HIGHWAY AND RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION ON CHINA-INDOCHINA BORDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006700270003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 22, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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fsOUNTRY China/Indochia
SUBJECT Higtixway and Railroad Construction on China-
Indochina Border
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DATE OF
DATE DISTR. 22 JAN 51
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
I. By the and. of October 1950 all bridges on the highways from Yunnan and
Xrangsi into Indochina are to be widened under the direction of Soviet
technicians: These highways are as follows:
A.
Chanchiang (109-49. 2254) - Chlinhsien (108.37, 21-58)** -
2I'angch'eng (108-23, 21-46) - Tunghsing (107.58, 21-33),
b.
21anning (108-18. 22-48) - Chennankuan (10641. 21-58).
c.
TOientung (107-06. 23-37) - Chinghei (106.26, 23-09) - Cao Bang.
d.
Paine (106-34, 23-55) - Cao Bang.
e.
K' aiyuan (103-10, 23-44) - Wenshan (104-14, 23-22) - Hoyang. ***
f.
Mengt u (103-23, 23-20) - Hanoi.
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Ch'inhsien - Banning - TOientung - Paise. - Wenshan - KOaiyuan..
2. As of late September the highway from Kunming to Yuchti (102-29, 24-23)
and Liman (102-50, 23-40) and KO aiyuan had been extended to HokO o'a
(103-57, 22-32) on the Indochina border. Permanent bridges had not
been completed and, termorary bridges were in use.
3. In Parch 1950 the government mobilized an army engineer corns and civilian
workers to extend the Kunming - Tali (100-11, 25-43) highway to Sikang
Province. As of September the highway from Tali to Lichiang (100-15,
26-51) was in operation and construction work on the highway to the north
was still underway.
4. The highway from Kunming to Burma'*** by way of Paoshan (99-09, 25-07)
and T?engchtung (98-29, 25-01) had been repaired and the highway eastward
from Kunming to Kwangsi by way of Shihtsung (104-00, 24-50) and Loping
(104-20, 24-58) had also been repaired.
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CENThAL I TELIIGMT03 AGENCY
On 26 August 30,000 regular armj troops and, 9,OO0 railway troops
were mobilized to reconstruct a railway from Laipin (109-10, 23-42)
to Chennaankuan by way of Nannirg.****' The work is to be completed
by the and of June 1951.
6. In September the Communists inspected the Mengtsu Hoklou section
of the Yunnan-Indochina railway and made plans to repair it.
7. In early October part of the 3 Division of the Railway Army Group
was on its way to Henrang in accordance with an order for the
transfer of the division fror the Northeast to Hani w.
8. In September the railw y from Kunming to Pisechal (10324. 23'-2 6)
and from Pisechat to Mengt2ix was in operation.
5.
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were being sent from China into Indochina by land from
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to Ch' aling ).
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Coy . Possibly Hoke ou was intended. See pcaregraphe
2 an d. 5.
The road from Ennmi to Burma was re?)orted
to be serviceable in Jun, 1950. According to
one report the Communists plan to attack Southeast Asia when
road and rnilwey construction to completed.
Comment. A*cording to the press, 4000 civilian workers
tiers also employed in construction work on this rail my.
According to another report the railway is to be completed
by the and of 1950.
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