CABLE TO AFSSO USAF FROM OPCEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001100120032-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: December 16, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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THE FQ.LOWING IS FROM THE CIA/
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE DIVISION. CITE CIA-P-025.
1. FURTHER ANALYSIS OF=PHOTO COVERAGE OF WU-CHANG
SHIPYARD, WU-CHAN G CHINA (30 32N-114 17E) REVEALS THAT SUBMARINE
CONSTRUCTION, PROBABLY "W" CLASS, IS UNDERWAY AT THIS SHIPYARD.
2. I ~ OVE RA G.
REVEALS ONE PROBABLE
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"W" CLASS SS AND ONE U/I VESSEL UNDER PORTABLE WEATHER SHEDS ON
BUILDING WAYS. A PROEA R.E "W" CLASS SAIL (LENGTH OVER ALL
APPROX. 35 FT. AT DECKLINE) IS VISIBLE BETWEEN WEATHER SHEDS ON
ONE OF THE TWO VESSELS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE BOW AND STERN OF BOTH VESSELS ARE HIDDEN BY WEATHER
SHEDS, PRECLUDING A LENGTH OVERALL (LOA) MEASUREMENT OF EITHER
VESSEL. THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE SHEDS OVER EACH WAY DOES NOT
EXCEED APPROXIMATELY 270 FT. N O SUBMARINES WERE NOTED AT FITTING
OUT AREA.
3. ALL MENSURATION PERFORMED BY PID PERSONNEL.
S E C R E T
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