29 STILL PHOTOGRAPHS, 1 NEGATIVE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001900710001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 12, 1955
• Content Type: FORM

N FORM FOR GRAPHIC MATERIAL
(Submit to HQ-00/C in triplicate with process sheet attached)
DIST: ORIG-GRAPHICS; DUPL- CASE FILE; TRIPL-SOURCE FILE; QUAD-FO RECORD
AREA
China (Sinkiang
29 Still Photographs, 1 Negative
NUMBER OF ITEMS AND CATEGORY (Still photographs, negatives, or slides)
DATE OF EXPOSURE _- l 938
12 May 55
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DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL
Negatives, except the one included, are not available.
Numbers refer to circled pencil numbers in lower left corner of
back of each photo.
1. Entrance of a Mosque in Kashgar. CIA -Novi 1
2. Reiz achond (sometimes spelled ahong) (religious teachers or heads of
mosques) who punish the unveiled women and other sinners with straps
such as the man on the left is holding. Kashgar. CI4_jldZ(o-i$
3. A typical Moslem woman in Kashgar (and southern Turkestan). CIA-Jlo1 1q
4+. Winter garb of the poorer Turki people. Kashgar. Cif -ft,1(8b
Cotton decoration being appliqued to a felt carpet. Although they were
in Kashgar, we later saw many of them being sold in Kashmir.C_/r}-Il67481
A variation of the "peking cart" which is used in Kashgar and vicinity.
It has a wider wheelbase for use in the sand.
used so that as the animal moves, the flies which plague ornate
the animal trappings are
will be disturbed. s
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7. A sheik from Yangi Hissar, (the Turki name for the town
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8. An open shop at the roadside in the vicinity of Kashgar. The veiled
woman is a Moslem. Home-made knives, etc. are for sale. CIA-l(,7 683
9. A Moslem cemetery in Kashgar. The caskets are shallowly buried and
these mounds of mud bricks built over them. GI A - I (01(o$/t'
10. Selling jujubes (dried fruit) at a street vendor's stand. The fruit
is steamed and people buy a bit for refreshment as they shop in the
market. Kashgar. CIA-LbtiIo85
11. A Moslem mutton shop. (They do not eat pork.) Kashgar. C)A -IVU S(p
12. Winter garb of the Turki people. This is a street barber at work. The
boots are frequently in two pieces, and in the house, the lower section
is removed when they squat on rugs (used also for beds), such as the one
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shown in picture 5. CIA
13. A Turki man in Kashgar. C I PP -16,1696
14. A miscellaneous wares shop in Kashgar.C:IA-Ib7689
15. Part of the city wall at Kashgar. CI A-- I Iah 6Ka
16. Kashgar street scene - typical of the type of construction done by
Chinese living in this area. The courtyards are all on the inside 1L)/}-)b769f
17. Soviet cotton cloth being sold at a roadside stand outside Kashgar.C/A-16101-
18. Turks muleteers preparing their bread. CIA - lbl(ol1
19. A travel tent of double cotton cloth. It is a Mongol type with the
flaps open. Those who can afford it have the top layer shown here for
protection from rain. This is on the road into India near Tash Kurghan.
C/A 1003
20. A Chinese pony caravan getting ready for the journey in the morning.
Camels cannot be used in the Himalayas, so these ponies are used. CIA 1(,, OZ
21. Making our way through the Himalayas. No road was indicated here,
so our guides simply took us through the rocks. C/4-I(0-1673
22. Typical mountain roads in Sinkiang, hardly kept up. We lost three
"'""?" animals on such roads. The animals keep away from the mountain side
to avoid the packs scraping, and occasionally they misjudged their Ctq-l6'1(,14
footing.
23. Mintaka Pass on the border between India and Sinkiang. CIA (b'76'l(0
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24.
This road picture cannot be pinpointed. It might possibly have been
on the Indian side, but source does not think so as the Indian roads
were usually much better kept than the Chinese, who seemed to pay no
attention to maintenance. This looks like the Chinese work. C(f-((0105
25.
White Russian children. Urumchiua((,7695
26.
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Chinese New Year celebration, by the Shansi people in Ch=Tgi.
27.
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Carts used by the White Russians. They were 4-wheeled and different
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from the Chinese carts. Urumchi. G/p _~(o7~q~ .~ ~(o76`T'1
Negative: A better view, source says, of a Russian cart. Urumchi.C//4?1b769B
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