BUILDUP OF THE CHINESE ROAD NET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500780096-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 96
• Content Type: REPORT

DEC 1951 ??-" Approved For Release 2006/10/19: CIA-RDP80-00809AO00500780096-7
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Buildup of the Chinese Road Net
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1. The current plans call for the construction of 1,400 km of roada in 1953 and
2,300 km in 1954.
2. The traffic center is to be Lan-Chou. Prom this point main lines will lead
to the four northwest provinces that are grouped around Kansu, to Szechuvan
in the southwest, to autonomous Inner Mongolia and to EA stsi.
3. The most important strategic road will be the 3,300 km highway from Sianfu in
Shensi Province through Kansu and Sinkiang to the Russian. border.
4. Another important new highway is tiiat from Chinghai to Tibet, 1,130 km long.
It begins in Sinirigfii and runs southward.
5. The old Burma Road is to be inproved in the greatest haste, with the approval
of Rangoon.
6. The railroad line from Tientsin to Nanking and the parallel road is to be
secured against floods by large dams on the Taobing and Tzeya Rivers.
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