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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001601510002-5
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 1999
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1. Taken in Iran between Semnan and Teheran - just off highway.
2. Typical Iranian road worker - road is kept under repair by their throwing
loose sand from side of road into holes out in center of road.
3. Afghanistan Nomads which move between Baluchistan in winter to
Afghanistan in summer. Shot taken on road between Kabul and Ghazni. 25X1A2g
Entrance to Khyber Pass from Pakistan side just near Peshawar.
J5. Washed out bridge about 50 miles north of Farrah in southwest Afghanistan.
All bridges in this region destroyed in last year's (1953) spring floods.
6. Settlement just near Ramadi in the region of the Tigris River; British
airfield at Habbamiya about 20 miles away.
7. Road that runs along coast of Eastern Mediterranean; taken near Latakia,
Syria.
.J 8. Jordan River - just before it empties into Dead Sea near Jericho.
9. Jordan "Legionnaires" - taken at outpost pumping station of Iraq Petroleum
Company near Mafraq in Jordan.
10. Road between Damascus - Beirout as it leads down into the rift valley
between the Lebanon and ;A.nti-Lebanon Mountains.
11. Mob scene in Damascus - striking for higher wages. I almost got beaten
for taking this picture.
12. This is the motorcycle used in making the trip.
13. One of the larger mosques in Kabul capital of Afghanistan.
14. Afridi tribesmen of the Kohat Pass which is approximately 30 miles south
of Peshawar. All weapons are homemade here; great fighters.
ent of nomads on road to Peshawar just after crossing Indus River
ck; these nomads will eventually migrate to Afghanistan for summer.
16. o Afridis.
-~17. Washed out bridge just outside Farah in Afghanistan.
:18. Road running along Kabul River just near Sarobi where Germans are building
hydro-electric dam; road here is fairly smooth - about 10-15 miles from dam.
19. Hydro-electric dam being constructed by Germans from Siemens at Sarobi
(between Jalalabad and Kabul) - tunnel at right diverts water.
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20. Road between Kandahar and Girishk in southern Afghanistan; it is improved
by Morrison-Knudsen Corporation working in that area.
21. Nomadic encampments just over Pak--Afghan border at a place called Dacca.
22. One of the main bazaars at Kabul.
J 23. One of the three paved streets in the whole of Afghanistan; in Kabul.
24. Looking down from atop Khyber Pass towards Landi-Kotal just near Pak- 25X1A2g
Afghan frontier. I almost got arrested for taking this shot.
25. This is the very entrance to the Khyber; notice blockhouse. 25X1A2g
26. Women of the nomads; taken in Afghanistan along road from Kabul to Kandahar.
27. Typical Iranian peasant one encounters with his main mode of travel; taken
on road somewhere near Semnan.
(stream)
28. Flocks of sheep - cattle near a "K.anet "running out of mountains off of
road near Nishapour (tomb of Omar Khayam) in Iran.
29. Herd of camels in southern Afghan between Dilaram and Girishk.
30. Iranian village near Meshed on road to Teheran.
31. Another Iranian village near Meshed on road to Teheran.
32. Junction of Indus-Kabul Rivers at Attock in Pakistan.
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33. Descending off the Iranian Plateau! to the lowlands of Mesopotamia near
Khanacgin.
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River boat on Brahmaputra near Pandu, Assam.
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Brahmaputra River - near Pandu ferry.
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People boarding ferry to Pandu.
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Kathihar railway junction in Bihar.
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Looking north towards village of Cherrapungi, reported to be the place
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39. Unidentified village just near Cherrapungi; it is a collection station for
oranges bein bro ht by foot from the foot of the Khasi Hills near East
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t-0. Two Assamese boys I was hiking with in the Khasi-Jaintia Hills.
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41. An Assamese friend of mine is standing next to an ancient monolith in the
Khasi Hills. 25X1A2g
42. Orange carriers from near East Pakistan Border below, bringing up merchandise
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A typical Assam village in Khasi Hills.
Shillong - early in morning; military headquarters for Indian Army in this
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45. Land in Khasi Hills ready for burning as part of soil rejuvenation.
46. Early morning in the Khasi Hills near Shillong. C -it;* "~
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47. "Rainiest" weather station in world near Cherrapungi City. 25X1A2g
48. "Funnel" near Cherrapungi where air off of moist hot plains of East
Pakistan is sucked up and precipitates. 25X1A2g
~ 49. Area just near a un.?i illustrating great destructive power of water on
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50. Khasi girls carrying bags of "Pan" (a leaf Indian people chew like gum).
51. Hindu pilgrim on way to Badrinath, northernmost Himalayan worship place;
about 15 to 20 miles from Mana Pass which leads onto the Tibetan Plateau.
52. Indian village of.Tehri in Himalayans on way Chamoli last stop of bus on
way to Badrinath. 25X1A2g
53. Shows trail one follows and washouts that frequently occur. 1
54. Terraced rice fields in Himalayas near Chamoli.
55. Trail as it is cut through side of mountain. 25X1A2g
56. "Bhotias" or Indo-Tibetans. These mountain people make yearly migrations
across Himalayas spending winter in India and then driving their flocks to
Tibet in summer. 25X1A2g
57. Bhotias are camping on the trail; under the canvas are leather bags filled
with salt and bor the backs of the sheep and goats from Tibet.
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58. Flocks of sheep and goats on move alon nary w alayan trails; notice
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59. A little Himalayan village near Pipilkoti along route to Badrinath.
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60. Type of country encountered near Joshimath about 15 miles from Badrinath.
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61. Terraced rice field and villages on ridge above Alaknanda River which trail
to Badrinath follows as far as Joshimath, near Pipilkoti. 25X1A2g
62. Interior Quadrangle of Aligarh Muslim University where I studied for two
years.
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