PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE OF RAIL TRAFFIC FROM CHINA TO NORTH VIETNAM

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68R00530A000100090048-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 5, 2004
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: May 7, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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7 May 1965
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director (Intelligence)
SUBJECT : Photo Reconnaissance of Rail Traffic
from China to North Vietnam
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1. The purpose of this memorandum is to summarize for you
possible photographic reconnaissance means for acquiring information
on what may be a movement of rail supplies into Vietnam over Chinese rail
lines during the next two weeks. In addition to established DRV targets,
objectives of such coverage consist principally of the NVN/China trans-
loading point at P'ing-hsiang and the main rail line running generally
northeastfrom P'ing-hsiang to Heng-yang to Hankow to Cheng-chou. Rail
traffic from the USSR into China (through the two transloading points of
Chi-ning and Man-chou-li) would almost certainly be routed south through
Cheng-chou.
2. The COMOR conclusion that it is unrealistic to recommend photo
reconnaissance of the rail line running northeast from P'ing-hsiang is
based on the following factors:
a. The weather is Category 5 and is expected to remain so
indefinitely. This is from NRO operations
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NRO review(s) completed.
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