TRAVEL CONTROLS IN COMMUNIST CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000500150007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: March 19, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
China
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SUBJECT Travel Controls in Communist China
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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DATE DISTR. 19 March 1953
NO. OF PAGES 3
REQUIREMENT NO.
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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each applicant for entry and exit permits in the Peiping,
.Tsingtao, and Tientsin area was required to have a residence certificate,
two shop guarantor certificates, and two current.ph4tographa. After
,filling..out and handing in a permit blank to the..local, public security
bureau or branch bureau, the applicant was issued . a. pass in one week
.to one month., An applicant who was not a regular resident in Tsingtao
or" Tientsin needed the guarantee of two shops properly registered with
capital of over. 5,000,000 before applying for an entry permit
from Hong Kong or Macao to visit Tsingtao or Tientsin.
2 Tate entry and exit permits issued by Communist authorities in Tsizqtao,
'TIAS Pe g 'Obar"i. were usua1iy yr?rrteli cn eee p44-grade'
whi-twimimr t* blank xetterl mad were , at the same -size), - iu ,ng R6 cm
by 23 metre ` `':ivI eer*eiinec the fo11ewing. 3Pn. n#w;
ocpnpat14tn; -a ees; tegreyph., usually ' eeeled with steel d $9j-, and.
period effective, usually sixty days, or thirty days for a one.wwaypermit.
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3. Permits issued by the provincial or municipal governments in Rupei,
25X1 permits issued by the hsien governments tbrbugh~the public
security bureaus were sealed only with.vooden seals in blue Ink. The
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forged. at the request of The border office at
ench'uan W22-32Y it..- ), all permits issued in Tupei
Fukien
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which were then distributed to the hsien governments for issuance.
An exit permit to Bong Kong or-Macao was kept by the border office at
'Shench'uan. ritry Permits-were to be handed to the local public
security bureaus or brapch bureaus upon arrival at the destination.
'he issuing offices always k t a duplicate of the permits, but no
duplicates were-~kept at the ench'uan office.
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4? canton "Fu-blic ecuxity Bureau officers were
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millions. Applicants were required to name their. guarantors and to
show the relationship between the guarantors and the purchasers of the
permits. Negotiations took five clays. .'
In Macao assistance could be obtained from the-Yellow Ox Gang.
6. To-purchase a travel permit in Canton for Hong Kong, it was necessary
tQ submit a photograph, pay a money deposit, and remit to an address
in Canton an additional, sum of money.
It was also passible to go from Canton to Macao without a travel permit.
in one case where no permit was obtained, the traveler waited at the
Macao border=for"a shipment of the Bouth Beas Tobacco Company which
was going from Canton via the North Station-, posed as a hired assistant
when-the shipment reached the border, and was permitted entry into Macao
by a gateman.
8. In comparison with other mainland cities, inspection-at the Canton
railroad station was more thorough. Each parcel and piece of baggage
?- s'I +e.and the traveler was searched. At'"other places, spot checks
of suspicious individuals were conducted and inspectors did not cross-
examine tiravelera except concerning their baggage. 'The railroad police
made 'no inspection of berths and compartments.
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passengers on the Canton Kowloon Railroad enterin
China
at aench'uan w
were questioned
were detained f
and their bagga
all documentati
currency. Few
g
ere closely inspected. Passengers stood in single file and
two at a time., and those who showed signs of hesitation
or further questioning.. After questioning, all passengers
ge were inspected by a team of two men, one of whom checked
on while the other conducted a body search for goods and
passengers boarded. the train at Shench'uan; the majority
entrained at Changmut'ou (N 22-53, E 114-06) T'angt'ou'(N'22-48, E. 114-06),
Shib.1.utg (N 23-07) E 113-51), and Nankang (N 23-06, E 113-32). On the
train only tickets were inspected and occasionally there were spot checks.
10... Passengers disembarking from the CantonKowloon Railroad at the east
station it Canton were required to file out in two columns and were given
an arbitrary screening by some twenty railroad inspectors.
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.,1. -Hotel guests in Canton registered' with the ca Or . Mice. checks were
not regular, but the police were usuafly kept' informed of guest activites
through a police informant posing as a hotel employee.
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12. _.Mot checks were made on the Canton- *ow Ra1road.
some . soldiers boarder a southbound train it 'Yingte 2, 1'' 113.221
and searched it for fur hours - 'very passenger was asked hid identity,
starting and 'destination points, and the name of the chairman of his
fa here association or the name of his district magistrate..
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-Communists. Imposed v$rious zontrgls and
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'rest r i.c . o on inhabi antis f si n (ir 24- 9 113.0 ~, ! ngahan
N + 2, 71 -3j), tochang (N 25-O , 71 .l ), and other thins in
the ZPorth 1 er matrict. AUY villager in this northern Raangtung area
who planned to travel for a distance of more #baii five li had to apply
for a travel permit from the local rural association.
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