FOREIGN OFFICE FILES FOR CHINA, 1949-1976
(Public Record Office Classes FO 371 and FCO 21)

Part 4: Complete Files for 1952
(PRO Class FO 371/99229-99387)

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FO 371/99229: Annual report on China for 1951 (1952)
FO 371/99230: Periodical political summaries, December 1951 to December 1952 (1952)
FO 371/99231: Chinese Nationalist preparations in Formosa for an attack on the mainland; US statements supporting Nationalist harassment of mainland; Communist war preparations; Churchill's warning to Chiang Kai-Shek against interfering in Chinese continental affairs; Nationalist raids (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99232: Chinese Nationalist preparations in Formosa for an attack on the mainland; US statements supporting Nationalist harassment of mainland; Communist war preparations; Churchill's warning to Chiang Kai-Shek against interfering in Chinese continental affairs; Nationalist raids (1952) (Folder 2)
FO 371/99233: Political, social and economic developments in Communist China (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99234: Political, social and economic developments in Communist China (1952) (Folder 2)

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FO 371/99235: Political, social and economic developments in Communist China (1952) (Folder 3)
FO 371/99236: Political, social and economic developments in Communist China (1952) (Folder 4)
FO 371/99237: Political, social and economic developments in Communist China (1952) (Folder 5)
FO 371/99238: Political, social and economic developments in Communist China (1952)

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FO 371/99239: Formosa: situation reports, monthly summaries of events, political developments, speeches of President Chiang Kai-Shek, text of Kuomintang manifesto (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99240: Formosa: situation reports, monthly summaries of events, political developments, speeches of President Chiang Kai-Shek, text of Kuomintang manifesto (1952) (Folder 2)
FO 371/99241: Formosa: situation reports, monthly summaries of events, political developments, speeches of President Chiang Kai-Shek, text of Kuomintang manifesto (1952) (Folder 3)
FO 371/99242: Reports based on surveys of the North East People's Daily newspaper; reports of encouragement of migration to the North East Province or North Manchuria (1952)

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FO 371/99243: Political situation in Hong Kong; reports of Communist and Nationalists activity; reports of kidnapping into Chinese territory from Hong Kong (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99244: Political situation in Hong Kong; reports of Communist and Nationalists activity; reports of kidnapping into Chinese territory from Hong Kong (1952) (Folder 2)
FO 371/99245: Political situation in Hong Kong; reports of Communist and Nationalists activity; reports of kidnapping into Chinese territory from Hong Kong (1952) (Folder 3)
FO 371/99246: Political situation in Hong Kong; reports of Communist and Nationalists activity; reports of kidnapping into Chinese territory from Hong Kong (1952) (Folder 4)
FO 371/99247: Legal status of Port of Dairen; restoration of port for use of Soviet ships carrying supplies to Far East (1952)
FO 371/99248: Alleged Russian domination in South West Chinese provinces of Sinkiang; reports on internal affairs of Sinkiang gleaned from eight surveys of Sinkiang Daily and speech by Sinkiang politician (1952)
FO 371/99249: Information about leading Chinese Communist politicians, soldiers, and officials of the Central Government (1952)
FO 371/99250: Motivation and direction of Chinese Communisms paper on deviations from the party line in the Chinese Communist Party; Communist proposal for an All-China People's Congress in 1953 (1952)

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FO 371/99251: Constitutional reform in Hong Kong; increase in number of elected members on the Urban Council from two to four (1952)
FO 371/99252: Incidents between Portuguese and Chinese in Macao; Portuguese-Chinese negotiations resulting in settlement and modification of Chinese demands (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99253: Incidents between Portuguese and Chinese in Macao; Portuguese-Chinese negotiations resulting in settlement and modification of Chinese demands (1952) (Folder 2)
FO 371/99254: Press report of increased prosperity in Inner Mongolia; transfer of capital from Kalgan to Kweisui (1952)
FO 371/99255: Retained by Department under Section 3(4) (1952)
FO 371/99256: Summaries of Chinese press and propaganda during 1952 (1952)
FO 371/99257: China news commentaries, compiled by the Office of the Commissioner General for the UK in South East Asia, Singapore (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99258: China news commentaries, compiled by the Office of the Commissioner General for the UK in South East Asia, Singapore (1952) (Folder 2)

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FO 371/99259: Anglo-US differences in policy towards Nationalist China; Formosan Government's anxiety to improve relations with HMG; US hopes of overthrow of Communist regime in mainland China; military assessment of Nationalist Chinese capability of attacking Communist China (1952)
FO 371/99260: Chinese reactions to recent statements of British foreign policy; brief on China for the Secretary of State at the NATO meeting in Lisbon; Chinese press comments on UK recognition of the People's Government of China; establishment of diplomatic relations between UK and China (1952)
FO 371/99261: Extension of Korean War into China in the event of a breakdown in the truce talks; paper on probable political consequences of retaliatory action against China; HMG's views on a possible naval blockade of China (1952)
FO 371/99262: HMG assertion of its adherence to the principles of the Nine-Power Treaty of 1922 on China as far as applicable to present conditions (1952)
FO 371/99263: Chinese-Mongolia agreement on cultural and economic co-operation (1952)
FO 371/99264: Text of Chou en Lai's statement on the Japanese Peace Treaty; Japanese attitude to Sino-Soviet discussions and to the concept of Nationalist Chinese sovereignty over the mainland of China (1952)
FO 371/99265: Speeches and exchanges of messages on the Second Anniversary of the Soviet-Chinese Treaty; Soviet-Chinese talks in Moscow, Sept 1952; speculation on subjects and outcome of talks; Indian concern at this meeting (1952) (Folder 1)

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FO 371/99266: Speeches and exchanges of messages on the Second Anniversary of the Soviet-Chinese Treaty; Soviet-Chinese talks in Moscow, September 1952; speculation on subjects and outcome of talks; Indian concern at this meeting (1952) (Folder 2)
FO 371/99267: Speeches and exchanges of messages on the Second Anniversary of the Soviet-Chinese Treaty; Soviet-Chinese talks in Moscow, September 1952; speculation on subjects and outcome of talks; Indian concern at this meeting (1952) (Folder 3)
FO 371/99268: US policy towards China; assessment of statements by prominent Americans to the press and on radio and television; US policy towards Formosa (1952)
FO 371/99269: Exchange of visits between Burmese and Chinese delegations on cultural and agricultural matters (1952)
FO 371/99270: Political relations between China and India; statements by Mrs Pandit Nehru about her impressions of New China; Indian cultural mission to China (1952)
FO 371/99271: Difficulties of British diplomatic representation in China; Anglo-Chinese political relations; HMG enquiry into desirability and ways of intensifying measures to deter the Chinese from further aggression (1952)
FO 371/99272: Firing on British merchant ships; exchange of fire between Chinese Communist shore batteries and HMS Mountsbay and Consort (1952)
FO 371/99273: Unofficial contacts between UK and China including visits by British scientists; various accounts of life in China as seen by the visitors; questions raised about British subjects imprisoned in China (1952)

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FO 371/99274: British relations with Nationalist China (1952)
FO 371/99275: Tension on the Hong Kong border with China; discretion given to Hong Kong police to return fire of Chinese where safety of Hong Kong inhabitants is concerned (1952)
FO 371/99276: Chinese accession to Protocol to the UN Prohibition of Use in War of Gas and Bacteriological Methods; question of right of Communist Chinese Government to ratify Geneva Convention and other instruments (1952)
FO 371/99277: Status of the Chinese Offshore Islands (1952)
FO 371/99278: Monthly economic reports on China from the British Consul (Commercial) at Shanghai (1952)
FO 371/99279: Report on economic and social progress in East China during 1951 (1952)
FO 371/99280: Elimination of private enterprise in China, particularly in the municipal sector (1952)
FO 371/99281: Campaign of austerity in Chinese economic activity; inauguration of the Tientsin Investment Company; report of economic expansion in North West China; efforts to expand heavy industry; compensation of low capital by plentiful cheap labour (1952)

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FO 371/99282: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99283: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 2)
FO 371/99284: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 3)
FO 371/99285: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 4)

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FO 371/99286: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 5)
FO 371/99287: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 6)
FO 371/99288: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 7)
FO 371/99289: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 8)

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FO 371/99290: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 9)
FO 371/99291: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 10)
FO 371/99292: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 11)
FO 371/99293: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 12)

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FO 371/99294: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 13)
FO 371/99295: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 14)
FO 371/99296: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 15)
FO 371/99297: British business interests in China (1952) (Folder 16)

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FO 371/99298: Economic reports for Formosa in 1952; British business firms in Formosa; claim by Taiwan Electric Power Company against Babcock and Wilcox Ltd (1952)
FO 371/99299: American business interests in China; difficulties encountered by foreign firms in China; interests of British banks in China (1952)
FO 371/99300: Growth of industry in North East China; growth of the Co-operative Movement; labour unions in North East China; industrial output in East China; new power station at Fuhsin in South West Manchuria (1952)
FO 371/99301: Economic report on Hong Kong for March 1952 (1952)
FO 371/99302: Reports on the Shanghai Water Works Company Ltd and the Shanghai Electric Construction Company for 1951 (1952)
FO 371/99303: Anglo-Chinese Chamber of Commerce: discussions on its future; China's expression of willingness to trade with the UK, through the China National Import-Export Corporation (1952)
FO 371/99304: Difficulties of British banks in China due to freezing of their dollar assets; proposed closure of British banks; approach to USA to obtain release of frozen dollars (1952) (Folder 1)

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FO 371/99305: Difficulties of British banks in China due to freezing of their dollar assets; proposed closure of British banks; approach to USA to obtain release of frozen dollars (1952) (Folder 2)
FO 371/99306: Difficulties of British banks in China due to freezing of their dollar assets; proposed closure of British banks; approach to USA to obtain release of frozen dollars (1952) (Folder 3)
FO 371/99307A: Report on the budget of the Central and Provincial Governments of Formosa for the years 1952 and 1953 (1952)
FO 371/99307B: Chinese Government Purchasing Commission: liquidation (1952)
FO 371/99308: Restriction on movement of currency, cheques, bonds, gold, silver and merchandise by post into or out of China; restrictions on credit offered by Chinese banks in Hong Kong; control measures on foreign currencies held by foreign diplomats; lowering of interest rates of Chinese banks (1952)
FO 371/99309: Confirmation that silver coin and bullion belonging to China had been recovered after being kept in a Tientsin bank under seal since 1940 (1952)
FO 371/99310: Effect of control of strategic exports to China; reports of smuggling from Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore and Borneo into China; proposals to modify controls on exports to Formosa (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99311: Effect of control of strategic exports to China; reports of smuggling from Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore and Borneo into China; proposals to modify controls on exports to Formosa (1952) (Folder 2)
FO 371/99312: Effect of control of strategic exports to China; reports of smuggling from Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore and Borneo into China; proposals to modify controls on exports to Formosa (1952) (Folder 3)

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FO 371/99313: Opening of Chinese foreign trade channels; trade in British ships; Anglo-Chinese agreement on rice and cotton trade; establishment of the 'China Committee for Promotion of International Trade' (1952)
FO 371/99314: Nationalist Chinese proposal to set up a small trade agency in Singapore (1952)
FO 371/99315: Trade between China and Japan (1952)
FO 371/99316: Sino-Soviet talks in Moscow, November 1952, about problems of trade for 1953 (1952)
FO 371/99317: Swiss doubts about future trade with China (1952)
FO 371/99318: Increase in Anglo-Chinese trade as a result of agreements reached between the Chinese and British Trade Delegations attending the International Economic Conference in Moscow; problems of exporting to China (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99319: Increase in Anglo-Chinese trade as a result of agreements reached between the Chinese and British Trade Delegations attending the International Economic Conference in Moscow; problems of exporting to China (1952) (Folder 2)

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FO 371/99320: Increase in Anglo-Chinese trade as a result of agreements reached between the Chinese and British Trade Delegations attending the International Economic Conference in Moscow; problems of exporting to China (1952) (Folder 3)
FO 371/99321: Increase in Anglo-Chinese trade as a result of agreements reached between the Chinese and British Trade Delegations attending the International Economic Conference in Moscow; problems of exporting to China (1952) (Folder 4)
FO 371/99322: Levying of Agriculture Tax on summer and autumn harvests; land and house tax on properties owned or rented by foreign diplomatic and consular missions; imposition of fines for delay in payment (1952)
FO 371/99323: Details of strength and disposition of Chinese military and air forces, including field forces in the border areas (1952)
FO 371/99324: American policy regarding Nationalist Chinese forces in Formosa; return of Chief of United States Military Assistance Advisory Group in Taiwan; General Chase to United States for consultations (1952)
FO 371/99325: Retained by Department under Section 3(4) (1952)
FO 371/99326: Detention and searching of merchant ships by the Nationalist Chinese Navy; insurance claims by shipowners against Nationalist Government, pursuit of claims by British Consulate, Tamsui; release of some vessels effected; proposals for arming British merchant ships (1952)

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FO 371/99327: Detention and searching of merchant ships by the Nationalist Chinese Navy; insurance claims by shipowners against Nationalist Government, pursuit of claims by British Consulate, Tamsui; release of some vessels effected; proposals for arming British merchant ships (1952)
FO 371/99328: Detention and searching of merchant ships by the Nationalist Chinese Navy; insurance claims by shipowners against Nationalist Government, pursuit of claims by British Consulate, Tamsui; release of some vessels effected; proposals for arming British merchant ships (1952)
FO 371/99329: Detention and searching of merchant ships by the Nationalist Chinese Navy; insurance claims by shipowners against Nationalist Government, pursuit of claims by British Consulate, Tamsui; release of some vessels effected; proposals for arming British merchant ships (1952)
FO 371/99330: Development of Chinese agriculture; reactions of peasants towards the drive for producers' co-operatives; action against drought in North West China; report on food production and administration in Taiwan (1952)
FO 371/99331: Cultivation of protective forests on the western border of North East China (1952)
FO 371/99332: Land redistribution in Formosa (1952)
FO 371/99333: Tea production in China (1952)
FO 371/99334: Formosa tea market report no 2, following the close of the spring tea season, by United Exporters (1952)

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FO 371/99335: Chinese cotton industry and trade; good cotton harvest (1952)
FO 371/99336: Formosan fishing industry (1952)
FO 371/99337: Chinese railway operation and construction; preparations for expansion in 1953 (1952)
FO 371/99338: Opening of various highways in China and over the borders, including the road to Lhasa, Tibet; whereabouts of the records of the Wuhu Road Improvement Society (1952)
FO 371/99339: Retained by Department under Section 3(4) (1952)
FO 371/99340: Retained by Department under Section 3(4) (1952)
FO 371/99341: Retained by Department under Section 3(4) (1952)
FO 371/99342: Retained by Department under Section 3(4) (1952)
FO 371/99343: Notification of partial closure of the Yangtze River entrance; chart of the area (1952)
FO 371/99344: Prevention of floods in the Middle Yangtze Kiang; flood diversion and irrigation scheme; operation of the 'People's Victory Canal' (1952)
FO 371/99345: Confiscation and requisitioning of foreign property in China; particulars of cases where British individuals and firms have suffered from Chinese requisitioning; requisitioning of public utility companies in Shanghai (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99346: Confiscation and requisitioning of foreign property in China; particulars of cases where British individuals and firms have suffered from Chinese requisitioning; requisitioning of public utility companies in Shanghai (1952) (Folder 2)
FO 371/99347: Protest at Chinese takeover of the Tientsin Country Club (1952)
FO 371/99348: Chinese land reform programme; completion of reform in most of China (1952)
FO 371/99349: Requisitioning of HMG property at Foochow and of French Embassy compound in Peking (1952)
FO 371/99350: Chinese petroleum industry (1952)
FO 371/99351: Coal industry in Formosa (1952)
FO 371/99352: Completion of Hsinchu Power Plant, Formosa; visit to hydro-electric projects in the Turoku Gorge; article on the interconnected power system of the Taiwan Power Company (1952)
FO 371/99353: Oil deposits in Formosa (1952)
FO 371/99354: Mineral resource potential of Taiwan; report of Consul's visit to Tainan Salt Works (1952)

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FO 371/99355: Representations made to Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs by heads of foreign missions on behalf of US and other foreign and Commonwealth nationals in China; proposed statement to UN about treatment of foreigners; statistics of foreigners arrested and detained in China (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99356: Representations made to Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs by heads of foreign missions on behalf of US and other foreign and Commonwealth nationals in China; proposed statement to UN about treatment of foreigners; statistics of foreigners arrested and detained in China (1952) (Folder 2)
FO 371/99357: Representations made to Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs by heads of foreign missions on behalf of US and other foreign and Commonwealth nationals in China; proposed statement to UN about treatment of foreigners; statistics of foreigners arrested and detained in China (1952) (Folder 3)
FO 371/99358: Representations made to Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs by heads of foreign missions on behalf of US and other foreign and Commonwealth nationals in China; proposed statement to UN about treatment of foreigners; statistics of foreigners arrested and detained in China (1952) (Folder 4)
FO 371/99359: Refusal of Hong Kong and Malaya to allow entry to Nationalist Chinese Cheng Yen-fen; Hong Kong visa policy determined by anxiety about agitation caused by Chinese Nationalists (1952)
FO 371/99360: Visits of Portuguese Minister for Overseas Affairs to Far East, US Commanding General of the Fleet, Franklin A Hart to Hong Kong; Ministry of Transport official Le Goy to Hong Kong; Australian Minister for the Philippines, Moore to Formosa; report of lavish entertainment of visitors to Peking (1952)
FO 371/99361: Tientsin Municipal regulations establishing procuratorial informants paid only for information given to higher authority; new regulations for Chinese People's Court; request for information about HBM Supreme Court, formerly at Shanghai; reform of Chinese judiciary (1952)
FO 371/99362: Communist newspapers in Hong Kong; use by New China News Agency (NCNA) of propaganda contravening the Hong Kong Control of Publications Ordinance; serious warning to NCNA on possible prosecution (1952)
FO 371/99363: Appearance of a new daily newspaper in Peking called the People's Daily in place of the Hsin Min Pao (New People's Daily) (1952)
FO 371/99364: Retained by Department under Section 3(4) (1952)
FO 371/99365: Retained by Department under Section 3(4) (1952)

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FO 371/99366: Education in China; reorganisation of university training; creation of propaganda schools (1952)
FO 371/99367: Failure of the 'Progressive Church' in China after one year; creation of a Chinese Islamic Association; Chinese Islamic Delegation's visit to Pakistan (1952)
FO 371/99368: Chinese Moslem Association in Formosa (1952)
FO 371/99369: Buddhism in China; founding of a Chinese Buddhist Association (1952)
FO 371/99370: Future of the Lester Chinese Hospital in Shanghai and the International Hospital in Hankow; Chinese insistence on registration of land (1952)

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FO 371/99371: Chinese representation at the Olympic Games 1952: admission of Chinese Communists and withdrawal of the Nationalists (1952)
FO 371/99372: Establishment of regional motorway in the People's Republic of China in an attempt to solve the problem of national minorities, particularly in South West China (1952)
FO 371/99373: Disposal of refugees from China; maintenance of clearing offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong; proposed use of blank visas for removal of refugees from Hong Kong; aid to refugees in Hong Kong; problem of foreign refugees in Shanghai (1952) (Folder 1)
FO 371/99374: Disposal of refugees from China; maintenance of clearing offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong; proposed use of blank visas for removal of refugees from Hong Kong; aid to refugees in Hong Kong; problem of foreign refugees in Shanghai (1952) (Folder 2)
FO 371/99375: Disposal of refugees from China; maintenance of clearing offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong; proposed use of blank visas for removal of refugees from Hong Kong; aid to refugees in Hong Kong; problem of foreign refugees in Shanghai (1952) (Folder 3)

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FO 371/99376: Problems of overseas Chinese in South East Asia; complaints about treatment of overseas Chinese families in Kwangtung; Nationalist drive to win support of the overseas Chinese; conferences in Taipeh and Canton; study of China's population (1952)
FO 371/99377: Parliamentary questions about duties of British Consul-General in Formosa and whether they justify continuation of the post (1952)
FO 371/99378: Indian diplomatic representation in Peking (1952)
FO 371/99379: Size of the US Consulate-General in Hong Kong: appointment of a Canadian representative in Hong Kong (1952)
FO 371/99380: Labour Day celebrations in Peking 1 May 1952; details of delegations attending; celebration of Third Anniversary of Foundation of Chinese People's Republic on 1st October 1952 (1952)
FO 371/99381: Chinese claims to territory on southern frontier with Burma (1952)
FO 371/99382: Reform of Chinese script; campaign against illiteracy in China; difficulties due to lack of knowledge of the Chinese language (1952)
FO 371/99383: Development of movement for democratic reform in factories and mines; wages in China; direction of labour; labour situation in Hong Kong; US Information Services official's appointment in Hong Kong, unemployment and trade unionism in China (1952)
FO 371/99384: Development of a progressive labour insurance system in Formosa (1952)
FO 371/99385: Withdrawal of Australian proposal to take over UK responsibilities in the New Hebrides; proposed partition of the territory (1952)
FO 371/99386: Status of HM Consulate, Papecte, Tahiti (1952)
FO 371/99387: Report on the Consul-General of Nationalist China, Doctor Yao at Papecte (1952)