BEACHES IN THE INCHON AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900180001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 25, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Korea DATE DISTR. 25 Sept. 1950
SUBJECT Beaches in the Inchon Area NO. OF PAGES 1
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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o In the is an su a area o o c on,, offshore and near-
shore characteristics show the same pattern, as follows;
a. Offshore: bottom slope about 1/60; mud.
bo Near shore: --dope about 1/170; mud 3 to 6 inches deep on rock,
extending from low water line 400 yards to conventional beach rise.,
a radical variation
near the shore and in the beach composition at Inchon Ko.** From 37-23 to
37-27 north on the east side of the channel,, the bottom of the beach rise
extending about 200 yards eastward is mud 3 to 6 inches deep with a solid
bottom. From this mud line to the channel line at low water is firm
sand, and oxcarts are normally driven from the beach to the channel line
at low water?
This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1078 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist cf the United States.
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Beacht slope 1/6; sand or rock grading to gravel extends from the
mud line 60 yards to the limit of the high water uprush0*
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