civil war when ideology rather than immediate personal material gain was a much more important motivating factor than it is during peacetime.
VII.
The type of collective farming practised by Chinese farmers is not responsible for all of farm income. Sources are quoted as suggesting that it could be about half, with the remainder coming from private plots. It should also be recognised that where there are major earthworks to be constructed and where, generally speaking, labout-intensive cultivation takes place, there is considerable private gain to be obtained through collective forms of production. Where management is complex and difficult to supervise, eg, horticulture, the benefits are fewer. The benefits of a collective farming approach must be analysed against the type of crops being produced, the economic problems requiring solution, and the social structure of the farming community.
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G A Bridger 12 May 1977
to you
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Tur. Bridger
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cc Mr.R.7. hoye RD FCO
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Thank you very interesting. I see that we have approved cash for ESCOR project to internews in Hong Rong a number of peasants from the same mainland village to try to find out a little bit more about reality as opposed to the idevergy. If properly handled this could produce usiful hard information.
Has
any
come out of interviews conducted so far? If any has I would like to see it. So I imaging would Mr. Wye in Research Dept, FCO.
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Shengar