SINKIANG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT DIRECTIVE WARNS AGAINST LAXITY IN SUMMER

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• Publication Date: November 17, 1953
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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Economic -Agriculture, wheat, cotton
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Urumchi
DATE
PUBLISHED 17 May 1953
LANGUAGE
Sinkiang Jih-pao
50X1-HUM
DATE DIST. / 7 Nov 1953
N0. OF PAGES 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SDAICIpNG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT DIRECTIVE
WARNS AGAINST LAXPI'Y IN SUA4gER
~ummary: Following the completion of spring olanting in
Sinkiang, a 3irective from the Sinkiang People's Provincial
Government was issued in an effort to prevent laxity on the part
of the people during the summer. The directive calls for
strengthened leadership, expansion of autumn cultivation,
proper care and management of fields, preparations against
calamities, aad the reorganization of mutual nid teams
Spring wheat planting has been completed in Sinkiang; farmers in the
southern part of the province finished planting at the end of March and those
in the north finished at 'the end of April. At present, cotton planting is
almost completed and plans for autumn crops are being developed. Sowing in
1953 was completed from 10 to 15 days earlier than in 1952. Crop growth is
very good; in areas where spring wheat was sown early, the wheat shoots are
already 4-5 inches high.
Spring cultivation was greatly improved this year and in some areas new
equipment and techniques were used. In Ti-hua and Pai-ch'-eng hsiens, 20 per-
cent of the wheat fields have been row planted, and generally the cotton fields
have been planted by the same method. ldost important, there was a greater use
of chemical disinfectants together with seed selection and seed soaking. The
results of spring cultivation were due to the increased political consciousness
of the masses, to the efforts of the leaders or. all levels, and to the strong
measures of the land-reform brigades.
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A basis has been obtained for a patriotic, producesion increase plan,
However, it must be pointed out that this is only a first step. To maintain
the production of individual areas, to fulfill production plans, and to
develop an effective summer program, certain, erroneous deviations which have
aPPeared is rural areas, and which may api-ar in others, must be corrected
immediately.
1. At the conclusion of spring planting, there are some lenders who turn
their attention to other activities and neglect their function of leading the
masses in a timely sowing of the autumn crop area which occ,.pies more than 50
Percent oP the cultivated land.
2. There are leaders and cadres of some areas who think that with the
completion oP spring cultivation all plans are fulfilled and that additional
workers are not required for harvesting.
3. There are too many meetings and conferences which require represen-
tation and this influences the production work of spring and summer.
To complete the sowing of all types of crops and the over-all expanding
of summer production, there must be compliance with the following directive:
1? Leadership of production work must be continuously strengthened.
In accordance with local conditions, leaders must grasp the immediate and
central problems and conquer conservative thinking. Definite summer pro-
duction is the key to the patriotic production increase movement. The
strength of organizations must be renewed; meetings should be brief and Yew
in number. During the critical summer period it is not advantageous to call
meetings oi' the masses or large and lengthy conferences of` the leading cadres.
The leaders should all go separately into different areas and conduct neetings,
organizing the cadres is these areas to study production policies, to avoid
duplication and the methods of the old cadre. Business matters should also be
avoided as this affects production leadership.
2. .There must be an over-all expansion of autumn cultivation. A variety
of crops should be planted, and, moreover, there must be early and careful
planting, All types of hardships encountered in difficult times should be
explained to the masses. In areas where the growing pericd.is comparatively
should bh~carriedsoutsandethere shouldobe eagreatereapplicatioa ofobasicaandg
follow-up fertilizer.
3. The moot important activity of summer production is proper management
mfthe fields. Foremost; there must be assurance of timely watering and irrigation
of the crops during the growing period; the people must be guided in setting
up a system of water usage. New methods of irrigation must be followed; the
people instructed to put into operation intensive shallow irrigation, to use
block irrigation in rotation, and to eliminate the waste of water. Another
technique to increase individual area. production during cultivation is weeding.
The masses must be organized to hoe and weed together, loosening up the soil
and hilling the plants. Wheat Fields must be weeded and hoed once or twice;
cotton fields, and other graving crops require cultivation two or three times.
The masses must be aroused to perform these activities. The people should
be. guided In the proper pare of the young plants to prevent harm to them during
the growing period, Ground which is lying fallow should be plowed once or
twice during slack periods.
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4. SPPorts must be made to prevent natural calamities. Summer is the
season oP'natural calamities, sad for this reason, calamity prevention ie the
main task. OP these calamities, prevention oP damage by locusts is the moat
important, Ia 1953, to Frotect the abundant crops and the?velfare of the
people, large-scale crop dusting by plane will begin. -All locust-infested
areas should set s time in which locust prevention and extermination are to be
considered the prime duties.
The organizational'leaderahip should be strengthened, sad the masses
should be aroused. to assist the planes in eliminating the locust menace. In`
certain?areas;?the people should be organized to destroy locusts voluntarily.
There must be a correction of the idea that insect extermination and pro-
duction are oppoaed~to each other. In other areas where the tiger aphids
destroy the cotton shoots, the people should be aroused to find effective
methods of early preveatioa and early extermination. During the latter part
oP May, the tornadoes in southern Sinkiang and the floods in all areas are
the cause oP much damage. Immediate preparations should be made to 'control'
tornado and flood damage by salvage activities.
5: Mutual aid teams must be reorganized and the patriotic, increase
production,-emulation program expanded. There must be continuous reorgani-'
zation and improvement in the thinking of mutual aid teams, in their organi-
zation?and system: Hasty planning, authoritarianism, formalism, and the
desire Por quantity rather than quality all must be overcome. Meetings oP
ieutusl'aid teams should be called to investigate team activities and to
eorrect mistakes.
Although the summons foi an increase production emulation movement
hen been issued, there is s~_11 no formal program. For this reason, the
leadership oP the movement must be strengthened. The plans submitted by
those participating in the movement must be examined sad criticized to give
the?people`conPidence and to lay a solid foundation for the production work
of 1953? During the summer, it is also necessary to utilize women and
time workers so that no one is idle. Part-
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