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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00776R000100020017-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: December 15, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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A. DURING THE WINTERS THE NORTHERN MONSOON INFLUENCES A"
TWENTY PER CET OF THE TIME.
. TEE FAR EA ST a THE POLAR FRONT IS LOCATED FAR SOUTH OF THE
CHINA COASTLINE AND HAS LITTLE INFLUENCE ON SOUTI3ERN CHINA
OCCASIONAL OUTBREAKS OF COLD.. DRY AIR FRON SIBERIA BRING BRIEF
PERIODS OF CLEAR SKIES TO SO t-,g CHINA, WITH CANTON AND ITS
IMMEDIATE VICINITY TO THE NORTH AND EAST EXPERIENCING CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE FOR AERIAL PEOTO4"p
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THE YELLOW AND EAST CHINA SEAS, AS A RESULTS LOW CLOJI;tS ARE
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OCCUR 35 TO 45 PER CENT OF THE TIME AT 2000 HRS, INCREASING
TO 40 TO 55 PER CENT By 0200 BBS. THESE LOW CONDITIONS ARE
PRIMARILY DUE TO LOW CEILINGS, RATHER THAN VISIBILITY
RESTRICTIONS.
B., BEING FURTHER TO THE SOUTH j, ^
IS NOT INFLUENCED AS MUCH BY THE WINTER MONSOON, AND CEILINGS
AND VISIBILITY REMAIN ABOVE 1000 FEET AND 21 MILES 85 PER
CT OF THE TIME, IS ABOVE THESE FIELD CONDITIONS
OVER 90 PER CENT OF THE TIME,
C. THE PHILIPPINES HAVE EXCELLENT WEATHER IN
WINTER , 0 IS ABOVE 1500 FEET AND 3 MILES OVER 99 PER
CENT OF THE TIME.
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