CHINESE COMMUNIST DEVELOPMENT OF AIRFIELDS AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS SINKIANG PROVINCE

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CIA-RDP82-00457R006800070001-6
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2
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December 14, 2016
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March 20, 2001
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1
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February 2, 1951
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REPORT
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{; ,At 5tf-IGAI IU11S 3 4 k= MT /Cll.A' TiZOL - U ,.:i . (;'IFJ I CIALS OJLY 25X1 A Approved For RIiwMQQMtQiJOIkAW82-004$ / l ~41I #4 11 aV 9V A &.I-W 0 CU NO. 'I I COUNTRY China/USSR CONFIDENTIAL SUBJECT Chinese Communist development of Airfields and iiitery'staablishments,r_=,. Sinkiang Province DATE DISTR.. 2 FEB 51 NO. OF PAGES 2 PLACE 25X1 A O 4 L.S. ACQUIRED L t1'. DATE sit" I FO. OF I %j~tj 25X1 X REPORT NO SUPPLEMENT TO 1~ At the conference held in Peiping on 30 1r:ay 1950, Sinkiang Province was selected as the area of greatest security and primary strategical importance for military purposes. in consequence, Party organization and Party machinery were strengthened in Sinkiang, and an extensive propaganda cam== paign was carried out to convince the local population of their duty to the nation. The Province was also cl:::arsd of undesirables, i.nc?uding such "imperialist agents" as the consulates of India and Pakistan. ,1:. After the undesirable elements had been driven from Sinkiang, construction of airfields, military establishments and oranance depots was begun. All air force equipment was supplied by the USSR And Czechoslovakia, and the USSR also furnished military and air advisers. Young Chinese were sent to the USSR and the "People's Lemocraoy"** for aviation training, 3. Airfields have been constructed at Yaagthissal (sic), Shiya (sic) and iucha (sic), which is air neaaquarters.*** The area from Yarken (sic) to Tsehleh (sic)**** is being surveyed and airfields are under construction, 4, A large military establishment has been developed at uvushih Ordnance Depots.***w* Research work on the development of military techniques is bein conducted on a. large scale, 5. In November 1950 about 500 jet planes and 200 transport planes were stationed at the various airfields. 25X1A 25X1A srare~ ARMY ~Comrent. Accoraing to the informant, V-.e document requested information on political and economic conditions in ivepal and Assam, and promised farther reports on Tibet and the air power of Communist China, Comment. This Tay refer to the Wkongoliur1 -eeople;'s Republic or to i..anchuria.. CLASSIFICATION /CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY PIAVY resRa DISTRIBUTION Aga This document Is hereby regraded to CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the 1 letter of 18 October 1978 from the Director of Central Intelligence to the Archivis a} t 1-ov rOP SW"O1/04/( Next Review Date: 2008 App CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2001/04/01CU*M-0NE6800070001-6 25X1A 25X1A 25X1A 25X1A 'W v, tt~T/(CONTROL - U.S. OFx#1CIALS ONLY C;-"NNTFAL INTi1LIIGi;NC1 AGENCY 25X1A omtriierit. These pi:9aos are possibly ,,uchra (82-.54,, 41-43), Shahyar tit-50, 41-15) and Yin~chisha (7009, %'48-155C,) Comment. A landing i'ield at .uchra was roportcd as early as ;,arch 1950. Yar,;thissa l may be Sulo (Kashgar Yra gi. Shahr, 76?-OG, 6J-25), where an airfield :x .steel in ~.ay 1947. Com ent. This possibly indicates the area from Yehencoh? tang (Yurka:ad, 77--20, 3v-25j to Sulo. nt. This is possibly i[usu Ordnance l$epots. wusu (34-37, 44-27). e 'S ration a fort but no orc riarce depot. W o details are av i table on nt ;..*0f&Ti CONTROL - 'U .S . OFl is IAX S ONLY CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2001/04/01 : CIA-RDP82-00457R006800070001-6