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ID848
NameMemorandum: Visit to Hong Kong and Canton - December 1947
TitleEconomic conditions in postwar Hong Kong and South China
Year1947
AuthorCalder, Alonzo Bland (Commercial Attache, Shanghai)
CollectionHoover Archives
Sub collectionAlonzo Bland Calder Papers (1911-1956), Box 43
Repository typeArchive
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Memorandum. Visit to Hong Kong and Canton - December 1947. Prepared by Commercial Attaché, A. Bland Calder. January 5, 1947. 16p

  • Summary - 1 
  • General Comment on Hong Kong's Entrepot Trade and its Distribution and Source Area - 2 
  • Industrial Recovery in Hong Kong and Problems Involved in any Hoped for Expansion - Fuel and Food Situation - 3 
  • Hong Kong(s Labor Problems - 4 
  • Hong Kong's Trade Situation and Outlook - 5 
  • Visit to Canton - 5 
  • Local Views with regard to the Scope of T.V. Soong's Authority in the South and with regard to Prospects for Improved Business as a Result of His Assigment - 6 
  • Efforts and Plans for Promoting the Sugar Industry in Canton Delta Region - 7 
  • Comments on Kwangtung's Pre-war Industrial Development and Recovery thus far - 9
  • Chen Chi-tang's Interest in Kwangtung as a Possible Capital Investor - 10 
  • Interview with T.V. Soong at Canton - 11 
  • Some Aspects of the Banditry Situation - 13
  • Rice Purchase from Kwangsi and Smuggling Activities - 14 
  • Conclusion - 15 

 

KeywordsUnited States ; China ; Shanghai ; Hongkong ; postwar ; Guangdong ; port ; interview ; elite ; black market ; food ;
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