THIS CABLE IS A FOLLOW-UP OF REFERENCED CABLE AND PROVIDES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001800010005-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 5
• Content Type: CABLE

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THIS CABLE IS A FOLLOW-UP OF REFERENCED CABLE AND PROVIDES
ANSWERS TO THE BALANCE OF THE QUESTIONS AS INDICATED BY THE PARAGRAPH
DESIGNATOR IN REFERENCED CABLE.
A. GENERAL QUERIES
2. THE AVERAGE LOAD BEARING CAPACITY OF THE MAJORITY OF 3RIDGES
ON HIGHWAYS AND MAJOR ROADS IN TI3ET IS EI3HT (8) TO TEN (10)
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TONS. THERE ARE A FEW BRIDGES WITH AS LOW A CAPACITY AS THREE
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(3) TONS AND ALSO SOME WITH A CAPACITY OF U? TO THIRTY (30) TDNS.
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C. QUERIES REGARDING THE MAP SHOWING THE ROADS ACROSS THE
NEPAL BORDER:
1. FROM TINGRI DZON3 THERE IS A ROAD ENTERING THONG PASS;
HOWEVER, IT COULD NOT BE OBSERVED THROUGH THE PASS TO ITS WESTERN
TERMINUS.
2. THERE IS A MOTORABLE ROAD BETWEEN KHA13A DZONG AND TINGKYE
DZONG.
3. THE FIGURES MENTIONED AGAINST THE ROADS DENOTE THEIR
SUSTAINED CAPACITY. IF 30TH THE RED AND BLACK NUM3ERS ARE WITHIN
THE SAME RANGE IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THEM.
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