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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001900080005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 12, 2017
• Sequence Number: 5
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2006/10/20: CIA-RDP80-0081OA001900080005-7
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
CONFIDENTIAL/CONS SIR UR Ty INPdAATISN ICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Road Construction, Szechuan
25X1
REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR.
2+ July 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
In April 1952 the Chinese Communists mobilized approximately 20,000 civilian
laborers to begin the construction of a road that was to extend from Ch'engtu
to Maisangl (approximately N 33-02
E 101-55) via Wench?uan (N 31
21
E 10
,
-
,
3-33),
Weichou (N 31-28, E 103-37) and Lifan (N 31-32, E 103-23),
2. In January 1953 the Ch'engtu-Weichou section of the road, which is about
seven yards wide with a base of crushed. stone,, had been completed. In
early March the road was still under construction.2
Eomments,
1. Maisang is also known as Apa.
2. On 14 April 1953 the Peiping radio announced that a 327-mile road from
Ch'engtu to Apa was under construction, and that 11.1 miles of the road
were open to traffic.
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Approved For Release 2006/10/20: CIA-RDP80-0081OA001900080005-7