BALIKPAPAN - BANDJARMASIN AND BALIKPAPEN - SAMARINDA ROADS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500370160-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 160
• Publication Date: February 25, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Indonesia (Borneo)
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Balikpapan - Band jartna:-in and Balikpapan -
Samarirda Roads
DATE DISTR. off. ' e
NO. OF PAGES 2
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The road between Bandjarmasin and Balikpapan in South Borneo, Be ublic of Indonesia
had not been completed in March 1953 The Dutch con-
struction company, Iiollandsche Beton Maatschappij, had just completed a stretch of
this road from Balikpapan to a point on the east side of the river and just north
of Tandjung f2O 11' S - 115? 23' 7. I do not remember the name of this river but
Tandjung is on its west bank. While in Djakarta in May 1953 I learned that the
Indonesian Government had still not awarded a contract for the road to Tandjung.
2. The completed section is an all-season road about 30' wide and, although unsurfaced,
its crushed coral bed can accommodate heavy trucks. Coral for construction can be
obtained throughout southeast Borneo up to 30 miles from the coast. The road crosses
many small bridges made of uline Sic/ wood. (uline is very strong and does not rot)
which are as wide as the road. It also crosses a steel reinforced concrete bridge
north of Samu 0 01' S - 1150 57' L7 which is also the width of the road. The entire
road has neither sharp curves nor steep grades.
Between Tandjung and the river opposite the completed section of the road there is
a wagon road, the use of which is limiteu by its rather poor condition and the neces-
sity of ferrying across the river to the new section. The road between Tandjung and
Bandjarmasin is completed and is very similar to the newly finished se,'c'nn In con-
struction, size, and accommodations.
4. -As far as oil exploration cnd field development in the Balikpapan-Tanu3ung area is
concerned, the new section of road is sufficient. However. besides the unfinished
section, the necessity of ferrying everything from Balikpapan to the near end of the
new road is an obstacle to the road's wider use. There is no ferryboat as such and
all. material and personnel are handled in whatevrer craft are available. The
Government allotted funds for building or buying an adequate ferry in 1951 but as of
May 1953 it hadn't arrived at Balikpapan.
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