CHINESE MILITARY ACTIVITY IN JAMMU-KASHMIR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04759A009500010015-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2002
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: September 1, 1969
• Content Type: MEMO

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION MEMORANDUM
CHINESE
MILITARY ACTIVITY
IN JAMMU-KASHMIR
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The Aksai Chin Area in the Ladakh region of Jammu-Ka 1
under control of the Chinese, according to photography
This area was originally occupied by the Chinese in la e 1959 or early
1960 (Figure 1). Recent collateral information has referred to Chinese
activities at Tienwienton, Hot Spring, and Spanggur.
Thirteen facilities within the Jammu-Kashmir area have been
identified on photography as being under Chinese control based on road
networks, Chinese inscriptions painted on the ground, or clear lack of
access from India. These facilities are described below and annotated
on the attached map (Figure 2). The border claimed by China, on the
east slope of the Karakoram mountain range, is also delineated on
Figure 2.
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FACILITIES
1. Haji Langar Army General. Supply Depot, 35-58-OON 079-14-OOE
The wall secured installation contains three barracks ana do
support buildings. Immediately outside the walled area are two additional
support buildings. Two large probable storage buildings and two earth-
covered bunkers are located 2 nautical miles (rim) southeast of the walled
installation.
2. Thaldat Mapho Tang Air Warning Radar Facility, 35-21-OON
079-32-OOE -- The unsecured installation contains six barracks-type build-
ings and 12 support buildings. The presence of radar could not be
confirmed.
3, Qara Qash Barracks Area, 35-19-OON 07b--1+8-OOE, contains four
barracks, one messhall, one support building, and 18 possible tents.
4. Tienwienton Barracks Areas, 35-20-OON 078-16-00E, consists of two
areas; one contains five barracks, one messhall_, and three support build-
ings. The other area is located 2 nm southeast and contains three
barracks, nine support buildings, and two earth-covered bunkers on a
hillside immediately west of the barracks area. Both areas have extensive
trenching to the west.
5. Daulat Beg Oldi Strongpoint, 35-21-OON 078-11-OOE, consists of a
circular trench system with more than 12 bunkers and two cellular, roofed
possible barracks buildings. A wire fence is located along the western
edge of the installation.
6. Qara Qash Border Outpost, 35-01-OON 078-35-OOE, contains ten
buildings of various sizes. A strongpoint is located on a hilltop
immediately to the west.
7. Sarugh Barracks Area, 34- i-3-?OON 079-17-?O0E, contains three
barracks, one L-shaped possible messhall, and one support building.
8. Hot Spring Border Outpost, 3l.-26-OON 078-56-OOE, contains three
probable earth-covered bunkers and approximately 15 small support
buildings/bunkers.
9. Tsogstsolu Border Outpost, 34-20-OON 079-06-OOE, contains three
barracks-type buildings, two storage buildings,, and five support buildings.
Four probable vehicle revetments and a possible 6-gun AAA site are located
1 nm east of the installation.
10. Tsogstsolu Tent Camps, 34-2O-OON 079-15-00E, contains six tent
camps scattered along the Clang Cheruno River in an area about 6 run long by
3 nm wide. The camps contain a total of approximately 80 tents and one
probable 6-gun AAA site. A chinese inscription is on a hillside to the east
of the camps.
11, Tingpotsangpu Border Outpost, 33-46-OON 078-59-OOE, contains three
barracks-type buildings and four support buildings. A strongpoint is
located on a hilltop immediately northwest of the installation.
12, Spanggur Border Outpost, 33--33-OON 078-?1.8-OOE, contains four
barracks-type buildings and three support buildings (Figure 3), A trench
system is located immediately west of the installation and a Chinese
inscription "Long live" or "10,000 years Chairman Mao" is on a hillside
immediately to the northwest.
13. Chushul Strongpoint, 33-30-OON 078-53-OOE, contains one barracks-
type building with extensive trenching to the west. The strongpoint is
located on a hilltop i rim south of Spanggur MO.
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