CABLE TO AFSSO USAF FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001300010124-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 124
• Publication Date: May 3, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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IS FROM THE CIA/IMAGERY ANALYSIS DIVISION. CITE CIA-P-159.
1. CONTINUED ANALYSIS OF MISSION REVEALS 25X1
A NEW STRATEGIC PETROLEUM STORAGE RESERVE INSTALLATION UNDER ACTIVE3J~
CONSTRUCTION IN SOUTHERN CHINA ALONG THE KUN MING/HANOI RAIL LINE
AT 23 39N - 103 20E. THE SITE IS LOCATED ON A SHORT RAIL SPUR OFF
THE MAIN LINE NEAR KAI-YUAN, CHINA APPROXIMATELY 75 NAUTICAL MILES
NORTHWEST OF THE NORTH VIETNAM-CHINA BORDER. cf *'
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2. FIVE LARGE AND FIVE SMALLER EXCAVATIONS OR PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED %,
VERTICAL SEMIBURIED TANKS ARE VISIBLE ON IMAGERY
ANALYSIS OF MISSION REVEALS AN ADDITIONAL
EXCAVATION FOR A LARGE TANK WHICH WAS NOT OBSERVED ON
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THE RAIL SPUR SERVING THIS INSTALLATION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
FOUNDATION SCARS AND EXCAVATIONS FOR PUMPHOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS
ARE APPARENT. TWO SUPPORT AREAS, ONE LOCATED WITHIN THE CON-
STRUCTION AREA, AND THE OTHER A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE NORTH, CONTAIN
APPROXIMATELY 50 WAREHOUSE, CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT, AND BARRACKS
TYPE BUILDINGS.
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