NEW MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT CHAOYANG ARMY BKS AL-1, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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September 13, 1982
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP83T00574R000102380001-2 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 ~P s 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) CONTROL NO. Z-- /,-10,5-2- COPY OF_ a Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP83T00574R000102380001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP83T00574R000102380001-2 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to ... Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP83T00574R000102380001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP83T00574R000102380001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP83T00574R000102380001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP83T00574R000102380001-2 (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Attachment to Z-12932/82 Copy35?- NPIC/IEG (10/82) 15 OCT013ER 1982 NEW MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT CHAOYANG ARMY BKS AL-l, CHINA 1.. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: SECOND FULL MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT IDENTIFIED IN THE SHENYANG MILITARY REGION. 2. (SWN) REMARKS: A NEW MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS IDENTIFIED AT CHAOYANG ARMY BKS AL-1 IN THE SHENYANG MILITARY REGION (MR) ON IMAGERY ALTHOUGH SUBORDINATION IS UNDETERMINED, THE REGIMENT IS LOCATED NEAR THE 119TH INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE 40TH ARMY. IT IS THE SECOND FULL MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT IDENTIFIED IN THE MILITARY REGION. THE REGIMENT CONSISTS OF 124 M-1967 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC) AND TWO ARMORED VEHICLES. A BATTERY OF 85/100MM ANTITANK GUNS, A BATTERY OF 37MM ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS AND 62 CARGO TRUCKS WERE ALSO PRESENT. THIS EOUIPMENT WAS PRESENT ON IMAGERY NPIC IAC 222 HOWEVER THE APC'S COULD NOT`_B_E IDENTIFIED AT THAT TIME BECAUSE OF POOR INTERPRETABILITY. (SWN) IF THIS UNIT IS SUBORDINATE TO THE 40TH ARMY, IT WOULD BE THE THIRD MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT SUBORDINATE TO A MAIN FORCE INFANTRY DIVISION IDENTIFIED IN CHINA. THE OTHER TWO ARE WITH THE 190TH INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE 64TH ARMY IN THE SHENYANG MR, AND THE 112TH INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE 38TH ARMY IN THE BEIJING MR. TWO OTHER MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENTS WERE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN CHINA, BUT ARE SUBORDINATE TO INDEPENDENT TANK DIVISIONS. ONE IS WITH THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION IN THE BEIJING MR, AND OTHER IS WITH THE SECOND ARMORED DIVISION IN THE NANJING MR. 3. (S) These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should 'not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET 25X1 X1 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP83T00574R000102380001-2