MISSION 1107-2, DZUNGARIAN GATE USSR-CHINA BORDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A003700050002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 15, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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Reference to: MISSION 1107-2, DZUNGARIAN GATE
USSR-CHINA BORDER
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE DZUNGARIAN GATE AREA NEAR THE TOWN OF YUMIN,
CHINA, IS THE SCENE OF THE REPORTED 13 AUGUST
CLASH BETWEEN SOVIET AND CHINESE TROOPS.
THE CENTER OF DZUNGARIAN GATE IS LOCATED AT
APPROXIMATELY 45-12N 082-35E. DRUZHBA ARMY
BARRACKS AL 1 IS 2 NM FROM THE BORDER AT 45-13-20N
082-29-10E. YUMIN IS IN SINKIANG PROVINCE, 1
NM EAST OF THE USSR CHINA BORDER AT 45-57-30N
082-32-OOE, AND APPROXIMATELY 43 NM NORTH OF
DRUZHBA.
THE DZUNGARIAN GATE IS AN HISTORIC ACCESS ROUTE
BETWEEN TURKESTAN AND CENTRAL ASIA. IT IS APPROX-
IMATELY 10 NM WIDE AND 40 NM IN LENGTH AND HAS A
GENERAL ELEVATION OF 1,500 FEET WITH THE MOUNTAINS
RISING TO OVER 7,000 FEET ON EITHER SIDE. DRUZBA
ARMY BARRACKS AL 1, THE ONLY SETTLEMENT IN THE GATE
AREA, IS ALSO THE TERMINMUS OF A RAIL LINE RUNNING
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (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, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
G R O U P ' EXCLUDED FROM
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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COVERAGE
EQUIPMENT INCLUDING 35 TANKS, 5 ASSAULT GUNS, AND
19 OTHER VEHICLES WAS OBSERVED AT DRUZBA BEING
LOADED ONTO FLATCARS.
FOUR DAYS PRIOR TO THE REPORTED SKIRMISH, NO
VEHICLES OR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT OR OTHER EVIDENCE
OF IMPENDING HOSTILITIES ARE OBSERVED.
HOWEVER 85 NM NW OF DRUZHBA,
NEW MILITARY ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED AT A SMALL
MILITARY INSTALLATION ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF
UCH-ARAL AT 46-1o-30N 080-58-OOE. AT LEAST 16
BARRACKS AND 29 BUILDING FOUNDATIONS HAVE BEEN
ADDED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BARRACKS SINCE
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11 HARDSTANDS AND A SMALL LANDING STRIP AT LEAST
20 LARGE AND 170 PYRAMIDAL TENTS AND AT LEAST
220 VEHICLES OR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED
IN THE AREA.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (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, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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INCIDENTS WHICH REPORTEDLY OCCURRED
REPORTED A CLASH BETWEEN BORDER GUARDS NEAR THE
DZUNGARIAN GATE.
THE CHINESE ACCUSED THE SOVIETS OF CROSSING THE
BORDER NEAR THE TOWN OF YUMIN WITH TWO HELICOPTERS,
DOZENS OF TANKS,AND ARMORED VEHICLES, AND SEVERAL
HUNDRED ARMED TROOPS. IN THE CLASH WHICH FOLLOWED
MANY CHINESE BORDER GUARDS WERE REPORTEDLY KILLED
OR WOUNDED.
THE SOVIET UNION ACCUSED THE CHINESE OF CROSSING
THE BORDER AND FIRING ON SOVIET BORDER GUARDS WHO
WARNED THEM TO RETURN TO CHINA.
THE DZUNGARIAN GATE AREA IS THE SCENE OF BORDER
THE SOVIETS AND THE CHINESE
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (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, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC MIERPRETATION CENTER
DZUNGARIAN GATE
USSR-CHINA BORDER
45-12N 82-35E
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