25 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000600400801-7 :~~~~~I~~HTI~I.