IMAGERY ANALYSIS SERVICE NOTES

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• Publication Date: May 29, 1969
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Imagery Analysis Service Notes
29 May 1969
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The IMAGERY ANALYSIS SI RV ICE NOTES is a periodic publication
of the DDI Imagery Analysis Ser ice, the departmental PI organization of
CIA.
Ibis publication highlights signif cant or timely intelligence items derived
from photography.
The interpretations in this publi ation represent preliminary views which
are subject to modification in tie light of further information and more
complete analysis.
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Current Status of the SAWRF's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
NORTH VIETNAM/LAOS
Continued POL Pipeline Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Transportation and Industrial Developments
near the Soviet Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I
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Current Status of the SAWRF'=
v Vi 1 h the oonf i (mat i on or rF :ent -,are I I i tP photonraphy of two new so-
called SAWRF's in the Gobi DenerI-, there are now known to be 16 such (aciIi -
lies in various stages of conntrac-ion in China. 're'ien are in the Gobi
north cf the Shuang-cheng-tzu Mi ;s Ie Tesl Center and nine are in the North
China Slain (see Figure 5).
The two new SAWRF's -- S T ) and SCT 7 -- were first seen in
in early stages of const-u< lion. They are at- Ic-ations which
been considered as candidates f:-- _AWRF construction for some time (see
IAS Notes of 15 October 1968). S,t present there are number of areas of
unidentified activity apparent i-i he Gobi, but none spears to be a good
candidate for a SAWRF.
It should be noted that n equipment other than tnut associated with
the construction process has =_e i identified at any or the SAWRF='s.
i=c,r the construction t i r^nc: and other pertinent information about they
'>AWRF's to date, see Figure 6.
PEKING
:~~ brc
f TIENTSIN SSC
SHIH-CHIA-CHUANG
ICHENG-CHOU
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DIRECTION OF
TRANSVERSE AXIS
OPENINGS ON
THREAT SIDE
OPENINGS ON
OPPOSITE SIDE
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU NO. 1
NORTH
4
4
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU NO.2
NORTH-NORTHWEST
6
4
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU NO.3
NORTH
6
3
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU NO.4
NORTH
6
3
SHUANG-CHENG--TZU NO. 5
NORTH-NORTHWEST
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SHUANG-CHENG-TZUNO.6
GENERALLY NORTH
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU NO.7
GENERALLY NORTH
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
DIRECTION OF
OPENINGS ON
OPENINGS ON
TRANSVERSE AXIS
THREAT SIDE
OPPOSITE SIDE
PEKING EAST
EAST-SOUTHEAST
4
2
PEKING SOUTH
SOUTHEAST
4
2
SHIH--CHIA-CHUANG EAST
EAST-SOUTHEAST
4
2
SHIH?-CHIA--CHUANG NORTH
EAST
4
2
TIENTSIN EAST
*EAST
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
TIENTSIN SOUTH
*SOUTH EAST
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
SHANGHAI
EAST
4
UNKNOWN
CHENG-CHOU EAST
EAST
4
AT LEAST 4
CHENG-CHOU SOUTHEAST
EAST
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
ORIENTATIONS OF RAIL SPURS.
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........? ...n .u. IINCUNFIRMED SECTION
? , STORAGE AREA
PRDSABLE PIPE SECTIONS
OBSERVED ON TRUCKS
FIGURE 7. STATUS OF POL PIPELINE CO ISTRUCTION IN NORTH VIETNAM-LAOS,
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NORTH VIETNAM/LAOS
Continued POL Pipeline Development
photography reveals continuing development of the POL
pipeline system that has been built in the panhandles of North Vietnam
and Laos (see Figure 7). A rail-to-pipeline transfer facility and an
adjacent, partially completed POL storage area with an associated pumphouse
are being constructed at the Vinh Rail Yards. The transfer facility may
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observed on the meter gauge rail spur servicing this transshipment point.
This new facility supplements the existing water-to-pipeline transfer
facilities at Vinh. The rail-to-pipeline transfer point appears directly
connected to a second east-west POL pipeline which was completed in early
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The North Vietnamese continue to place emphasis on maintaining and
upgrading the pipeline system as indicated by construction of three new
refueling points and a new storage area. As of E=. IAS has identified
the locations of 30 pumping facilities along the pipeline in North Vietnam.
In Laos, two new, small POL storage areas served by the pipeline were
observed on recent photography, and field reports obtained from friendly
guerrilla teams provide evidence that the pipeline is operational to its
present southern terminus in Laos.
There are indications that pipeline construction may be undertaken
further to the south within North Vietnam. Pipe sections were observed
in either in the Vinh Rail Yards, at the Quang Khe Trans-
shipment Point and in an open storage area near Dong Hoi. Trucks carrying
probable pipe sections were also seen traveling south on Route 101 toward
the DMZ.
For earlier analyses of this pipeline construction, see IAS Notes of
27 December 1968, 31 January 1969 and 4 April 1969.
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PROBABLE RAILYARD
SAND SPUR U.'C 0
YONGHYON DONG RAILROAD
ITRANSLOADING FACILITY
NASAN'
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Transportation and Industrial Developments near the Soviet Border
photography shows that rail trans loading facilities continue
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to expand at Yonghyon Dong, on the Korean side of the Soviet-Korean border,
and that large-scale industrial development may be occurring to the south
at Unggi (see Figure 8).
Construction at the Yonghyon Dong Railroad Transloading Facility within
the past eight months includes the addition and extension of track and the
completion of a three-track bulk transloading yard, a 15 tank POL storage
facility and a probable standard gauge turning wye. (For details of earlier
expansion of this rail complex, see IAS Notes of 12 April 1968.)
In the Unggi area, a new, probable rail yard and a rail spur leading
to an undeveloped portion of the port are in the initial stages of construc-
tion. Adjacent to this new construction, a series of ditches forming a
large drainage grid was constructed in[ J This activity may be
related to a recent Soviet announcement that a two million metric ton crude
oil refinery is to be built with Soviet aid at Unggi.
25X1 D I photography reveals that a new basin is being dredged
out in the tidal waters, 5.2 nautical miles east of Unggi. A rail spur
serves both sides of the basin and a turning wye has been constructed just
to the north. The exact purpose of the new basin is unknown at this time;
no support buildings or associated structures have yet been built.
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