Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-12

Dub Willie JIl6Te are plenty
mingle socially with the ordinar!
China has leaned heavily on
program. From one end Of the
country to the other Soviet con-
tributionS are not only obvious
but are pointed out proudly and
gratefully by Chinese officials.
I'VE have followed Russia and
patterned ourselves after her, but
we have not followed her
blindly," said an official from
Peiping's foreign Office.
I'VE have adapted and nodded
the Soviet system to meet our
own needs; but we have also
made note Of her mistakes and
tried to avoid them"
Soviet Aid Widespread
From the steel mills and heavy
industrial plants in the far
northeast, to newly spawned in
dustries along the Yangtze River,
engineers and government Off
Gals tell the same story of Soviet
support.
China's first motor vehicles,
the big fOur-ton trucks from the
assembly lines at Changchun in
the northeast, were designed in
the Soviet Union and put to-
gether with Russian machinery.
The still secret Jet planes from
the Russian-built and closely
guarded factory at Wuchang on
the Yangtze are being produced
under Soviet supervision. Close
copies of Russian aircraft. the
jet interceptors were designed on
Russian drawing boards.
Mukden's largest industrial
plant is the No. Machine Too
Works. 1t was developed during
the japanese occupation and
subsequently wrecked and looted
when the Russians marched in
at the end of World War II. Now
1t is stocked with Russian-made
machinery like every other fac
tory in Manchuria.
1--WE couldn't possibly have re-
stored the plant and gotten it
into production during the first
five-year plan without the advice
and aid Of the Soviet experts,
the manager acknowledged.
Many Russian Supervisors
Almost every factory manager
in the northeast prefaces his ex-
plantations with the approved
phrase: Thanks to the selfiess
generosity of the Soviet
Union.
But as a slight illustration of
the Chinese determination to fol-
low their own path. the qualify
ing words are added: And under
the correct leadership Of Chair
man Mao and the Communist
Party. :"
The hotels. or "guesthouses'
in all the industrial centers, are
packed with Russian engineers
and technologists. They are SUI
pervising factory construction or
installation Of machinery. or in
structine Chinese workers.
In some Of the newly estab-
lished factories. Stern-faced Rus
sian supervisors move among
machines which bear Slav-let-
tered trademarks. They refuse
TO talk to foreigners. They shy
away quickly when a camera is
pointed at them.
Trained In Russia
In many plants the Soviet in
struction has been completed
and the Russians have moved
out. Many Of China's top tech
nicians have been trained In
schools in Russia.
Even in plants where the
Russians have packed UP and
left. continuing expansion pro-
grams are being accomplished BY
working from Russian plans
Peiping maintains an advisory
board Of Russian technology ex-
perts as trouble-shooters and In
spectors for the northeastern
factories.
In south central China, where
the FIRST bridge across the Yang
TIE River is being built at W.
han, 20 top Soviet engineers
are supervising the project
which was designed in Russia
One-third OF the steel for the
t25 million bridge is being i'm
ported from Russia.
TO learn from the Soviet
Union--that Is the correct watch
word" said Lu Ting-yi. commu-
mist propaganda director. "Nev.
ertheleSs. We must not cepy ev.
erything IN the Soviet Union in
IN . doetrinaire way. We
must make what We have learned
at our actual conditions"
Russians Are Deadpan
The Russians. In their sloppy
bell-bottom pants. deadpan ex-