TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN CH'ELI AREA YUNNAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006700650008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 5, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Travel Conditions in Ch'eli Area,
Yunnan
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
DATE DISTR.
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
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1. The following is one possible route into Sipsongpanfla by bus from Mae Sai
(N 20-02, E 99-19) in Thailand to Kengtung (N 21-17, E 99-36) in Bur=, a two-
day trip; then from Kengtung to Ch'eli (N 21-58) E 100-50), a five-day trip on
foot. It is also possible to reach Hi Town (sic) in Sipsongpanna from Keng-
tung, on foot, in five days.
2. When one is traveling through Sipsongpanna, only traders' laissez-passengers are
acceptable.2 Travelers into Sipsongpanna who speak a Yunnan dialect are watched
more closely than those who speak the Sipsongpanna dialect.
1. This region is also identified as Sibsong-panna and Hsi-shuang pan-na Thai
Autonomous Area.
sheriff s orrice. a travel permit, which in Communist
territory would be obtained at the hsien public security office.
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