Book contents
- Eyes and Ears
- Eyes and Ears
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part IAgent Recruitment
- Part IICapacity Building
- Part IIIBest Practice
- Part IVFrom the Agent Work File
- Part VFrom the Agent Personal File
- Introduction
- 14Operational Brief: On the Recruitment of Yang X
- 15Yang X’s Offer of Service
- 16Private Correspondence Monitored
- 17Give and Take: Apologies and a Nanny
- 18Agent Validation: Professional and ‘Leftist’
- 19Declining Performance? A Two-Day Brush-Up Course
- Part VIComponent Chiefs: Feedback and Direction
- Part VIICrisis Management
- Glossary
- Notes
- Index
16 - Private Correspondence Monitored
from Part V - From the Agent Personal File
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2026
Book contents
- Eyes and Ears
- Eyes and Ears
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part IAgent Recruitment
- Part IICapacity Building
- Part IIIBest Practice
- Part IVFrom the Agent Work File
- Part VFrom the Agent Personal File
- Introduction
- 14Operational Brief: On the Recruitment of Yang X
- 15Yang X’s Offer of Service
- 16Private Correspondence Monitored
- 17Give and Take: Apologies and a Nanny
- 18Agent Validation: Professional and ‘Leftist’
- 19Declining Performance? A Two-Day Brush-Up Course
- Part VIComponent Chiefs: Feedback and Direction
- Part VIICrisis Management
- Glossary
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Comrade XXX,
My problems have been sorted out. At noon on 6 September [1950], I was leniently released.
I only found out that you had departed Harbin after I returned to our apartment on XXX Street. Please let me know as soon as you can what has been happening to the family since we parted. Also, try right away to find a way to mail me my blue work jacket, rubber shoes, black trousers, cap, bedsheets, and so on. I have no clothes that I can wear for work. I am staying in the Teacher’s Federation dormitory for singles where the bed is dirty and I do not have a bedspread.
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- Eyes and EarsSecret Agent Work in Cold War China, pp. 164 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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