K'UN-MING ARSENAL COMPLEX

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04743A000200030063-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 20
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: November 20, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Manufacturing and Services Division, ORE
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THROUGH : Chief, Requirements Branch, Reconnaissance Group, CGS
FROM : Chief. CIA/PID (NPIC)
SUBJECT : Klun-ming Arsenal Complex
REFERENCES : (1) ORE Requirement No. C-RR3-80,522/63
(i2) CIA/PID Project No. C 1420-63
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installations were located and identified by using descriptive collateral
material in conjunction with photo interpretation. Enlargementsof each
plant area have been enclosed with this memorandum and a description of
them can be found in the text below.
This memorandum is in response to the above referenced requirement
whim n requests a layout, description and annotated enlargements of the
Arsenal Complex in Kinn-ming, Communist China.
I. In the city of K'un-ming and the surrounding vicinity eight
Industrial Plants, that are possible Arsenals, have been found.
The Arsenals ha,e been located on the enclosed map (CIA/PID/IE_
r-116/0) and each given a letter designation which is referenced to the
corresponding photo enlargement and textual description of each area.
The numerical annotations on the enlargements are discussed in the
following text.
. Plant Area"A" - CIA/PID/IB-P-717/63
In this area Plant No. 298, an Optics Arsenal, and Plant No.
a Small Arms Arsenal, are reported (CIA Information Revort
'5X1 kated 26 September 1961) to be located. Plant No. 3'36 Li
nitaated in a valley and consists of three large, double bay monitor
.:-r)of buildings (Annotation No. 1), numerous caves (Annotation No. 2)
and many smaller industrial Buildings (Annotation No. The
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smallest of the large monitor roof buildings (Annotation No. )) and
a possible Steam Plant (Annotation No. 5) have been constructed since
1959. A large residential and administration area (Annotation No. 6)
is associated. with this Plant.
The location of Plant No. 298 can not be precisely determined,
however it is in the area south of Plant No. 356. It probably occunys
the large multi-story and monitor-roof buildings (Annotation No. 7)
adjacent to a residential area southeast of Plant No. 356. A new
multi-story building (Annotation No. 8) and a new furnace building
(Annotation No. 9) have been constructed since 1959. It is also
possible that this Arsenal is located or includes either of the new
Industrial Complexes (Annotation No. 10) to the west.
5. Plant Area "B" - CIA/PID/IB-P-718/63
Plant Area "B" has been described in the Department of the Army
Intelligence Report No.I 'dated 2",, August 1962. It was
called an Explosives Complex consisting of the following four areas:
1. Area "A" - Headquarters and barracks area (Annotation No. 1)
2. Area "E!' - Storage area (Annotation No. 2)
3. Area "C" - Headquarters and barracks area (Annotation No. 3)
4. Area "D" - Probable explosives processing area (Annotation No. 4)
West of this complex there are possible storage or processing buildings
(Annotation No. 5) which could be associated with it. r 2 product
manufactured or stored in this complex, as yet, can not be determined.
6. Plant Area "C" - CIA/PID/IB-P-719/63
A possible Arsenal, with the name of "Yunnan Military
Plant", was described in the CIA Information Report
dated 26 September 1961. The Plant best fitting the description given
in this report is shown (Annotation No. 1) on the above referenced
graphic. The front of this Plant is set back from the road going
west from Kyun-ming (Burma Road, Annotation No. 2) and the back of it
is adjacent to a rail line (Annotation No. 3). The Plant consists of
one large building with three bays, which has been added since
and numerous, smaller, single story buildings. fte
buildings appear to be the type that could be used for machine 'shops,
light fabrication and. storage. The actual processes conducted in
them can not ic,L kirmined.
Ordnarce
7. Plant Asea "D" - CIA/PID/IB-P-720/63
This Plant area is reported (CIA Report i dated
30 January 1957) to ,contain the Yunnan Machine Factory and Automobile
Unit. The Factory (Annotation No. 1) supposedly makes machine guns
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and small arms and the Automobile Unit (Annotation No. 2) transports
them. Large dormitory facilities (Annotation No. 3) are associated
with both of these installations. The Factory contains three, large,
multi-bay, monitor roofed building and numerous smaller buildings.
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of the smaller buildings (Annotation No. 4) probably contain
foundry forging or heat treating equipment. One of these buildings
(Annotation No. 5, see inset) has been expanded since
This Factory could contain the equipment necessary to manufacture
small arms. A firing range (Annotation No. 6) is situated north of
the Automobile Unit- This facility could be used both in the testing
ef new weanons and in the training of military personnel.
leant Area "E" - CIA/P1D/IB-P-721/63
Air Inteliigeaae
an Arsenal inflated
possibly the mist
Report dated 23 January 1?61, describes
outside the "west gate" of K'nn-ming. This is
Arsenal. The AKS Town Plan of K'un-ming, dated
shows an Arsenal inside the "west gate" (Annotation No. 1)
and this is probably a more precise location for the Arsenal described
above. This are9 anntains many buildings which could contain the
eeeessary equipment to manufacture small arms but it is not possible to
ermine whetnr they are used for this type of production. Since 1959
1.111-PP large steaks, which were located in the center of this area
(Annotation Ne. 2), have been removed. This could indicate that ti
building use has (-hanged and that the Arsenal has beer remnved.
9. Plant Area "F" - CIA/PID/IB-P-722/63
The ANS Town Plan of Klun-ming, dated January 1958, located an
Arsenal in the southwest outskirts of the city. This Plant (Annotation
No. 1) is shown on the above referenced graphic. No other reference
could be found to this Plant in the available collateral material.
The Plant contains two large industrial buildings and many smaller ones.
A few housing units (Annotation Nc. 2, see inset), a small Furnace or
Steam Plant (Annotation No. 3, see inset) and a single bay, monitor roof
building (Annotation No. 4, see inset) have been constructed since
The product made here can not be determined, therefore,
possible to verify or deny that this Plant is an Arseeat.
it is not
10. Plant Area "5" - CIA/PID/IB-P-723/63
Plant Area "G" is reported to contain Plant No. 403 (CIA Informalion
25X1 Report dated 26 September 1961), waien repairs motor
vehicles, such as jeeps, trucks, and possibly tanks. The photoaraphy
shows that this area contains a light fabrication Plant which ic partly
under construction (Annotation No 1), a possible Motor Pool (Annotation
No. 2), a Driver Training Facility (Annotation No. 3) and a Meter Vehicle
Repair Facility (Annotation No. 4). This Plant probably serves only as a
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repair facility and does no vehicle assembly. Many trucks and some
buses and jeeps are parked in the yard associated with this facility.
No tanks were observed in the area; however, this facility pro-,-Dably
could repair tanks if they were required to.
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project. This is considered a complete answer to the Requirement.
Enclosures:
1 Annotated Map (CIA/PID/IB-P-716/63)
7 Annotated Photo Enlargements (CIA/P1D/IB-P-7)\th ough 723/6)
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