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PARACEL AND SPRATLEY ISLANDS
SU JECT:.(U) PARACEL and SPRATLEI ISLANDS MAX This r.pprt eonlsln. unptoo.sa.d tnlonnatlon. Piano ... and PARACEL'ISLAND complexes. `j 1.- (S)-Document number one.--------'------------------------"__- ... 1VIETN?AM'S SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE PARACEL AND SPrRATL"Y ISLANDS" "In a.statement made on March ...
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THE PARACEL ISLANDS INCIDENT
to this weekend's clash between Chinese and South Vietnamese forces in the Paracels is extremely sketchy. ... clearly have been motivated in large measure by 2. The Paracels are a group of small coral islets, reefs, ... treaty Tokyo renounced claims to,both the Paracels and the Spratly Isl.3nds, which lie south- east ...
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SOVEREIGNTY CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
Republic of China (ROC), and Philippines- now claim sovereignty or jurisdiction over the Paracel Islands, ... of the Paracel Islands, Macclesfield Bank, and Dangerous Ground, they do not agree on a definition of the Spratly ... Islands. (See Annex, Map A, for a general view of the South China Sea.) The Paracels, it is generally ...
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THE PARACEL ISLANDS INCIDENT
of events that led to this weekend's clash between Chinese and South Vietnamese forces in the Paracels ... of the islands in the South China Sea as a potential source of oil. BACKGROUND TO THE CLASH 2. The Paracels ... With the signing of the 1951 peace treaty Tokyo renounced claims to'both the Paracels and the Spratly Islands, ...
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POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT OVER CERTAIN DISPUTED ISLANDS IN THE EAST AND SOUTH CHINA SEA
randum discussing the Paracel, Spratly, Senkaku and Pratas Islands, and the future intentions of China ... China Sea Key Judgments The recent clash between Peking and Saigon over possession of the Paracel ... of the Paracels. Its position there is not likely to be seri- ously challenged.--Peking will view the recent South ...
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SOUTH CHINA SEA HOMESTEADING
sion. These are the controversial Paracel Islands 1-for years considered of limited military worth ... and by various countries exploited'primarily for economic reasons. The Paracel Island Archipelago, strung ... narrowed to three: 1. The Chinese name for the Paracel Islands is Hsi-Sha Chuan-Tao. 10' 20' ...
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POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT OVER CERTAIN DISPUTED ISLANDS IN THE EAST AND SOUTH CHINA SEA
between Peking and Saigon over possession of the Paracel Islands raises the possi- bility of further fighting ... Reef. Action in either place is highly unlikely.--China is in firm possession of the Paracels ... 2003/02/27: CIA-RDP85T00353R00 25X1 25X1 MACAO (Port.) HONG KONG (U.K.) PRATAS ISLAND. Paracel Islands ...
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CINCPAC REQUEST FOR PENETRATION AUTHORITY IN PARACELS
for Penetration Authority in Paracels We understand that CINCPAC has requested penetration authority for a USN ... destroyer to penetrate up to the three-mile limit in the PRC-claimed Paracel Islands to surveil a fishing ... our penetrations of the Paracels have been the source of the great majority of Peking's "serious ...
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DISPUTED ISLAND IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA: PART I
in the Paracel Islands have focused attention upon the three groups of disputed islands in the South China Sea: ... Pratas Island, the Paracel Islands, and the Spratly Islands. This is the first of two articles covering ... these islands. The Paracel Islands have been selected for discussion in the first article ...
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DISPUTED ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
in Hamburg Dieter Heinzig DISPUTED ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA Paracels? Spratlys Pratas? Macclesfield ... IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA Paracels? Spratlys? Pratas? Macclesfield Bank by DIETER HEINZIG A Publication ... Bibliothek Heinzig, Dieter Disputed islands in the South China Sea: Paracels, Spratlys, Pratas, Macclesfield ...
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U-2 PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PARACEL ISLANDS
Intelligence SUBJECT: U-2 Photographic Reconnaissance of the Paracel Islands 1. The attached document ... is a proposal for a U-2 photo- graphic mission to obtain peripheral coverage of the Paracel Island group 2. ... mission flown in the Paracels was in May 1973. Since that time the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) ...
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U-2 PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PARACEL ISLANDS
of Staff Director of Central Intelligence SUBJECT: U-2 Photographic Reconnaissance of the Paracel Islands ... peripheral coverage of the Paracel 2. In the past, missions in this area have been flown under the TACKLE ... mission approvals. However, the last TACKLE mission flown in the Paracels was in May 1973. Since that time ...
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COMMUNIST CHINA: THE RED CHINESE AND THE PARACEL ISLANDS
AND THE PARACEL ISLANDS I I 2 25X1 25X1 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/26: ... COMMUNIST CHINA: THE RED CHINESE AND THE PARACEL ISLANDS I I 25X1 Chinese Communist occupation ... in the controversial Paracel Islands appears to be keyed for long-range tenancy. Recently, in the Amphitrite Group new ...
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THE PARACEL'S/SPRATLYS DISPUTE AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR RENEWED SINO-VIETNAMESE ARMED CONFLICT
The Paracel Archipelago The Spratly Archipelago PART II. A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE CONFLICTING CLAIMS... 17 ... Chinese Claims to the Paracels Vietnamese Claims to the Paracels Chinese Claim to the Spratlys Vietnamese ... of China (PRC) and the Republic of Viet-Nam (RVN) in the XiSha (Paracel) Islands, located approximately 350 ...
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THE DISPUTED ISLANDS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
groups of islands: Pratas, Paracels and Spratlys. The Pratas conOsts of one island located 2?N., 1179E. ... and 160 miles southeast of Hongkong (Figure 1). The Paracels group has ten islands: Tree, Rocky, Lincoln, ... from the Pratas and Paracel Islands (Figure 1). The China Basin covers an area of 720,000 square miles ...
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CHINA-VIETNAM: TERRITORIAL AND JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES (Sanitized)
over the ownership of the Paracel and Spratly Islands will be virtually impossible to resolve at the negotiating ... table. The Chinese control the Paracels, and the Vietnamese occupy six of the Spratly Islands; ... probably disputed in private the ownership of the Paracel and Spratly Islands as well as the Tonkin Gulf ...
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EAST ASIAN CONTESTED ISLANDS
over the Paracel Islands and the rush to occupy some of the Spratly Islands by South Vietnamese and Philippine ... expectations that sizable oil deposits lie beneath the East and South China Seas. The Paracels, Spratlys, ... the claimants even if-- as seems likely-- there are no further military clashes on the Paracels pattern. ...
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CHINESE ACTIVITY IN THE PARACEL ISLANDS
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Regional Analysis Division, OSR SUBJECT Chinese Activity in. the Paracel Islands 1. ... in the Paracel Islands.. It specifically deals with the activity observed on Woody Island (16-50N. I12-20E). ... Paracel Islands 2. The Paracel Islands are composed of coral islands, reefs, and shoals located ...
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U.S. NAVAL PENETRATION OF 12-MILE LIMIT IN PARACELS
about two days before the ques Lion of U. S. Naval penetration of the 1 2-mile limit in the Paracels ... S. air and surface intrusion in the Paracels, I am inclimlled to interpret its lack of reaction ... of the Paracel Islands To clarify the. question of future U. S. military surface and air penetrations. ...
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ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
Macclesfield'Bank, is great. Sovereigntyy o he Paracel and Spratly islets is actively dis- puted by the Republic ... mal y uninhabited islands of the South China Sea generally designated as the Spratly and the Paracel ... units to the scene and revived old disputes. In the Paracels, Chinese Communist fishing ...