CABLE TO RUAGFL/COMUSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN FROM NPIC WASHDC

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• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 30, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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RUECD/FSTC WASHDC
RUECW/CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS WASHDC
RUEHCR/STATE DEPT WASHDC
RUEKDA/JRC WASHDC
RUEPCR/DIRNSA
RUEPDA/ACSI-DA WASHDC
RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
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RUFLCR/CINCEUR PARIS FRANCE
RUHLHS/CINCUSARPAC FORT SHAFTER HAWAII
RUHLKM/PACAF HONOLULU HAWAII
RUHPA/CINCPAC CAMP SMITH OAHU HAWAII
RUHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
RUHPD/FICPAC FORD ISLAND HAWAII
RUMSLC/ 13TH AF CLARK AFB P.I.
RUMSAL/2ND ADIV VIETNAM
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THIS IS A SITUATION SUMMARY OF DEVELOPMENTS IN SE TIBET FROM 14
MAY TO 24 MAY 1964. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS A COLLATION OF
A NUMBER OF HIGHLY RELIABLE SOURCES.
1. SOURCES REPORT A MILITARY CAMP ABOUT 2.5 NM NORTHWEST OF
LHASA UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH 20 BARRACKS, ONE ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 3 OTHER BUILDINGS, ABOUT 160 TENTS,
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AND FOUNDATIONS FOR ABOUT 15 MORE BUILDINGS. OTHER SOURCES REPORT
A PARTIALLY SECURED AREA ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF LHASA CONTAINS APPROXI
MATELY 90 BARRACKS, 200 ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT BUILDINGS,
AND AN AAA SITE. SIXTY TRUCKS, A CRANE AND 10 OTHER VEHICLES WERE
COUNTED IN THE AREA. APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES FURTHER SOUTH THERE
IS A FENCED AREA CONTAINING ABOUT 65 BARRACKS, 40 SUPPORT BUILDINGS
AND 35 SMALLER BUILDINGS. SOURCES ALSO COUNTED APPROXIMATELY 150
VEHICLES IN THE LARGE MILITARY AREA EXTENDING FROM THE WEST EDGE
OF THE CITY. A COMPLEX 2 NM NNE OF LHASA COMPRISING 5 SECURED
AREAS WITH ABOUT 150 STORAGE BUILDINGS, 10 OTHER BUILDINGS, NUMEROUS
SHEDS AND TENTS, PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, NUMEROUS PILES
OF UNIDENTIFIED MATERIALS IN OPEN STORAGE, AND SOME 250 TRUCKS WAS
ALSO REPORTED. A TRAVELER WHO IS USUALLY A RELIABLE SOURCE
REPORTS THIRTEEN CARGO TRUCKS AT THE MILITARY INSTALLATION AT
30-OSN 090-33E, 38 NM NW OF LHASA.
2. RELIABLE SOURCES REPORT A CAMP AND STORAGE DUMP AT 28-OON
092-01E, 5 NM NE OF TSONA DZONG, ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY
THERE. ABOUT FORTY TENTS, A POL DRUM STORAGE AREA WITH ABOUT 100
DRUMS AND MATERIAL IN OPEN STORAGE WERE OBSERVED. THESE SAME
SOURCES REPORT AN EARLY WARNING RADAR SITE ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF
A LAKE, APPROXIMATELY 1.5 NM NORTH OF THE CAMP. THEY DESCRIBED
A SCR-270-TYPE RADAR THERE AND COUNTED 9 TENTS, 3 CARGO TRUCKS,
AND A GENERATOR VAN. TWO TRUCKS WERE COUNTED IN TSONA DZONG.
3. SOURCES REPORT NUMEROUS TRUCKS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE SIX
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MILITARY AREAS WITHIN A 2 NM RADIUS OF ZHIKATSE.
4. A SMALL CAMP WHICH MAY BE MILITARY HAS BEEN REPORTED ABOUT 15
NM SE OF SANGRI AND .5 NM SE OF LHAGYARI CONTAINING 4 BARRACKS,
AND 6 SUPPORT BUILDINGS. THE CAMP REPORTEDLY IS SERVED BY A
FAIR-WEATHER ROAD.
5. SOURCES REPORT A CAMP CONTAINING SIX TENTS (ONE IN A NEARBY
WALLED AREA BESIDE SEVERAL PILES OF MATERIAL) AND SEVERAL BUILDING
FOUNDATIONS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF TRANGSOTSE.
6. TRAVELERS REPORT OPEN STORAGE AND TENTS AROUND ROAD AND
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION ON THE EAST AND THE WEST EDGES OF TINGRI DZONG.
7. SEVERAL SOURCES HAVE REPORTED A STORAGE DEPOT, APPROXIMATELY
.5 NM SOUTH OF TSETHANG. THE AREA REPORTELY CONTAINS 15 WAREHOUSES,
30 BARRACKS, EIGHT ADMINISTRATION, 10 STORAGE AND APPROXIMATELY 40
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS. ABOUT 45 TRUCKS WERE COUNTED THROUGHOUT
THE AREA. A TWO-LANE ROAD SERVES THE INSTALLATION FROM THE SOUTH
AND FROM THE WEST, WITH A SINGLE LANE ROAD CONTINUING EAST.
8. TRAVELERS AND OTHER SOURCES REPORT APPROXIMATELY 15 ROAD
CONSTRUCTION CAMPS BETWEEN THE TIBET/NEPAL BORDER AND NIEH-LA-M U
CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 350 HUTS/TENTS. SEVEN MAJOR AREAS OF
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY WERE OBSERVED. NORTH OF NIEH-LA-MU FOR
APPROXIMATELY 10 NM, 7 CAMPS CONTAING APPROXIMATELY 150 HUTS/TENTS.
TWENTY TRUCKS WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE ROUTE. THE ACTIVITY REPORTEDLY
CONSISTS OF CULVERT AND SINGLE-SPAN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.
9. A SOURCE REPORTS A ROAD BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION JUST NORTH
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OF TING-JIH OVER THE RO CHHU (RIVER), WITH 3 PIERS IN EARLY STAGES
OF CONSTRUCTION.
to. TRAVELERS AND OTHER SOURCES REPORTED THE FOLLOWING CONVOY
ACTIVITY DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD; THIRTY TRUCKS APPROXIMATELY
40 NM NW OF LHASA, HEADING SOUTH FROM LHASA AIRFIELD TO LHASA;
APPROXIMATELY 4 0 TRUCKS, ABOUT 5 NM SE OF LUGPAGANG AND 35 NM NW
OF LHASA, HEADING SE TOWARD LHASA: FIFTEEN CARGO TRUCKS AT 28-
22N 086-07E, 6 NM NE OF TASHIGHONG, HEADING NORTH; TWO CONVOYS
WERE REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 12 NM SW OF PALING, BETWEEN TINGRI
DZONG AND ZHIKATSE; ONE CONVOY OF 25 TRUCKS WAS OBSERVED HEADING
NE; THE OTHER, 8 CARGO TRUCKS, WAS HEADING SE.
11. SOURCES REPORTED NO AIRCRAFT AT HEI-HO AIRFIELD, 13 NM
WNW OF HEI-HO. TWO UNIDENTIFIED SMALL AIRCRAFT WERE OBSERVED AT
LHASA AIRFIELD, 52 NM NORTH OF LHASA, DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD.
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