CHINESE COMMUNIST CONSIDERATION OF BURMA AS TRANSSHIPMENT STAGE AND OIL SUPPLY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900200001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION_
CENTRAL IWELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT WO.
:INFORMATION REPORT CD NO,
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT
as There are both sea and land routes bat uon China and Burma.
b. Goods can be easily s:augglod from Burma into Thailand and Indoc_tina,
thence brought into China.
o. The presence of the Chinese Communist embassy in Burma would facilitate
the in c ion of goods and invoices and mould expedite Communist-
f inane imports and exports.
d. Burma would provide some industrial potential as a source of oil and
gasoline, if effort and capital were provid::d for the rehabilitation
of oil fields and refineries.
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Comment. states that the Chinese
ma a q, proposition to Burma in .Lay for building up Bun.iese oil supply
t
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f capabilities and that ships have been ohartered for the trarsshiproan
supply es t} rougri Burma. India, and Pakistan.
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DATE D1STR, 6 June 1951
NO, OF PAGES 1
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
In January Chinese Communist officials of the Ministry of Trade in Peiping
viewed vrl.th interest the propositions of a Hong Kong businessman for the
utilization of Burma use. transshipment point in the event the United States
and the United Kingdom enforced further economic restraints against China.
17hilo Foliciting comments and suggestions on the development of Burma, the
offici~ls did not specifically state what they desired or planned for the
future..
2. One Bong Kong businessman, who deals with the Chinese Communists in purchases
of petroleum, was urged to go to Burma and develop his contacts there for
future, trade in petroleum.
Comment. Burma was being considered in these ways for the following
reas s
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