there should in most cases be no As regards controlled materials, difficulty in obtaining the supplies necessary for manufacture for export and it should only be in exceptional cases that there is insufücient for export. needs, The Board of Trade are opening discussions with representatives of major exporting industries with a view to facilitating their operations and in particular their purchases of raw materials, Meanwhile, the Minister of Supply has issued instructions to controllers and their staffs to make every effort to allocate supplies where it appears to them that the controlled materials are for the manufacture of goods for export, especially where those exports are to be in the form of highly finished goods in which the cost of the raw materials forms a comparatively small part of the value of the goods, Exporters who have any difficulty in obtaining their requirements should communicate with the Board Announced At Close of 6th Plenary Session Chungking, Nov. 20.
Many important changes in the personnel of the Chinese Government and the Central Kuomintang were announced this afternoon following the closing of the 6th Plenary Session of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang.
Gen. Chiang Kai-shek has been appointed to the concurrent post of President of the Executive Yuan (a position similar to that of a Prime Minister), replacing his brother-in-law, Dr. H. H. Kung, who will take the post of vice-president. Dr. Kung, however, will retain his concurrent Position as Minister of Finance.
The former vice-president of the Executive Yuan, Gen. Chang Chun, has resigned.
M. Wang Shih-chieh, former Minister of Education and Chihese President of the Sino-Britich Cultural Society, has been appointed Minister of Publicity, replacing Mr. Yeh Chu-sang who is to have the post of Secretary-General. of ihe Central Kuomintang. The former Secretary-General, Mr. Chu Chia-hua has been made head of the Organization Department of the Party.
General Wu Teh-chen, former Mayor of Shanghai and later Governor of Kuangtung, has been appointed to the post of Chairman of the Overseas Department.
Mr. Ku Cheng-kan has been made head of the Social Welfare Department, replacing Mr. Chen Li-fu—Reuter. of Trade, giving full particulars, including the nature of the goods to be exported, the market for which they are destined and the terms of payment.
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