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Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000171 TOP SECRET # CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 10 January 1961 DAILY BRIEF I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC  Communist China: Food shortages on the Chinese mainland have become so severe that popular discontent is now taking the form of open antiregime activities in some localities. In late November and early December anti-Communist slogans were written on public buildings in both Dairen and Hainan Island. food riots took place in Harbin in mid-December, with 70 persons arrested and summarily shot. (Page 1) *Communist China - Burma: Following successful settlement of the Sino-Burmese boundary question, Communist China is embarking on a major effort to expand its economic and political ties with Burma. As a result of Chou En-lai's trip to Rangoon, where the instruments of ratification of the border treaty were exchanged, Peiping has agreed to extend large-scale economic aid to Burma. A joint communiqué issued on 9 January announced an economic and technical cooperation agreement under which the Chinese will provide an interest-free credit of about $85,000,000-- the largest amount ever granted by Peiping to a non-bloc i TOP SECRET Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000171

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