ARRIVAL IN SINKING OF HIGH CHINESE COMMUNIST OFFICIALS OF THE NORTHWEST ADMINISTRATIVE AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014300380010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 17, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Arrival in Sinkiang of High Chinese
DATE OF
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Communist officials of.the Northwest
Administrative Area
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
I.- Between 2 and 12 July 1952 the following high-ranking personnel of the
Northwest Bureau, the Northwest Military and Administrative Committee
(MAC), and the Northwest Military Area (NMA) arrived in Sinkiang
Provinces
a. HSI Chung-hsunl, second secretary of the Northwest Bureau,, acting
:;hairma.n of the Northwest MAC., and political commissar of the NMA.
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b. CHANG Tsung-hsun .0 acting commander of the h?T,+fA.
C. CI.TANG Chia.-"uI, director of the Propaganda (Information) Den:aartment
of the Northwest Bureau, and vice-chairman of the Culture and
Education Committee of the Northwest MAC.,
d. WANG Fengl, director of the United Front DepT-rtment of the Northwest
Bureau and chairman of the Nationalities, Affairs Committee of
the Northwest MAC.
e. CHIA T?o-ful, member of the Northwest Bureau and vice chairman. of
the Committee of Finance and Economics of the Northwest MAC?
f. LI Ch'i-ming1, member of the Northwest Bureau and deputy director
of the Public Security Departixlent of the Northwest MAC.
LI Fu.tu'',s director of the Water Conservancy Dep!rtment of the
Northwest MAC.
h~ HO Chun.i (7202/0193/0001), director of the Transport Department,
Supply and Service Command of the NIviA,
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2?. It was for the following reasons that the officials went to Sinkiangr
a. To attend the Second Representatives Plenary Session of the Chinese
Communist Sinkiang Sub-Bureau.2
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b. To inspect the Non-Ferrous and Rare Metals Company3 and the Petroleum
Company, both of which are under joint Sino-Soviet management.
c. To inspect various national defense and industrial reconstruction
projects now in progress.
d. To inspect units of the Chinese Communist army stationed in
Southern Sinkiang.
e. To discuss with various minority racial groups in Sinkiang the
problems of land reform and self government.
2. Comment. A Sian news release of 21 August 1952: stated
that the Second Party Members Representatives' Conference in Sinkiang
adjourned on 5 August 1952. HSI Chung-hsun was reported as the
leader of the conference.
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4. Comment. A Sian news release of 28 August 1952 reported
the first epresentative meeting of peasants and nomadic peoples in
Sinkiang, at which the government's land-reform and animal-husbandry
policies were explained. The meeting adjourned on 20 August 1952.
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