POLITICAL INFORMATION: SOVIET YOUTH GROUP OF TSINGTAO

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000600210005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 23, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY China
SU ECT -Political r formation: Soviet Youth Group of
Tsingtao
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11 Unlike its counterparts in Shanghai and Tientsin where two branches of Soviet
youth organizations called "Kim" and "Pioneer" are sponsored, the Taingtao
Soviet Association has a single Youth Group composed of youth from the ages of
fourteen to twenty-one. Membership is voluntary. Certain older Soviet citizens
are active members while others act as advisors and leaders. This group,, although
officially a part of the Association, actually has its own funds, meetings, and
activities, and can be considered almost Independent. its membership includes
most of the extremist elements of the Association; from the 1 uth Group are
launched attacks against the older leaders of the Association such a Lolchits ,
Chaim of the Soviet Association.
2 Total membership of the Group is forty-sir., of which fourteen are girls and
women. About twenty are quite active in the Group., while the interest of the
others varies.
In addition to the regUar business meetings,, of which at least one is held
weekly, a 'Country Education" meeting is held every Friday, Ale, these gatherings.,
lectures and discussions are presented which deal with the USS the Communist
'arty, and Staling One or two social affairs are also held each month 31uriri
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March, for example,, the Youth Group held six business meetings, four "Country
Education" lectures, and two tea parties.
4 Funds for the Group are raised through various social affairs. As of 15 April
1977 the treasury of the Youth Group showed a balance of CRC $1,600,,00,
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