COMMENTS ON PRESENT CONDITIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000800310001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : CIA-RDP83-00423R000800310001-8
COUNTRY:
SUBJECT: Comments on Present Conditions
Place Acquired:
DATE ACQUIRED :
DATE OF INFO: June 1953
1. I have no direct knowledge of conditions
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2. I am firmly convinced from information available in Hongkong
that the average Chinese peasant is much better off under the
Communists than he was under the Nationalists. There is no
chance that the Formosan Chinese under Chiang Kai-Shek will
ever obtain sufficient help on the mainland to be able to get
back.
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There is certainly dissension at the top among the Communist
leaders which could lead to a break-up of the present regime
with the assistance of a third force. This would require leader-
ship for this force and this leadership is not in sight.
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