KUN-MING/KUEI-YANG RAILROAD UNDER CONSRTUCTION, CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2007
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: June 9, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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KUN-MING/KUEI-YANG RAILROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
CHINA
Cni~TGr~: HIGH LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ON TI-~
KUN-MING~KUEI-YANG RAILROAD.
2. tip!"_~RiiS:
WHEN COMPLETED, THIS RAIL LINE WILL CON-
NECT YUN-PdAN PROVINCE WITH THE REST OF CHINA'S
RAIL NETWORK. THIS WILL ELIMINATE THE NECES-
SITY OF SUPPLYING SOUTHWEST CHINA BY THE MORr
WLNERABLE~ SOUTHERN ROUTE (SOUTHWEST FROM Nlru'~T-
NING, CHINA, THROUGH NTORTH VIETNAM TO HA NOI,
AND THEN NORTHWEST TO KUN-~'lING~. MOREOVER,
CHINA'S CAPABILITY FOR DELIVERING GOODS TO
NORTH VIETNAM WILL BE INCREASED, SHIPPING
BY RAIL VIA K[TN-MING AS WELL AS VIA NAN-NING.
CONSTRUCTION OF THIS RAIL LINE WAS STARTED
DURING 1959, BUT WAS STOPPED OR SLOWED DURING
19x,0-7.962. KH PHOTOGRAPHY Or AUG, NOV, AND
DEC 65 REVEALED THAT IT WAS ACTIVELY UNDER CCN-
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should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Su ort
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3. LOCATION:
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
6. NEGATION DATE:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:
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STRUCmrOI\T, AS OF (THE LAST
COVERAGE PRIOR TO HE RAIL-
ROAD WAS COMPLETE FROM KUN-MING NORTHEASTWARD
FOR APPROXIMATELY 135 NM AND FROM KUEI-YANG
SOUTHWESTWARD FOR APPROXIMATELY 70 NM.
COMPLETED RAIL LINE WILL EXTEND FROM KUN-MING
(2504N -- 102!!-lE) TO KUEI-YANG (2635N - 10642E~,
A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 300 NM.
11 KH-4, AT LEAST ONEI I ONE TALENTS AND ONE
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8. DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS:
9. MISSION READOUT:
KUN-MING~KUEI-YANG RAIL LINE TO BE VERY ACTIVE, WITH NUMEROUS CONSTRUCTION
CAMPS AND SMALL QUARRIES AND PITS (FOR BALLAST) OBSERVED ALONG THE ROUTE.
THE LINE APPEARS TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL FROM KUN-MING TO 2634N -
10425E. FROM THIS POINT TO THE SOUTHWESTERN END OF THE TUNNEL COMPLEX
(264oN - 1o436E) GRADING APPEARS TO BE NEAR COMPLETION; EXTENSIVE TUN-
NELLING IS U1~'DERWAY; AND AT FEAST 1+ SETS OF BRIDGE PIERS ARE AS YET UN-
DECKED.
FROM KUEI-YANG THE LINE IS FULLY OPERATIONAL TO 2613N - 10521E ..
IT IS POSSIBLY OPERATIONAL TO APPROXIMATELY 7 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHUI-CHENG
AT 2633N - 10457E WHERE POSSIBLE ROLLING STOCK IS OBSERVED. FROM THIS
POINT TO THE NORTHEASTERN END OF 2643N - 1o438E),
GRADING APPEARS TO BE NEAR COMPLETION AND AT LEAST 11 SETS OF BRIDGE PIERS
10. ~ .O TENT PHOTOr AP : CIA~IAD OUT CABLE 58138, APR 2,66: "ANALYSIS
REVEALS CONTINUED RAPID CONSTRUCTION ON
THIS RAIL LINE. ON THE KUN-MING SIDE, THE LINE IS NOW POSSIBLY COMPLETE
FROM KUN-MING NORTHEASTWARD TO 2640N - 10438E, APPROXIMATELY 17 NM NORTH-
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should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
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WEST OF SHUI-CHENG. ...
THE VISIBLE BRIDGES ALONG THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND A POS-
SIBLE WORK TRAIN WAS OBSERVED AT 2640N - 10438E ....
AT THE WESTERN END OF THE TUNNEI~COMPLEX BRIDGE PIERS WITH DECKING
ARE VISIBLE ...."
REVEALS (ON POOR QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY THAT
ADDITIONAL BRIDGE PIERS HAVE BEEN DECKID IN THE SHUI-CHENG AREA.
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