For example. the committee investigator last month observed substantial shipments of penicillin. streptomycin and other pharmaceuticals crossing the border from Hong Kong to China and moving direct to China from Western European countries. He was told by Hong Kong authorities that these shipments were "unquestionably". destined for civilian use and therefore. should not be embargoed. However. that seems a rather fatuous assumption and the many missionaries and other refugees from China. who were interviewed by our representative. indicated that the. Chinese population rarely if ever saw these medicines and the little that was seen was on the black market at prohibitive prices. Most of these drugs were purchased by Chinese Government purchasing agents for the top priority needs of the Communists which were. of course. military uses.
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