CABLE (SANITIZED) FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B03826A000400060007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 14, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

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CITE NPIC 0709
1. A HIGH-EXPLOSIVES FABRICATION AND TEST COMPLEX IS NEWLY
IDENTIFIED ON PHOTOGRAPHY OF 25 MARCH 1971 AT 31-50N 105.45E, 13
NAUTICAL MILES NORT HEAST OF TSU-TUNG, CHINA.
2. THE COMPLEX CONSISTS OF FOUR SEPARATE AREAS LOCATED IN FOUR
NARROW VALLEYS. THE THREE SOUTHERNMOST AREAS ARE INTERCONNECTED
BY ROAD, BUT THE NORTHERN AREA IS REMOTE FROM THE OTHERS AND
SERVED BY A SINGLE ROAD. THE NEAREST RAIL LINE IS 13 NM NORTHWEST
OF THE CENTER OF THE COMPLEX.
3. AREA 1, THE SOUTHERNMOST AREA, IS A HIGH -EXPLOSIVES FABRICATION
AND STORAGE AREA AND CONSISTS OF SIX SEPARATELY REVETTED HIGH
-EXPLOSIVES REMOTE OPERATIONS FABRICATION BUILDINGS AND THIRTEEN
REVETTED HIGH-EXPLOSIVES STORAGE BUILDINGS.
4. AREA 2 CONTAINS FOUR HIGH-EXPLOSIVES TEST POINTS IN VARIOUS
STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. THE WESTERN TEST POINT RESEMBLES TEST POINT
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5. AREA 3 IS THE CONSTRUC I D MAINTENANCE AREA AND
CONSISTS OF SEVERAL WORKSHOP-TYPE BUILDINGS.
6. AREA 4, THE NORTHERMOST AREA, CONSISTS OF SEVERAL REVETTED
STORAGE AND HIGH EXPLOSIVES PROCESSING-TYPE BUILDINGS, SOME OF DISTRIBI3T~
WHICH ARE SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO THOSE IN THE HE STORAGE AND/ C OFHICI
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