PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF (Classified)MISSION C174C FLOWN ON 7 JULY 1964

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP66B00664R000600010081-5
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 1999
• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: July 9, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

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9 July 1964
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1[9EM?RANDUM 1FQR. Assistant Director, Current Intelligence
SUBJECT Preliminary Evaluation of Mission 25X1C
C1?4C Flown on 7 July 196
1< The results of this mission are based on a prelimi-
nary field analysis.. This mission provided a considerable
amount of important information on 21 airfields, 11 of which
are primary tactical bases. In addition a relatively large
number of ground force and naval installations were also
covered. No new missile sites or installations were dis-
closed.
the identification of nine MIG-21 jet fighters at Wuhu
2? The most ~:mportant.. item i:n:'the r~a~~sian is probably
Airfield,
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NPIC has been asked to confirm the field analy-
sis of these MIG-21's but will not be able to da so until
they receive the films in the middle of next weekW
3< Ten other important east China airfields were
covered. In some cases existing order-af-battle was con-
firmed and in others some changes will result< The offi-
cial Air Force order-of-battle for the airfields covered
lists about 360 jet fighters (exclusive cif the 9 MIG-21's
at Wuhu) and 40 IL--2~3 jet bombers. This mission confirmed
about 300 jet fighters and 50 IL-28 jet light bot~iiaer:~ y A1:
one airfield-Tachang in the Shanghai area--4 c7isar,~:~~n~rt~~~lec~
jet fighters were observed on the field. Part of the dif-
ference between the 360 officially accepted and 300 actually
observed may be due to further attrition and transfexsb
4~ A large number of military barracks areas were
covered but no new significant information was disclosed<
5. The main naval bases in the Shanghai. area, in-
cluding the one at Tinghai in the Choushan Islands, were
covered< There was no indication of continuing major
naval construction at the main shipyards i,n the Shanghai
areas In pxevious years these shipyards had produced
destroyer escorts and submarines. Photography of Tinghai
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disclosed three destroyer type vessels there which are
probably the RIGA class destroyer escorts (Communist
China has four). These have previous~.y been based at
Shanghai, Three submarines were also noted at one of
the bases on the Choushans, 25X1A
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