TERRAIN, TRANSPORTATION, VEGETATION, ETC.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 1998
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• Publication Date: November 26, 1954
• Content Type: FORM

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( Submit to HQ-OO/C in triplicate with process sheet attached)
26 November 1954
DIST: ORIG-GRAPHICS; DUPL- CASE FILE; TRIPL-SOURCE FILE; QUAD-FO RECORD
GIFT LOIN
AREA
INDIA
SUBJECT
Terrain, Transportation, Vegetation, etc.
NUMBER OF
ITEMS AND CATEGORY (Still photographs, negatives, or slides) 140 slides
DATE OF EXPOSURE 1953-54
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DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL
Roll
J:
12.
Workers at dockside construction, Karachi (above-average warehouse).
15.
ESE along bay in Bombay from Taj Hotel looking at government building
and store.
Roll K:
2:20 pm - Aug. 23, '53. Sauugor. Looking NW from new university site.
11-
same date - 2:35 pm. Saugor. Looking from observation Hill over barracks
and Jubbulpore Hwy. to Cantonment (center).
15.
Aug. 24. 11:20 am. Looking N. from Bina Junction Hwy., 10 miles W. of
Saugor. Shows 3 lava flows.
16.
Aug. 24. 11:50 am. Bridge on Bina Junction Hwy. (from Saugor). Note
offset rail on bridge.
17.
Aug 24. 11:57 am. Bridge #6 on Khorai (Bina) Hwy. Made of stone and
offset. Lava cliff in background.
18.
Aug 24. 4:40 pm. 8 miles SE Saugor on Jubbulpore Hwy. Volcanic cone.
Chalcedony and bombs. Typical landscape.
Roll L:
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Aug. 25. 2:50 pm. Tank on S side of RR 4 miles E of Saugor. Field diked.
Aug. 25. 3:30 pm. Damoh RR station. Temple on hill in background.
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(cont'd), p. 2.
Aug. 25. 6:10 pm. Katni Junction Bridge. Erosion and excavation in
laterites.
Countryside near Deoria station.
Rice growing in Narbada River valley near Deoria station.
10. Aug. 26. 10:45 am. About 6 miles E. of Sahlemanabad. Showing how straw
and brush houses almost disappear.
11. Ditto.
12 Same date and location. Plateau in foreground. Jubbulpore graben in back.
Note flattop eminences, sharp breaks, steep slopes.
Roll M.
1+. 8 Sep. 9:34 am. Two tanks, 1 mile E. of Lakhnadon on Jubbulpore-Nagpur Hwy.
8 Sep. 9:50 am. Roadsign and rehouse at Lakhnadon.
8. 12:30 pm. Seoni Tank steps. Looking NNE at the Hwy.
. 12:31 pm. Looking W. along Seoni Tank.
14. 29 Sep. Hindu School Tank W. of New Delhi.
Roll N:
17. 8:05 am. Oct 5:. RR crossing gates closed on Agra Hwy. from New Delhi.
Roll 0:
U-- 5 Oct. Muvan, village 20 miles NW of Agra. On New Delhi Hwy.
14. Ditto.
17. 25 Oct. 4 pm. Ditto.
Roll P:
1. 25 Oct. 12:30 pm. Chambal River ferry on Saugor-Agra Hwy.
25 Oct. 9 am. Betwa River ferry. On Saugor-Agra Hwy.
6 10:18 am. Ditto. Looking upstream.
lam. 10:10 am. Fort Raisen, 20 miles SE of Sanchi.
12:20 pm. 28 Oct. Baths, RR, and valley at Hindu temple, Sanchi.
Temple
5 Nov.
Ditto.
8. 5 Nov. 2:55 pm.
on hill in Bhilsa.
3: 58 pm.
Bharagat. Marble Rock falls, 13 miles S. of Jubbulpore.
Marble Rock gorge on Narbada River.
Temple on granite knob, 5 miles
6 Nov. 3:40 pm. About 10 miles
Ditto. Looking N.
3:50'pm. Looking S. from RR at
Looking N. from same point.
SW of Jubbulpore.
W. of Bhadanpur on E. Indian RR looking S.
Bhadanpur Ghat.
Isolated sloping hill W. of Bhadanpur
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(cont'd), p. 3.
Roll R:
3. 7 Nov. 7:02 am. On EIR-Between Asansol and Khana.
4. 7 Nov. 7:30 am. Countryside just outside of Pranahabad, 10 miles SE of
Dhanbad on EIR.
5. 7:50 am. Ditto.
6., 8:10 am. 25 miles NE of Kaloobathan siding. Erosion terrific here for
large area.
7. 11:35 am. Lower Gangetic plain and upper Delta plain 1- hrs. by RR from
Calcutta.
Roll S:
10. 8 Nov. Looking toward Gangetic plain from Bagdobra in Himalayan foothills.
11. Ditto.
12. Countryside one-half way between Darjeeling and Siliguri looking SW from hwy.
13. Ditto, looking S. near Kursong.
14. Ditto, looking W. from Kursong, (Cover cracked by source)
18. Looking S. from Kursong on Darjeeling road.
19. Narrow-gauge "toy" train that follows hwy. to Darjeeling.
Roll T:
2. 9 Nov. Forest at 1000 ft. on Darjeeling Hwy.
3. Looking SE from Darjeeling (Hotel Windemer).
11. Looking NNE from Tiger Hill at 5:30 am, 10 Nov.
13. Same time and location. View of Kinchinjunga.
14- 3:30 pm. 10 Nov. View of Kinchinjunga from Darjeeling.
15. Ditto at 4:00 pm.
Roll U:
10 Nov. Mt. Everest from Tiger Hill, about 6:30 am.
Ditto, about 7:30 - dawn from summit.
10 Nov. 8:30 am. Kinchinjunga from Hotel Windemer, Darjeeling.
Ditto, but from Temple Hill, Darjeeling.
12:25 pm. Kinchinjunga from Darjeeling.
1:15 pm. Tea terraces near Darjeeling.
10 Nov. 1 pm. Gangetic plain from Kursong.
Teesta River from point S. of Kursong.
11 Nov. 12:40 pm. Looking W. from Shankargarh station. Lava ridge in back-
ground.
11 Nov. 12:55 pm. Shrub monsoon forest 40 miles SW of Jumna Bridge to Allahabad.
11 Nov. 3:40 pm. Kilgat Makar kilns for whitewash.
Ditto.
11 Nov. 3:43 pm. Betel growing between Kilgat Makar and Bhadenpur, showing
edge of lava plateau.
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(cont'd), p. 4.
18. 4:00 pm. 11 Nov. Looking NUJ over Bhadenpur.
Roll V:
1. 12 Nov.
12:22 pm.
Jubbulpore trench near Kattangi, showing wheat and
grain crops.
2.
12 Nov.
12:40 pm.
Looking N. from point 20 miles NE Jubbulpore on Saugor rd.
3.
12 Nov.
12:50 pm.
Looking S. from road 22 miles NE Jubbulpore.
16.
27 Nov.
W. Agra.
12:20 pm.
Field of dry season pea at B.R. College farm 10 miles
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27 Nov. 4:40 pm.
Looking E. over Agra from B.R. College.
Roll W:
3. 28 Nov. Fatehpur-Sikri. Looking SE at mint and gate in wall 6 miles long.
Range of hills is reason for fort's location.
12. 4:10 pm. Fatehpur below public gate, showing wall and range of hills.
4:45 pm. Singarpur village 4 miles E. of Fatehpur-Sikri.
29 Nov. 12:40 pm. Fort Gwalior.
Roll X
29 Nov. 2:05 pm. Datia Fort taken from point 2 miles NW.of station
3. 2:12 pm. Ditto. Fort extends from temple on E. (right) to one on W. (left).
Not seen well here due distance.
4. 2 Dec. 1:05 pm. Looking due E. from valley in which Bins. Junction Rd. located
350 ft above left valley wall. Saugor extreme left background.
2:03 pm. Monsoon forest in dry season.
2 Dec. 3:20 pm. Narioli village tank. Looking E. Also haystacks and
grain sorghum. 1500 people in 300 houses.
8 , 4:30 pm. Police training college, old fort, looking E. from turret at
W. end (Saugor).
.9 4:35 pm. Looking E. along N. wall of old fort at Saugor.
9A. Ditto. Taken from S. wall of fort looking E., showing fort and landing.
10. 4:40 pm. Looking N. from tank showing S. wall of old fort with turrets
and overhang on tank side.
12. Taken E. end of Saugor tank.
Roll Al:
10. 28 Dec. 12:30 pm. Thin beds dip WSW near Amarmao.
11. 4 Jan 54. 1 pm. Government plow. 16 miles N. of Saugor on Jhansi Hwy.
17. 5 Jan. 4:40 pm. Looking SE from 4th story of tower of Ft. Garhpahra.
19. 6 Jan. 1 pm. Red pod tree 15 miles NW of Saugor on Jhansi Hwy.
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(cont'd), p. 5.
Roll Bli
2. 8 Jan 54. 2:35 pm. On Kanpur Hwy. from Amarmao showing wet road in dry
monsoon.
3. 3:15 pm. Looking W. near Amarmao Hwy.
4. 3:17 pm. Ditto.
5. 3:30 pm. Ditto (era eked).
19. 10 Jan. 2:22 pm. Looking over Jabalpur Trench, 25 miles S. Damoh.
Roll Cl:
15.. 12:15 pm. Palms west of Garhakota resthouse.
1 ~7 12:15 pm. 16 Jan. Near Garhakota on Hwy. 30 miles SE Saugor. Dry river but
floods with rapids in wet season.
Roll El:
19. 23 Jan. 9:35 am. Looking NW from Panna Rajah's guesthouse toward Vindhya
Ranges.
Roll Fl:
12. 24 Jan. 10:25 AM. Taken 10 miles N. Panna on Chhatarpur Hwy. at plateau
edge.
t\l3. 10:40 am. Upper and lower ghat from 12 miles N. Panna.
Roll Gl:
13. 4 Feb. 3:40 pm. Fort and pass 6 miles N. Saugor on Jhansi Hwy.
Roll Hl:
4. 12 Feb. 12:40 pm. Harvesting masoor 8 miles S. Saugor on Narsinghpur Hwy.
Roll I1:
5. 18 Feb 54. 10:30 am. Looking SW over University Campus at saddle in
Vindhya Hills. Used by Rehli Hwy.
6. 10:40 am. Sager University gym left at Jubbulpore Hwy. and Kutni RR in
right.
7. 10:50 am. RR at base of hill, background. Pass is 1 mile E. Sager University.
Saddle-like pass, center.
11. 19 Feb. 10:16 am. Saugor Lake and city from Circuit House Hill.
18. 22 Feb. 2:23 pm. From hill with temple 2 miles S. Rehli toward NE Junction,
Sonar and Dehar streams at Rehli town.
19? 2:25 pm. E. from Temple hill 2 miles S. Rehli.
20. 3:45 pm. From ruined wall of Pandhalpur.Temple in Rehli toward Song Rirer..
Temple or peak in background.
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(cont'd), p. 6.
21. 23 Feb 54. 10:45 am. 5 miles NW Saugor on Bins. Hwy. Same place as one
shot in wet monsoon.
22. 11:25 am. Eight miles west Saugor on Rahatgarh Hwy. Pulse (Rahar), wheat;
Narioli. Pass and hills (2).
Roll Jl:
. 28 Mar. 54: 3:35 pm. Taken near Hanka in Amarmao jungle showing thin
bedded shale.
~- 7 Mar. 9 am. Saugor from Observation Hill.
12 x,,,.9:20 am. Saugor from new university site.
13.--,Ditto. From Palace, looking NNW.
Roll Kl:
. . 17 Mar. 8:10 am. Fort Shahgarh near Amarmao on Kanpur Rd.
Roll Ml:
20 Apr 54. 7:55 am. Near Dhanbad, showing coal cuts and outcrops.
16. Ditto.
17. ~r
Roll Ni:
2 29 Apr 54. 7:40 am. Taken 5 miles E. of Goya Junction showing granite-
gneiss eminence and alluvial fields.
3. Ditto.
7. 9:10 am. River bed on edge of Dehri on Son, granite bluff in background.
5. 9:40 am. One mile SE Sasaram Junction looking over paddies to sloping hills.
5A. Ditto.
7. 1:40 pm. Jumna-Ganges junction from W. of bridge with ruined fort in back-
ground.
9. 3:30 pm. One hour W. of Allahabad on EIR showing leaf turn. (most trees
larger than these)
Roll N1:
1 0 29 Apr 54. 8 am. Nulla in Deccan lava. Note changes in soil color,
scant vegetation. Taken 20 miles W. of Chalisgaon
11. 8:45 am. Believe is E. side of western ghats from E. of Manmad.
12. 9:25 am. Typical Deccan shot showing large clods in fallow field. These hold
water.
12A. Ditto.
9:50 am. Manmad RR yards.
Looking E. to western Ghatz. Peak is Kalaubai.
11:50 am. Looking E. at W. Ghats with 500-1000 ft. relief.
Believe shows Satpura Range near Igatpuri.
Roll P1:
1. 10 May 54. Gulmohr on slope back of Mormugao.
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