SUPPLY OF JET FUEL IN COMMUNIST CHINA AND NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S02149R000100280004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 21, 1966
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 1999/09/1 pP78S02149R000100280004-6
21 March 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Trade and Services Division
SUBJECT: Supply of Jet Fuel in Communist China and North Vietnam
1. Communist China
We estimate that Communist China produced about 300,000 metric
tons and imported about 30,000 tons of jet fuel in 1965. Except for
indeterminate but presumably small quantities which were diverted to
inventories, the total supply of jet fuel probably corresponded to total
consumption. We have no estimates of the quantities of jet fuel which
China has in storage or for strategic reserves.
Although China has the capability to provide from domestic
resources for most of its jet fuel needs, based on "peacetime consumption
rates", we do not think that China has the capability to provide for any
sharp rise in demand over an extended period of time without outside
assistance.
2. North Vietnam
North Vietnam receives all of its jet fuel supplies from the
USSR by rail through China. We estimate that North Vietnam received a
total of about 1,500 tons of jet fuel in 1965 - almost all of which was
delivered in the last calendar quarter. Data are not available on the
quantities of jet fuel in storage, in strategic reserves, or consumed
in North Vietnam.
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