QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CONCERNING GRAIN ASSESSMENTS AND LAND REFORM IN NEWLY LIBERATED AREAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000200050020-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: June 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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d reform? U~hat ~e thc~ conditions of rural
Q~ U~hat are ~,he merits of lan
araas after land reform?
r en e uitably distributed to the satisfaction
A. hand and h~auaes have ba q
al areas Living conditiaxxs are much better
of the people in the rur
able to acquire sufficient provisions this
and the people have been
ear. Farm production is being increased.
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-, newt liberated are~ss be put into effect?
~. V'~hen will Land reform ~.n the ~'
. 'ens adopted by the Government Administration
A, Accorda.ng to the dec~.si
' e new/ liberated areas wi].1. be carried out
Council, land reform ~.~n th y
r~~t of 19~G~ In Kwangsi, Yunz~an~ Kwea.cho~v~
after the autumn ha
' an land reform w3,11 be carried out after
S~echwan~ Sikang and Su~.yu ,
Tn areas occupied by the minority national
the fall hardest of 1951
her areas land reform is to be carried out
itias in Sinka.ang and at s
after the fall. harvest of 1951.
. r not implementing land reform immediately?
fit, U~~hat ~.s the rc~aaon for
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1 completed and thr massas~ for t
A. preparata.ons have not been ful Y
not et prepared for carrying out land reform.
part, are Y
n ~rrh~~h, nreparata,ans are necessary?
r,;r~r!t~7ves issued by the Government Adm~,nistration Caunca.~. a~ w~~.~- a~
e ula,tions must be strictly observed, Cadres musk ae
n'11 rrn~tr~r11111.eTlt r ~;
eform training and peasants' associations must be org~n.'.G~u?
given land r
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Q, That points must be noted in the rent reduction mavement7
the peasants and to eliminate the prevailing feudal system in China,
A. The maze aim of rent reduction movement is to lighten the burden of
Q, Why is it necessary to reduce rent?
land awners. Land must not be permitted to lay idle.
reduction is carried otr~' peasants must be requirr;d to pay runt to the
Delegates' confer?ncos of both the peasants and the people must bc~ h~`ld
and the various rural adma.nistrations must~be roorganized~
Q, What steps must be taken -prior to land reform?
A. Rent reduction must be carried out and the selling, renting, pawning
and giving away of land by the land owners must be preyented~ After rent
A. See that unification of the middle-class farmers are carried out; closely
observe the srhemes of the rich farmers; and see that effective production
system is implemented,
Q, ?~'~at is the .Central People ~ s Government policy on public grain?
A. In the newly liberated areas levy on grain must not ba more than 17
percent of the total agricultural production. Local governments are for-
bidden from increasing grain tax of more than l~ percent of the total
grain tax prc~vi.ausly assessed, Grain tax must not be more than 66 per-
cent of the sum total of agra.cultural production. Only in extraordinary
situation, the levy could be more than $0 percent.
arould net be effectively carried out and that land reform program would be
This would mean that. the r~mal pol3.cy of the Central Peoples government
meat was not carried out?
Q. ~~mat would be the e f Te ct if the dire ctiva of the Contra/ Pe ople ~ s Govern-
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class, Same cadres have been gu~.lty of assuming a bureaucratic attitude
greatly retarded
~~ what treatment ~s to be given obstructors of peasant movement?
A. Obstructors of peasant w~.17. be brought before the peaple~s court and tried
in accordance with the laws The masses are forbidden from ta)cing the matter
into their own hand,
~, why must disorder be avoided?
A. Oisordar~ wanton killing' etc,, ax~a methods of a f~audaa.istic society and
are against the basic principles of tho Central Peoples Government, The
aa,m is to ~~.pe out the landlord class and not the land owner as an indivi-
dual.
@, l~hat accounts far riot tendency?
A. The main reason is be~~use many cadres have not indoctrinated themselves
thoroughly with the basic tenets of the :Party and the Central Peoples
Government; they ffequently take the matter into their otivn hands and dis-
re garding the directives issued, they encourage riots against the landlord
Aq Igo, A rational method must be used in dealing with the lawless and
in their dealings with the people.
~. Is it necessary to use brute force?
enemy, The peoples couxt~ an instrument, of the peoplefs democi?atic dictator-
evil landlords, This method will help to unify the masses and isolate the
ships must be relied on to suppress counterrevolutionaries.
~,. Cadres and the masses, must be ~tt~taught that use of brute force is
Q. How can tendency toward brute force be checked?
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~ practico against the principle of the Central Peaplo's ~overnment~ Tt
is also necessary to impress the masses that that' are the rack'~one a~ our
strength and must unite to prevant the power From ~allin~ into thc~ hands
cafi thA evil elamc~nts~ .
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