CABLE TO (SANITIZED) FROM OPCEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000800050015-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 15
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO APPROPRIATE TCOS. CITE OPCEN 6548. THE FOLLOWING IS FROM THE
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER:
A SCAN OF THE HUANG HO (YELLOW RIVER) AREA IN CHINA HAS REVEALED
THAT A HIGHLY SECURED INSTALLATION 4 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST
OF THE OLD CITY OF PAO-TOU AT 40-40N 109-59E MAY POSSIBLY BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHINESE ATOMIC ENERGY PROGRAM. KEY FEATURES
OF THIS INSTALLATION INCLUDE SECURITY PROVISIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE
OBSERVED AT THE LAN-CHOU GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT, PROVISIONS
FOR AREA LIGHTING, A HIGH BAY STRUCTURE WITH AN ASSOCIATED BUILDING,
A 210-FOOT STACK (NOT EMITTING SMOKE), AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION,
A STREAM PLANT AND LARGE MONITOR ROOFED BUILDINGS WITH VENTILATORS.
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BURIED WATER TANKS NEARBY. THERE ARE ALp FOUR WASTE BASINS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY 1,700 FEET SOUTH OF THE CILITY. THIS FACILITY WAS
FIRST OBSERVED ON
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