Such small hopes a n Provincial Government gives very good reasons why it cannot allow the export of rice. It points. out that the Communists burnt many farmsteads and detwroyed stocks of rice held by the farmers. They also. divided up farm lands among men who were incapable of cultivating them. Later in the year, the drought prevented the growth of the rice in many parts of the province, and now there is not enough to meet even the needs of Hunan.
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