THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE CONSISTS OF THOSE PORTIONS OF THE OAK

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Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0 -0 Declassification Review by NGA T 0 P S E C R E T 1 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE CONSISTS OF THOSE PORTIONS OF THE OAK ON MISSION 1023-1 (DATE OF INFORMATION 18-22 AUGUST 65) WHICH ARE 3 o kUG 1965,,,-.., RELEASABLE TO THE ~ IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT HEAD- QUARTERS HAS REQUESTED IT BE POUCHED TO TRANSMITTED ELECTRICALLY. ? RATHER THAN SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER CH 4107N 10020E NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OBSERVED AT ANY OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE TE CENTER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOLLOWING -- AT THE SAM R&D AREA PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA OF COPS RFCEIVE25X1 Office Act. Cy No. X. - C - File 25X1 LAUNCH AREA At AND 1 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED IN THE HOLD ARE FIVE UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE MOTOR POOL AT THE S HOUSING AND SUPPORT AREA. TWO SMALL BUILDINGS AND AN UNIDENTIFIED STRUCTURE ARE OBSERVED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SSM ASSEMBLY AN CHECKOUT AREA. FIVE BUILDINGS AND 2 POSSIBLE BUILDING FOUNDATIONS ARE NOW LOCATED IN AN AREA OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY WEST OF THE SSM--SAM ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT COMPLEX. TWO POSSIBLE BUILDING FOUNDATIONS ARE VISIBLE IN THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AREA OF NEW ACTIVITY WNW OF THE POSSIBLE PROPELLANT HANDLING AND STORAGE AREA. ACTIVITY AT SHUANG-CHENG-TZU AIRFIELD IS REPORTED UNDER COMOR P&~ 52X1-- PAG DIA)..:-4 SFAD NSA !_O D!A 6r NO 1NEW SAM ACTIVITY NOTED IN WESTERN 85 PERCENT OF THE 50-NM-RAC SEARCH AREA ON OR IN THE WESTERN 10 PERCENT OF THE AREA ON -25X1"T- Waewing $ t ,_,,,25X1 eaUoo; i Tnp cRRFT Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0 OUT56562 Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78B04558A000400120014-0 0 REMAINING PORTIONS OF TH- ~~EARCH AREA NOT COVERED. S TAI?.YUAN SOLID PROPELLANT TEST FACILITY CH 3759N 11233E NO EVIDENCE OF MISSILE PRODUCTION OR RECENT ACTIVITY OBSERVED. PEIPING RKT ENG TEST FAC CHANG-HSIN-TIEN CH 3950N 11608E THREE BUILDINGS INTERCONNECTED BY PIPELINES AND SEVERAL SMALL STRUCTURES ARE VISIBLE IN THE AREA OF CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION AT THE NORTH END OF THE TEST FACILITY. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OBSERVED. A SMALL BLAST MARK IS VISIBLE AT A TEST BUILDING IN THE COMPONENTS TEST AREA LOCATED IN THE NW CORNER OF THE FACILITY. STAINS IN THE EFFLUENT SUMPS AND EARTH SCARRING IN THE BLAST PITS OF THE 3 VERTICAL TEST STANDS ARE INDICATIVE OF CONTINUING TEST ACTIVITY. ENTIRE SEARCH AREA IS COVERED. NORTHERN THIRD IS OBSCURED BY SCATTERED-TO-HEAVY CLOUDS. THE REMAINDER OF THE SEARCH AREA IS COVERED BY GOOD, STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY. NO NEW SAM ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN CLOUD-FREE AREAS. 25X1 25X1 1 25X1 25X1 PING-HSIANG COMPLEX CH 2207N 10646E 25X1 :14 - Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78B04558A000400120014-0 Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78B04558A000400120014-0 TRANSSHIPMENT FACILITY IS FILLED TO 50 PERCENT OF CAPACITY. OBLIQUITY PRECLUDES FURTHER INTERPRETATION. LEI-YANG AIRFIELD CH 2635N 11253E NO APPARENT CHANGE IN FACILITIES SINCE AIRCRAFT -- NONE OBSERVED. KUANG-CHOU/FO-SHAN AIRFIELD CH 2305N 11304E NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE OBSERVED. NO RADAR FACILITIES AIRCRAFT -- 4 SMALL SWEPT-WING, AT LEAST 36 SMALL PROBABLE SWEPT-WING AND 1 PROBABLE CRATE. SHUANG-CHENG-TZU AIRFIELD CH 4021N 09947E NO RADAR OBSERVED. NO APPARENT CHANGE IN CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY LOCATED ALONG TAXIWAY BETWEEN AAM AREA AND THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT -- 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 I-- 1 SMALL STRAIGHT-WING. -- 13 SMALL 25X1 SWEPT-WING AND 1 SMALL STRAIGHT-WING. WU -KUNG AIRFIELD CH 3417N 10815E 25X1 AIRCRAFT -- 1 BADGER, 13 BULL AND 2 SMALL STRAIGHT-WING. Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78B04558A000400120014-0 Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0 RP HSI-A1i _ -11CRAFT ENGINE PLANT WU-KUNG CH 3417N 10815E 25X1 NO NEW CONSTRUCTION OBSERVED. PRODUCTION STATUS CANNOT BE DETERMINED . AIRCRAFT ARE REPORTED UNDER COMOR NAN-NING AIRFIELD SOUTH CH 2236N 108 15 NM SW OF NAN-NING. 7,875 X 200 FT NE/SW CONCRETE RUNWAY, SERVICEABLE. FACILITIES INCLUDE A PARALLEL LOOP TAXIWAY WITH I CROSSOVER LINK, 2 ALERT RAMPS (ONE AT EACH END OF THE RUNWAY), AND 2 PARKING APRONS (ONE ALONG PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND THE OTHER IN FRONT OF AN ADMINISTRATION AREA AND CONNECTED TO PARALLEL TAXIWAY BY 2 LINKS). TWO NEWLY IDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL AREAS LOCATED AT EITHER END OF THE AIRFIELD CONSIST OF AT LEAST 20 HARDSTANDS. ELECTRONICS CONSIST OF AN ILS. OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE 1 LARGE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, I CONTROL TOWER, APPROXIMATELY 30 OTHER SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AND A POL STORAGE AREA (IMMEDIATELY NW OF RUNWAY CENTER). HOUSING AREAS OBSERVED 0.1 NM NNW AND 2.5 NM WNW OF RUNWAY CENTER. AIRCRAFT -- NONE OBSERVED. NING-MING AIRFIELD CH 2207N 10707E 3.6 NM ESE OF NING-MING. 7,560 X 155 FT ENE/WSW CONCRETE RUNWAY, WITH 1,375-FT OVERRUNS AT EACH END, APPEARS TO BE IN FINAL STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 1 Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0 Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78B04558A000400120014-0 0 0 FACILITIES INCLUDE A PARALLEL TAXIWAY WITH 2 END-CONNECTING LINKS, 2 CROSSOVER LINKS, 2 CONCRETE ALERT APRONS, 3 PARKING APRONS, AT LEAST 20 PARKING REVETMENTS NORTH OF THE WSW AND ENE ENDS OF RUNWAY IN VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION, AND ARAIL-SERVED PROBABLE POL STORAGE AREA IN EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION 3.2 NM NNW OF THE RUNWAY. NO RADAR OBSERVED. AIRFIELD IS IN TERMINAL STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. AIRCRAFT -- 5 SMALL SWEPT-WING AND 14 SMALL PROBABLE. TIEN-YANG AIRFIELD CH 2344N 10658E 3 NM EAST OF TIEN-YANG. AIRFIELD IN EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. NW/SE GRADED AREA APPROXIMATELY 9,000 FT LONG. FOUR HARDSTANDS OBSERVED IN EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AT SE END OF AIRFIELD. AIRCRAFT -- NONE OBSERVED. LAN-CHOU GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT CH 3609N 10329E WORK ON THE THIRD SEDIMENTATION BASIN IS CONTINUING. THE FIRST TWO BASINS ARE FILLED WITH WATER. WATER IS BEING DISCHARGED TO THE IMPROVED OPEN EFFLUENT CHANNEL EAST OF THE STEAMPLANT. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EVIDENT. CENTRAL AND WESTERN 70 PERCENT OF THE SAM SEARCH AREA IS COVERED ON THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA OBSERVED Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78B04558A000400120014-0 Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0 ? ARE COVERED BY SCATTERED CLOUDS. NO ADDITIONAL SAM ACTIVITY NOTED. WESTERN 5 PERCENT OF THE SAM SEARCH AREA IS COVERED ON THE 25X1 PORTION OBSERVED IS COVERED BY SCATTERED CLOUDS. NO SAM ACTIVITY NOTED . SHANG-HSUAN HYDRO POWERPLANT YEN-KUO HSIA CH 3601N 10315E WATER BEING DISCHARGED FROM ONE TAILRACE GATE OF POWERPLANT INDICATES POSSIBLY I TURBOGENERATOR IS IN OPERATION. FULL HEAD OF WATER FLOWING THROUGH 5 OF 6 SPILLWAY GATES. THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN 80 PERCENT OF THE SAM SEARCH AREA IS COVERED ON THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA OBSERVED ARE COVERED BY SCATTERED CLOUDS. NO ADDITIONAL SAM THE PORTION OBSERVED IS COVERED BY SCATTERED CLOUDS. NO SAM ACTIVITY NOTED. ACTIVITY NOTED. THE WESTERN 10 PERCENT OF THE SAM SEARCH AREA IS COVERED ON SSE THIRD OF 50-NM SAM SEARCH AREA COVERED BY CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHY. NO PAO?-TOU ATOMIC ENERGY COMPLEX CH 4039N 10957E PRODUCTION FACILITY NOT COVERED. Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0 Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0 Iq Next 2 Page(s) In Document Denied Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0 /a 1 1 HUANG-PU NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD CH 2305N 11325E FACILITIES INCLUDE 1 GRAVING DOCK AND 1 ABANDONED GRAVING DOCK, 2 SETS OF MARINE RAILWAYS WITH ADJOINING BUILDING/REPAIR RAMPS, NUMEROUS QUAYED AREAS, 7 PIERS, 4 LARGE MONITOR-ROOFED BUILDINGS, NUMEROUS WAREHOUSE, STORAGE AND SHOP-TYPE BUILDINGS, AND A SMALL PROBABLE STEEL PLANT. VESSELS -- BOTH BUILDING WAYS/REPAIR WAYS AND GRAVING DOCK ARE OCCUPIED BY UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS. ONE POSSIBLE LST, 2 AUXILIARY, AND NUMEROUS SMALLER VESSELS ARE MOORED ALONG THE RIVER. LU-CHOU EXPLOSIVES PLANT 23D ARSENAL CH 2853N 10531E CHEMICAL ARSENAL COVERING APPROXIMATELY 1 SQ MI IN AREA IS NOT RAIL SERVED. EXPLOSIVES STORAGE AREA IS WITHIN THE EAST END OF PLANT. THREE SEPARATE STORAGE AREAS ARE 1 NM, 2 NM, AND 2.3 NM EAST OF PLANT. SCALE AND QUALITY PRECLUDE DETERMINATION OF ROOF DETAIL IN Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0 0 ? Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0 Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0 ? STO~a TREAS. NO EVIDENCE OF CW STORAGEOBSERVED. ? SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MTR POSS DN RGE INSTR PT CH 4041N 09835E NO INSTRUMENTATION SITE, EQUIPMENT-OR MISSILE ACTIVITY OBSERVED WITHIN THE SEARCH AREAS. HENG-YANG AMMUNITION DEPOT ENE FEN-SHUI-AO CH 2656N 11243E 6 NIl ENE OF HENG-YANG. RAIL-SERVED, SECURED DEPOT CONTAINS 14 DISPERSED STORAGE BUILDINGS, AT LEAST 35 UNDERGROUND STORAGE BUNKERS, AND RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT WITH I LARGE TRANSSHIPMENT SHED AND APPROXIMATELY 30 ADMINISTRATION/ SUPPORT BUILDINGS. NO EVIDENCE OF MATERIALS STOCKPILING OR OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY. MIAO-TANG SPECIAL AREA CH 2835N 10700E NO EVIDENCE OF MILITARY ACTIVITY IN WESTERN 30 PERCENT OF THE SEARCH AREA. REMAINDER OF SEARCH AREA NOT COVERED. T O P S E C R E T /END OF MESSAGE/ 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/01/07: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400120014-0