TRANSFER OF MECHANICS TO T'AIYUAN MACHINE FACTORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005500670004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 4
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/09/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005500670004-7
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws. Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
CONFIDENTIAL - U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY China
Transfer of Mechanics to Taiyuan
Machine Factory
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Approximately 500 mechanics in Tientsin were to be transferred
10 December 1954
to the newly-built machinery factory in Taiyuan (N 37-1+2, E 112-30 as part of
a reconstruction project for the area. This factory was equipped with modern
Soviet machines. In order to train the men to operate the machinery,' they were
divided into four groups and were given a three-week course of instruction in
Tientsin. On arrival in Taiyuan each man was to be provided by the factory
with food, housing,. and daily necessities. 25X1
Comment. This is probably a reference to the T'aiyuan heavy machinery
factory, which has been under construction since 1951 and which is, according
to Peiping, furnished with Soviet machinery.
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Approved For Release 2007/09/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005500670004-7