CHINESE BORDER INSTALLATIONS WESTERN CHINA-USSR BORDER

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 80
• Publication Date: April 1, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
CHINESE BORDER INSTALLATIONS
WESTERN CHINA-USSR BORDER
GROUP 1: EXCLUDED FROM
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DEC LASSI FIGATION
APRIL 1970
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CHINESE BORDER INSTALLATIONS, WESTERN CHINA-USSR BORDER
This report provides a description of the 41 border outposts observed
along the western China-USSR border. Text, an annotated location map, a table
of facilities, and three photos, are included.
Forty-one border installations are observed along the western China-USSR
border, the majority of which are small border outposts containing from three
to ten buildings each (Figure l~. Complete coverage of this area by KH-~+
photography, , shows no major buildup along the
border or within the facilities over the past two years.
The major concentrations of these installations are near Tacheng, the
Dzungarian Gate area, and Chaosu. These installations are in remote areas and,
like the border outposts in the USSR, have no standard intervals between them.
Most of the facilities are at border crossings such as roads, rivers, and
mountain passes. Light to heavy trenching, strbngpoints, observation towers,
and walls or security fencing are observed at many of the installations
(Figure 2, 3, and ~+~. Access is by either road or trail; in general, no
vehicles or equipment are noted.
A listing of installations with geographic coordinates and a description
of facilities is shown in Table I.
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TABLE I. CHINESE BORDER IlVSTALLATIONS IN WES`T'ERN CHIlVA
ITEM
GEOGRAPHIC
NO
INSTALLATION
COORDINATES
1
Border outpost
48-43-4oN
086-~+7-ooE
2
Poss border
~8-23-18N
outpost
085-~+5-10E
3
Border outpost
48-o6-25N
085-35-25E
4
Border outpost
48-01-40N
085-33-ooE
5
Border outpost
47-25-1ON
085-4o-15E
6
Prob border
46-52-25N
outpost
o85-1o-o5E
7
Border outpost
(Figure 2)
~+6-57-ooN
08~+-4o-3oE
8
Poss border
~+6-5~+-4oN
outpost
082-56-40E
g
Border outpost
46-48-35N
082-52-3oE
10
Border outpost
46-~+0-~+ON
082- ~+7- ~-OE
11
Border outpost
46-28-3oN
(Figure 3)
082-44-20E
12
Military instal-
~+6-07-05N
lation
082-40-OOE
4 barracks-type
bldgs
At least 10
barracks-type
bldgs and
several small
sheds
12 barracks and
g storage
support bldgs
Unidentified
material in
open storage
At least 5 bldgs
At least 12
bldgs and 1 ob-
servation tower
2 barracks and 2
storage support
bldgs
2 barracks, 7
storage support
bldgs, and 1
observation
tower
At least 5 bldgs
~+ barracks-type
bldgs and 5
support bldgs
At least 7 bldgs
At least 7 bldgs
At least 56
bldgs in 3
areas
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Secured instal-
lat ion
Secured instal-
lation with
prob weapons
emplacements and
trenching
Partially secur-
ed installation
with poss
trenching and 1
prob observation
position
Trenching
Trenching
Secured instal-
lation with prob
trenching
Secured instal-
lation with ex-
tensive trench-
ing
Probably secured
installation
with trenching
An associated
prob strong-
point adjacent
to border con-
tains 10 prob
bunkers
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ITEM
NO INSTALLATION
13 Prob barracks
area
l~+ Border outpost
GEOGRAPHIC
COORDINATES STRUCTURES
~+5-59-5oN 15 bldgs.
082-39-3oE Approx 100
more bldgs are
in several ad-
jacent areas
~+5-57-OON 7 barracks, 4
082-3o-ooE
15
Border outpost
45-4g-ooN
082-26-30E
16
Barracks area
~+5-37-05N
082-21-25E
17
Border outpost
~+5-1o-5oN
(Figure 4)
082-36-OOE
18
Poss border
~+5-o6-45N
outpost
082-15-OOE
19
Border outpost
45-10-OON
082-07-OOE
20
Prob border
45-o7-loN
outpost
082-02-50E
21
Border outpost
45-11-OON
81-48-5oE
22
Border outpost
~+5-o6-ooN
080-48-ooE
23
Border outpost
4~+-56-OON
080-o9-ooE
24
Border outpost
4~--27-40N
080-22-OOE
25
Barracks area
4~+-11-35N
080- 2 ~+- OOE
26
Barracks area
~+4-10-38N
080-27-55E ~+ storage
support bldgs
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Doubly-secured
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support bldgs,
and 1 observa-
tion tower
~+ barracks-type
bldgs and 2
support bldgs
3 barracks-type
bldgs and 1
support bldg
At least l~+
bldgs
8 barracks and
2 support bldgs
2 barracks-type
bldgs, 1 ware-
house-type bldg,
.and 6 support
bldgs
8 barracks-type
bldgs and 2
storage support
bldgs
At least 5 bldgs
Prob trenching,
poss bunkers
Trenching
Partially secur-
ed installation
with trenching,
1 earth-covered
bunker, and 1
observation post
Trenching and 3
vented earth-
covered bunkers
Secured instal-
lation with a
possibly aban-
doned strong-
point
Secured instal-
lat ion
Prob strongpoint
2 barracks-type
bldgs and 2
support bldgs
2 barracks-type
bldgs and 3
support bldgs
Secured instal-
lat ion
4 barracks and
6 support bldgs
g barracks and
74 storage
support bldgs
1 observation
position and
trenching
12 barracks and
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ITEM
GEOGRAPHIC
NO
INSTALLATION
COORDINATES
27
Poss border
43-o7-2oN
outpost
080-47-10E
28
Border outpost
42-56-3oN
080-29-55E
29
Border outpost
42-54-20N
080-38-2oE
30
Border outpost
~-2-48-OON
080-23-ooE
31
Border outpost
41-44-20N
079-43-2oE
32
Border outpost
41-20-OON
078-28-40E
33 Border outpost
34 Border outpost
35 Border outpost
36 Army barracks
37 Poss border
outpost
38 Border outpost
39 Poss military
installation
40 Border outpost
41 Barracks area
40-58-5oN
076-59-1oE
40-20-OON
076-22-OOE
40-12-20N
076-02-10E
40-30-1ON
075-23-ooE
40-20-08N
07;-o9-loE
39-42-OON
073-56-ooE
38-39-4oN
074-57-1oE
38-12-1ON
074-54-2oE
37-46-2oN
075-14-ooE
At least 5 bldgs
and at least 15
tents
At least 6 bldgs Possibly secured
installation
19 barracks-type
bldgs and 6
storage support
bldgs
6 barracks and
6 storage
support bldgs
Secured instal-
lation
1 barracks-type
bldg and ~-
support bldgs
3 barracks-type
bldgs, 3 stor-
age~support
bldgs, and 24
tents
Secured instal-
lation
Secured instal-
lation
5 barracks-type Prob trenching
bldgs and 1 prob
observation tower
3 barracks-type
bldgs and 3
support bldgs
Secured instal-
lation
2 barracks and
7 storage
support bldgs
Secured instal-
lat ion
14 prob barracks 1 observation
and 37 storage post, 2 medium
support bldgs and 6 small
vertical POL
tanks
2 prob barracks
and 2 support
bldgs
4 barracks, 2 1 poss AW
support bldgs, emplacement
2 sheds, and 1
prob observation
tower
At least 15 bldgs
At least 5 bldgs Adjacent to
strongpoint
17 barracks, 21 Probably secured
storage support installation
bldgs, and 11
sheds
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