FOOD RATIONING IN COMMUNIST CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009700350007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 9, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION CC FIDENTIAL
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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. 25X1A
COUNTRY China
25X1 C
SUBJECT Food Rationing in Communist China NO. OF PAGES
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1. The Chinese Communist Food Administration has inaugurated strict control of
foodstuffs. In large cities each resident will be issued an individual food
ration card.
2. This food rationing has already been, put into effect in Peiping. Residents
are legally allowed to buy only one catty of mixed grain per adult per day
and half a catty per child. No one may purchase more than one week's ration
at one time.
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