CABLE TO AFSSO USAF FROM OPCEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001100110006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 28, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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THE FOLLOWING IS FROM THE PHOTO INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, CIA.
1. CONTINUING ANALYSIS OF PHOTO MISSION C-174C, DATED 7 JUL
64 REVEALS ONE PROBABLE "W" CLASS SUBMARINE IN AN ADVANCED STAGE
OF CONSTRUCTION ON ONE OF THE TWO SCREENED BUILDING WAYS NEAR THE
WESTERN END OF THE SHANG-HAI NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD KIANGNAN
(31 12N 121 28E)
2. FOUR SUBMARINE HULL SECTIONS WERE OBSERVED AT THE HEAD OF
THE ABOVE MENTIONED WAYS. THE FOUR DISSIMILAR SECTIONS CLOSELY
RESEMBLE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE FINISHED "W" CLASS SS. THE
COMBINED LENGTH OF THESE SECTIONS IS APPROXIMATELY 225 FEET.
3.
REVEALED NO HULL
SECTIONS OR IDENTIFIABLE CONSTRUCTION IN THE SCREENED-OFF AREA.
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Declassification Review by NGA/DoD
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