ECONOMIC INFORMATION: ROADS, AIRFIELDS, AND TELEPHONES IN SINKIANG PROVINCE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000400550006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 27, 1947
• Content Type: IR

Approved For Release 2001/03/05: CIA-RDP82-00457R000400550006-5
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 CENTRAL OftffiQW&kbROUP .
WSW, Eaonomic Information; Roads Airfields, and Tele-
phones, in Sinkiang Province
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1 .. General : At present; a rrta or part of Sinn iang as roads have ornly a. ,snd surface
ttihesre.the sand is firm it does not presentgreat dif'f'i
lt
cu
y to vehcl bt
,as,uwhere, the sand is soft; passage to ordinary cars and trucks is difficult or 166-
possible. In most places the use of automobiles is irtpractice b t.-, Jeeps weapons;
carriers and 67,6 trucks are much more suitable, Soviet-built trucks are better
adaptsd.i to travei in Sinkiang than American trucks because the Soviet trucks are
lover gesatred, Sinkian
dri
f
g
vers pre
er Soviet trucks because they area more familiar
_40-mzto On" sane rnArtja 1F or on
f A oquent y the maximum attain>
?-.speed. Because. of the extreme winter cold .ard th b
'much of Sinkiang that sufficient water, as weVll as ;asoli.ne andofood. cmustrber hoemt
carried to last for the ent`re tri
a eance? an engxns can freeze in 15
a 20'minuts in the winter time, For this reason trucks are often driven 24 hours
or during halts the ene'ines are, key t idli
e i a Bence of ariti.rreeze,
vz~nr~;vnes are a -se3rious problem.
0n the `Sulu .(I{eshgar Kann Shahr (75-5a
Uu;z fzao ( K0rla) (65"5500.1 45) "r"d for in t 39? 9).
but not
eat
i
lisin;hsns hsia~,Theroad
from. Hsizi~;hs izrr?h~sirz to H~ire,i i R ilPlMhc. ~ n a.,__....L
a era izuis and
good
accamnl:t`!.i;
sang?a
e: There stare ,atin, place's at Harm and .lsnhsi (F~~57 2}
P cymeters a day can easily be
covered o Every 200 kilt~m,{ r r: then
Iranohou (l03. 41~,36~'03)'Harm (Krzr?dul) 9?'7~L2 } 3) a There icy a good hanchou and I:singhsinghsjaa (95-09 LIJ R ) Pcn kil rroad b twoon
~- + r:o-r.l_ ? w~ l 8 scie~ nor nern road from Haim to TUsh3 ht c ou
(91.'10P,340) is finished only about as far 12 c
t T. .ear ,_~..r,,,,- ~Va 3~u-~~ co un~.I .Tsar (90.s3?~43s 00)
- y or two ago 0 e t-heaven m "
_
e i
Gt ft a cf to :.the iaarth through Che - fiohxaochi
6
ng (91?3
432e) Thea
,-(, rod between
c., #, snd Chile Torun is ;bad and mountainous,, The northern road from
go chinz to Tihun _ v'3 is t?h9uju to T.?iua in t e
w to l +s'i er hour .source once ent .
""''Thy 'road zsiest f'rcmi 8uf u~ta ~? ?r ;}i I rkosfat:azr (73 -5309-40), has it hard
W urf ace grid is easy to. travel:, Other roads from Suf u to th(: US kt sera
uch' u^ Xnherhtah 5 trrt ; (Yarkand) (7 7-2OA, 383 5),a The direct route from 1'aoh =,,
t6- hencuh Yian', yeas `r erv od "no rued" by s ource
}1e n~ounty rzs t'., the sout!14
ai glravel saxri-aeer:_ There is a rni.nor road or, trail froa.~a Yiititn to Chdi.~r;~o alon,;
6175) road is . a st+nc3y rt rt "jeep -road" a The read f'rorr{ Yutien to CJtza ;c~z~.lc r-s a
u)a road,.. At present i`,- is impassable to vehicles but is heinz. ixt:,rovedc
,. .. ~... ?- .t rnr ?n- moo r,CY1 d__ ri.4 ....7 ~lr v?=. 11 T~ntirr~
z
, to Xtjvtuzz (tiotieri)(79-56r37-o7). Ttae Khotan~,,.nyflt,`~r;:l 'a)(~~
fiaa hi M~.1 ik(t;{3:.15~?.r~~l0) There i s a ravel road from Sulu throcz h Ye}3.ec'.
r.a
*itr? a` 77. of two o 'three tonso Those bridges can be expected to last
aTpxis rear) has the dteadvantage of shitting wands in the vicinity and its liability
Ckzige xk? }uerhlo: 'fro and a' half days are required to cover.this route. The
ray have to be replaced every year.
13.. Chi elik-a xahsi: The "road" from Chi ,eli?r to the, aansda border, i.ndiosted ox the
t
ra ed. Far.Release 20.01/03/05 CIA-RDP82-0.0457R000400550006-5
Tlationa1 Geographic map of China, does not exist? but 6 gravel road from Chigc3lik
to Anhsi, running near the Altyn Tagh.range, was built lest year.
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is Corrnocted with Ak-o+su by a very difficult uI~t road thro,z,h
The new road betwocrn Chi elik and X uerhlo, and tho construction in progress be-f
ra
5 our, t le4 k
this Was impossible because of too much shif ir1, s.4nrlc,
.
la. Y4 . 1r SC! .. rc:r
a crossdesert . road rrom K?uoh~e to the south was feasible l t e
f d
constructed,,. -rile road will be finished somet;,rte t 1is ve.sar,
-
reconnraissanee party was sent, across the Takla :'aksua 1?e7sxr=
rf -h- cteatcr= ' t tt
m ors o ,
.his ro&u nave been cor-i Meted and ir00 kilarretl.rs remain to be
as d lfl L .L i, LAIM.1.L1
uilt,.;('rorl RSininZ, in Ch?in hai. westward and across the :-lt;ln Ta.-h to Chi pl ilc:,}
E3~3J ka to et f ,
i
- Ur r).S ar,
vaijreraahle to :onCoi attack, and raids have occurred - i f this, corra.dor.' ores
n., n 1 i -41
sfnirn , .,(191-49,36 37)--Chi4elik. The route to iami throe"11 t}rrs r'arrsu r t
o? o e
en . haul ?c-' the riori-h? Pebbles found ia,t it}iotsurr vier ~: u:. d in
turf"az?in;- some of the .^out1-vc,r^rx road
o~
.
i
v 0
AA ...t
11 hroughout r iuo}x of Sinkian , there dYrx?4 no trees in thim (t,re:t the neamat on os, L,& a;l4,
,
o4 they. f' tr f' th'a 4
c
. U w T>pe Y Seal, Cif u:sat;e=r?_sralsr inle~ t,r-ush
u ed, in the construction of the i i?-l-elik-AKluerh1o road ??roe:s in tfac ,vi rir
i I
.
Road, construction in Sknkiari:- ii'.- 1-
andita d b. '
in Sinkian a fleet of about; 200 tix?uoksy wort, in a
~cr a t ic:rr
}
.
cods and passenmer's r , I t is. not known whether the trucks ur?o still irr
.Air Transportation.
20-. The principal airfields are those used by the SLrio-Soviet .krllrla, sat a;.ty_rr
1
c
~~
Teiephono calls can be made from Lanohou to `Ci,hzra and f'rrrx~r 't'ahusx to cue~r?rllo-
a
- a.: F, ?, , 1 P. i
, all r:Flrilu 4DO f J, ,81 ? I.rM LA Chou to T1. 'lea requ i_rea s lx
hours., There are a niurb;er of small airfields in the south, as at Khot;>an, 5`},lh.
r?fle iun;; 'urrt iJ-,qOs U- Those ?enera1t??r have no proper iri