CONSTRUCTION OF MILITARY AIRFIELDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006500300009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2012
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 26, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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2. I I Chin?se Co~nunists tilaxuted to hta.ild eight e.irstri~e
along the hig&a~aaysd betareen ~'aochata and Amoy for use as Afr Farce bases.
4ane of theses for use by hea.s~ bonber?~ is under construction nbar Shihshih
{3,1?3?36, ?.~4',S) east of ~?ung~~l'{1~.10~ ~)~ ?ne is to be built
be'~reen Shihshih and ~irags~rai {' ~aC.) south of Chinchi~,rag~ {1~.~3~.- 2?~5~+)
aaxd another near Sh.~n9ra? { ~-) ~~`"~ north of fixtian {11S~i68, ~S-'~3)
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~. 1?he Changchou {117 42` 21~?32) airfield has baen reb~,ilt and equi~~ned ~riti~ s
radar atation.'~' The aix~fierl.d is controlled. by 5oriet officers and sixty
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about S*~00 la.borere euc~ra, employed on
construction o3' the titian ai'rfietd in Ar^oy.S' 'the Amoy I~xbor Union teas
ree~nssble tar rec~xiting 3~borers. Laborers rwer+~ or,~a.nizetl i.yta squeals
of this?ty r~en, com?~osed of three units of ten each. the 2G~ ~'ngtneerira,~
t~egirzent su-~asa~visecl the V~orkF whicYt included the c~i.,~enirag of the ai?~fiell
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