CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001100120023-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: December 18, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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III DEC 1964
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FM NPIC
TO DIRNSA
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CPCEN
STATE /RC I
C INCLANTFLT
CINCPACFLT
C INC USNAVEUR
CINCLANT
CINCPAC
LANTINTCEN
FICPAC
C CMNAVF ORJAPAN
C CM SEC CN DFLT
YDHAVQC/CINCEUR
YHLAQAC/USARPAC
AFSSO ALCCM/AAC
AF SS O USAFE
AF SS O PACAF
AF SS O USAF
USAF SS
YWQLAZC/AFSSO SSD
YWQLAZC/AFSS 0 SAC
YWQLAZC/AFSS 0 BSD
YWQLAZC/AFSSO FTD
YWQLAZC/AFSSO CONAD
YWQLAZC/AFSSO ACIC
YWQLAZC/AFSSO AFSC
YWQLAZC/AFSSO ESD
INFO FICEUR
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T 0 P S E C R E T
1. FURTHER ANALYSIS OF
CITE NPIC 3521.
HOT O COVERAGE OF WU-CHANG SHIPYARD,
WU-CHAN G CHINA (30 32N-114 17E) REVEALS THAT SUBMARINE CONSTRUCTION,
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PROBABLE "W" CLASS, CONTINUES AT THIS SHIPYARD.
2. I IC OVERAGE
REVEALS ONE PROBABLE "W"
CLASS SS AND ONE U/I VESSEL UNDER PORTABLE WEATHER SHEDS ON
BUILDING WAYS. A PROBABLE "W" CLASS SAIL (LENGTH OVERALL APPROX
35 FT AT DECKLINE) IS VISIBLE BETWEEN WEATHER SHEDS ON ONE OF THE
TWO VESSELS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE BOW AND STERN OF BOTH VESSELS
ARE HIDDEN BY SMALL WEATHER SHEDS, PRECLUDING A LENGTH OVERALL
(LOA) MEASUREMENT OF EITHER VESSEL. THE COMBINED LENGTH OF THE
SEVERAL SHEDS OVER EACH WAY DOES NOT EXCEEP APPROXIMATELY 270 FT.
NO SUBMARINES WERE NOTED AT FITTING OUT AREA. IN ADDITION, THREE
T-43 CLASS MSF ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE WAYS.
3. KEYHOLE COVERAGE REVEALS ONE POSSIBLE SUB-
MARINE (LOA APPROX 250 FT) ALONG INBOARD SIDE OF FITTING OUT
BARGE AND PROBABLE WEATHER SHEDS APPROX 260 FT ALONG BUILDING WAY
ADJACENT TO A 510' X 100' COVERED BUILDING WAY WHICH WAS STARTED
PRIOR TO JUNE 1962 AND COMPLETED SUBSEQUENT TO JUNE 1963.
4. KEYHOLE COVERAGE OF REVEALS ONE POSSIBLE
SUBMARINE (APPROX 250 FT LOA) ON BUILDING WAY NEAREST TO THE
COVERED BUILDING WAY. N O SUBMARINES WERE OBSERVED AT FITTING OUT
AREA, HAZE AND CLOUD SHADOW PRECLUDED DETAILED INTERPRETATION.
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