CHINESE NATIONALIST BAN ON FREE CHINA
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP82-00457R009400070003-2
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
C
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
November 16, 2016
Document Release Date:
March 8, 2000
Sequence Number:
3
Case Number:
Publication Date:
December 6, 1951
Content Type:
REPORT
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CCN' LICENCE AGENCY REPORT Nth 25XA
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DATE DISTR. 6 D LX 51
(I JECT' Ch%a aso Nationalist Ban on Free China NO, OF PAGES I
PLACE 25X1 A
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SUPPLEMENT TO
A :rooont Issue of Free Ch .n i; a weekly magazine published by HU Shih,, contained
an artic1,e, a Not 'Cncu,c; they People to Commit Crimes," which condemned the
methods used by, the Ta, wall Pacification Headquarters in the investigation {;' j~ r?ight-hand man of WANG Shihhchi, Secretary
General or the Presiden e 1-Office, was responsible for the editorial aide of
the publication, When the paper was closed by government order because of
the aarticle, sentries were posted outside LET 'a residence, where &ee China
was published.
2 L F1 contacted high government officials. including WANG Shih?-chin to protest
the closing of the paper. As a results. the Taiwan Pacification Headquarters
wi4~hdrfr Its guards from the premises, insisting, however, that the magazine
apolog ze In response,. HU resigned from the magazine and wrote an article in
which he. charged the governmont with being undemocratic. Premier CH'E J Ch neng
ordered the irrmediate publication of HU's article and wrote an apology to
accompany it in which he welcomed constructive criticism of the government
General. PING ..fang-chi
FIQad.gate~ztitsers, was severely corder in chief of the Taiwan Pacification
reprimanded for the inappropriate measures tak'n
against the magazine,,
Even though the case has boon closed officiafy, the issue has caused a stir
among; educated Chinese? The incident grew out of a conflict between WANG
Fhih--chi. es followers and those of CH" Ch'eng. In this incident, CH ?I I was
forced to back down in order to obtain the sympathy of the outside worlds
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