REGIONAL LIQUID STORAGE INSTALLATIONS IN COMMUNIST CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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REGIONAL LIQUID STORAGE INSTALLATIONS'
IN CObq/UNIST CHINA
Nineteen unusual rail-served liquid storage installations, !including
six. that are currently-under construction, have been located in Communist
China (Figure 1). These installations have similar components and are all
strategically located in relatively isolated areas at the end of 2.-3 mile
long rail spurs which were constructed specifically for and serve only the
installation.
The installations appear to be military in nature and may be regional
collection and distribution centers for a type of liquid storage. Some of
these sites are less than ten miles from large military barracks and train-
ing areas. A typical completed installation (Figure 2) contains 20 dome-
covered, earth-mounded, semi-buried, tank-like structures, approximately
75 feet in diameter and 40 feet deep; a three-track wide, revetted,rail
transloading facility; at least one large earth-covered bunker, approxi-
mately 200 feet by 100 feet; two or three warehouse-type buildings, each
approximately 200 feet by 100 feet; and a support area of 35-50 buildings,
including barracks. The entire area is secured with single or double fencing.
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These installations resemble POL storage areas, but they have several
features that are not typical of known POL storage areas elsewhere in China.
(a) A hemispherical dome covers each tank-like structure. The sides
of the tank are completely overed with earth approximately te{i feet thick
at the top,:.1oping to'20-25 ~feet thick at the bottom, so that each tank-
like structure resembles a giant igloo (Figure 3).
(b) The structures are spaced in an apparently- random pattern from
100 to 500 feet apart, possibly to tahak,a vantage of ravine spurs and natural
terrain features that provide additional security'and protection.
(c) An improved road leads to each individual tank-like structure, which'.
has a cave-like entrance large enough for small vehicles.
(d) Each structure appears to have seven ventilators;_ one on the top
in the center of the dome, and six spaced around the edges.
(e) The structures are usually built along the sides of ravines at
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elevations considerably higher than the railhead facility.
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required the construction of tunnels and-bridges. The construction time
of approximately 3-4 years and the engineering and construction costs appear
to be abnormally,and unnecessarily high for conventional POL storage areas.
The follo-,ing eleven installations appeared to be operational when they
were first photographed during- period. However, new buildings and
additional constructional activity has been observed at most of these in-
stallations from
Chieh-Hsiu (36-591'1 111-55E), 60 nautical miles southwest of Tai-Yuan
Cra-C ou (27-49N 113-13E), 25 nautical miles southeast of Chang-Sha
Ch\ieh-Shan (32-47N 114-OlE), 135 nautical miles north of Ku-Han
Hsin-Pao-An (40-27N 115-21E), 50 nautical miles northwest of Pei-Ping
Huo-Lu (38-03K 114-17E),. 10 nautical miles west of--Shi-Men
Kang-Chuang (40-l9Ki 115-54E), 25 nautical miles northwest of Pei-Ping
Liu-Lin (31-58N 114-06E), 85 nautical miles north of Ku-Han
Tung-Hsiang (28-10K 116-38E), 50 nautical miles southeast of Nan-Chang
Yang-Kao (40-20Iv" 113-41E), 25 nautical miles northeast of Ta-Tung
Yen-Shih (34-44N 112-55E), 25 nautical miles east of Lo-Yang
Yung-Fu (24-4914 110-OOE), 45 nautical miles northeast of Liu-Chow
The following two installations ,w: ere in the earl stages of construc-
tion when they were first photo raphed in They appeared to
be operational in
1.WU_'.ei (3i'-591; 102-30E), 6 nautical miles northwest of Wu-Wei
Yang-Lin (25_14N 103-06E), 25 nautical miles northeast of Kun-Ming
The following six installations began construction durin
and as of were still actively under construction at various
stages of completion:
an-Chang (31-04N 118-07E), 25 nautic miles southwest of Wu-I-Tu
P i-Shih-Tu (25-25N 113-04E), 50 nautical miles northwest of Chu-Chiang
S: ao-iu (27-26K 117-27E), 60 nautical miles northwest of Nan-Ping
Ta-Jung-Chung (25-35N 110-32E), 20 naical miles northeast of Kwei-Lin
Te-Po-Ssu ('46-27N 121-18E)-, 75 nautical miles northwest of Tao-An
Tun`-Shan (41-58N 124-32E), 50 nautical miles east- northeast of Shen-Yang
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Photographs and map locations of the known nineteen installations,
arranged in alphabetical order, are shown on the following-pages. A
detailed search of available photography could possibly reveal the locations
A few of these installations are identified and located for the first
time in this report, but most of them have been previously reported as
possible underground POL storage, explosive storage, or mining activity.
it seems apparent that they are all similar, re-
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present a major current construction effort, and may have significant military
importance.
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t.'APS and CHARTS
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ACICJ US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0382-18AL, Scale 1:200,
000, 2nd edition, A?pril 1961 (SECRET)-
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ACIC. US Air Target Chart, series 200, Sheet 0498-1AL, Scale 1:200,
000, 2nd edition, September 1960 (SECRET)
Ch uen-Shan
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Shies 200, Sheet 0385-24?a,, Scale 1:200,
000, 2nd edition, June 1903 (SECRET)
an- Ch a1_
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet.04013-9A,'Scale 1:200,
000, 1st edition, 111`rch 1959 (SECRET)
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IC., Up, Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 01+98-16HL, Scale 1:200,
/J Cd00, 2nd edition, March 1901+ (SECRET)
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0289-21AL, Scale 1:200,
000, 14th edition, November 1962 (SECRET)
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0382-14AL, Scale 1:200,
000, 2nd edition, February 1961 (SECRET)
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0289-21AL, Scale 1:200,
000, 4th edition, November 1962 (SECRET)
Liu-Lin
V1V Scale 1:100,000,2nd edition ~~y 1 CREW \flv ~~
( Prov) , May 11057 (SECRET)
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0498-4AL, Scale 1:200,
000, 1st edition, August 1960 (SECRET)
Ta-Jung-Chiang
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ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0497-18 A, Scale 1:200,
000, 1st edition, February 1959 (SECRET)
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0281-9AL, Scale 1:200,
000, 1st edition, January 1960 (C001FIDENTIAL)
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ACIC. US Aarget Chart, Series 200 Sheet 0493-23A-L, Scale 1:200,
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ACIC. UjS Air Target Chart, Serie_- 200, Sheet `290-11IIL, Scale 1:200,
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ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0288-25AL, Scale 1:200,
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ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 20ti, Sheet 0496-1,A, Sc_ale 1:200,
000, 1st edition, September 1959'(SECRET)
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0385-SAL, Scale 1:200,
000, 1st edition, April 1960 (SECRET)
Yung-Ft
ACIC. US Air Target Chart,'Series 200-, Sheet 0497-18A, Scale 1:200,
000, 1st edition, February 1959 (SECRET)
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