TRAVEL REGULATIONS BETWEEN CANTON AND HONG KONG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013700350008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY GhinaJHong Kong
SUBJECT
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Travel Regulations Between Canton and
Hong Kong
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DATE DJSTR. 13 September 1952
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REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATIO OF 175 CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSDN 1S
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. In May 1952 students of Lingnan University in Canton could secure permits to
travel to Hong Kong from a police sub-station near the eampue of the univer-
sity.l The university acted as a guarantor. The permit showed the date of
departure and return and a -police chop of approval, and had attached to it
a photograph of the person to whom it was issued. It was easier for college
students to obtain permits for travel to. Hong Kong than for any other class
cif 'persons .2
2. En route to Hong Kong by train, passengers got off the train at Shench'uan
(114-08, 22-32), where Cantonese soldiers inspected their travel permits.
Passengers then went to the Shench'uan bridge boundary line and registered
imported articles such as wrist watches, and if they wishedleach person
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Afterwards, they went through the customs inspection and then went to the north end
of the bridge, where soldiers examined their permits a second time. They
then wal1.ed to the British side, where Hong Kong police examined their travel
permits and stamped them with an admission seal. The first inspection of the
travel permits at Shench'uan was made carefully, primarily to check the
resemblance of the photographs on the permits with the holders of the permits,
and a few questions were asked. The customs inspection was routine and the
final inspection of the permits was brief.
1. Comment. In 1951 the Ministry of Public Security issued special
re Lions for travellers to and from Hong long and Macao, according to a New
China News Agency report from. Peiping on 2 Aigust 1951," Included in these
regulations was a requirement that a person applying for such a permit
presentr.gphcial;-papers to the'15ublicl;l.seo;gzr ty:bureaur;o"r sub bureau of
the hsien or ' miva.icipal . goverhmeitt' -of his place of residence. . These
req.ired.papers.were the individual's census record or appropriate
documents of identification from the chu or hsiang government and
appropriate documents of identification relating to his profession.
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njs have been tightened. since Way. In July 1952 Communist authorities
in .ton were preparing to liquidate Lingnan University, and. had. ordered the
university authorities to eanalude their work at the end of the current senas-
ter.- All."students Of-Ling University-w*re to be transferred to the
MR Yat-sen University and ...were forbidden to leave Linguae University without
the perktssidn of the ist authoritie . Co .nist cadres` at i in:gvan
University were preparing to launch a three-anti campaign, against the teaching
staff of the university. Except for about 60 students whose thinking was
being questioned, most of the students have been engaged during this
semester in compulsory work in the agrarian reform work corps, the five-
anti work corps, or the mayor's. representative group and have had
practically no classroom. work. See the Hong tong X= g Shang Jih Pao
of 3 July 19.52.
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amt. It is likely that regulations affecting Li,ngan University
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