OPENING OF KWANGTUNG-VIET NAM HIGHWAY AIDS TRANSPORT OF MILITARY SUPPLIES; PORT BAYARD-NOM CAY HIGHWAY REPAIRS COMPLETED
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CIA-RDP80-00809A000600400402-0
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July 19, 1951
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REPORT
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INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR11
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Transportation - Highway
HOW I
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Hong Kong
DATE
PUBLISHED 9 May - 5 Jun 1951
LANGUAGE Chinese
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
Of THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT SO
U. S. C.. SI AND SE. AS AMENDED. Iii TRANSMISSION OR THE RE`:ELATIOM
ON -
HINITEDD STTLAW. I RIPRODUCTION OF THIS FORUM ISI PRONISIITED. IS PROD
Hsing-tao Jih-pao.
DATE OF
INFORMATION
DATE DIST. /q Jul 1951
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
OPENING OF KWANGTUNG-VIET NAM HIGHWAY
AIDS TRANSPORT OF ?'TLITARY SUPPLIES;
FORT BAYARD-WON C.AY HIGHWAY REPAIRS COMPLETED
COMPLETE KWANGTUNG-VIET NAM HIGHWAY REPAIRS -- Hong Kong, Hsing-tao Jih-pao,
4 Jun 51
.Fort Bayard, 3 June -- The Fort Bayard--Tung-hsing highway in western Kwangtung
province, which has been under repair by the Communications Department of the
ao.ngtr,.:; ~covincial government since April 1951, was completed on 25 May 1951,
:nd was opened-to traffic on 1 June 1951.. The highway, which begins at Fort Bayard,
I aes through Chu-ch'i, Lien-chiang, Ho-p'u, Chin-hsien, Fang-ch'eng, and Tung-
hsing, all in Kwangtung Province, and ends at Mon Gay in Viet Nam.
Repair work on this highway was undertaken to facilitate the flow of military
supplies from Kwangtung to Viet Nam, Henceforth, all military supplies from
Kwangtung to Viet Nam will be transported first by shins from Canton or Hai-k'ou
to Fort Bayard,' and then on this highway to Viet Nam.
OPEN EAST KWANGTUNG HIGHWAYS TO MILITARY TRAFFIC Hong Kong, Hsing-tao Jih-pao,
9 May 51
Canton, 8 May -- Engineer troops of the Fourth Field Army, assisted by about
30,000 civilians, completed repairs of the damages on the two main highways in
eastern Kwangtung caused by recent floods, and opened them to military traffic on
8 May 1951. Highways repaired and reopened to military traffic included the -
Canton-Swatow highway, which basses through Hui-ycag and Hai-ferg, and the Canton--
Hsing-ning highway, which goes, through Tseng-ch'eng, Po-lo, Ho-yuan, Lung-chuan,
and Wu-hua.
STATE NAVE NSRB DISTRIBUTION H- I J
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OPENS TWO HIGHWAYS NEAR CANTON -- Hong Kong,Hsing-tao Jih-pao, 5 Jun 51
Canton, 4 June -- On 6 June 1951, both the Canton--Chung-shah Highway, con-
structed by the Kwangtung Provincial government, and the Chung-shan--Chiang-men
Highway, constructed by the Chung-shan which begins will t1.Paugh to traffic.
The Canton--Chung-sLan Highway, gi
connects with the Chung-span--Macao Highway at Chung-span, while the Chung-shah--
Chiang-men Highway connects with the Fo-shan--Chiang-men Highway at Chiang-men.
The scheduled passenger and freight services from Canton to Macao over the
newly constructed highway was tentatively set to begin in mid-June 1951,
HAINAN HIGHWAY REPAIRS NEARLY COMPLETED -- Hong Kong, Hsi.ng-tao Ji.h-pao, 17 May 51
Hai-k'ou, 16 May -- Out of 1,397 kilometers of highwuys to Hainan 1,218 are
now open. to both commercial and military traffic, However, the highway around
the?island will not be entirely passable until all repairs on the ~ast?and south;,
sides of the island axi Completed,.
CONFIDENTIAL
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