15 PHOTOGRAPHS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001500550033-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: June 29, 1954
• Content Type: FORM

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29 June 1954
(Submit to HQ-OO/C in triplicate with process sheet attached)
DIST: ORIG-GRAPHICS; DUPL-CASE FILE; TRIPL-SOURCE FILE; QUAD-FO RECORD
GIFT LOAN
AREA
Burma, Kaladan River
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SUBJECT
15 photographs
NUMBER OF ITEMS AND CATEGORY (Still photographs, negatives, or slides)
15 Black & White Photographs
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DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL
1. Photos.1 & 2. These were taken in Mar 54. They show both sides of
the single pier at Akyab at the mouth of the Kaladan River. The river
is heavily silted and it is impossible to bring ocean going vessels along
side the pier because of the silted condition. I believe the Burmese have
a suction dredge in meration in.this harbor, but it is not\ery effective.
The tide change at this point is approximately seven feet.
2. Photos 3,1I & 5. near the village of Kyaukseik
(about 16 miles from Akyab on the Kaladan River. They show the rice
paddies and the typical terrain of that area.,,
3. Photo 6. This picture was taken in Mar 514 and shows the water reservoir
at Akyab. The waters-as at its lowest level of the year. ,4
4+. Photos 7 & 8. Taken in Oct 53, these indicate the low tide condition of
the Kaladan River. at Kyaukseik. The typical method of getting ashore is to
slide up the mud bank in a small canoe as is shown. The vessel in photo 7
is a Burmese government river patrol boat.,--
5. Photo 9. fifik a Burmese Navy gunboat on the Kaladan
River in Oct 53, formerly an American mssel.-,
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6. Photo 10. Taken from the Kaladan looking west toward the village of
Pnnnagyun.
7. Photo 11, This is a view of our military escort taken on Oct 53-
8. Photo 12. This is the single pier in the village of Rathedaung on the
Mayu River. This is an important local village, a rice collecting point.
The riverlaat this point has a tide change of five feet.
9. Photo 13. A typical house in the village of Kyaukseik, Mar 54.
10. Photo 14. Taken at Akyab in Mar 54 this shows the typical method of
rafting raw bamboo. It is cut down upstream and then floated downstream
where it is used for building materials.
11. Photo 15. This is a picture of the Saingdin falls on the Saingdin
River which leads into the Mayu River. This falls is approximately
65 miles from the coast. The river is tidal up to the base of the falls.
I believe that seven foot draft vessels can go up to the falls.
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