CHINESE MILITARY ACTIVITY CHINA-VIETNAM BORDER (SANITIZED)

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• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 13, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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CHINESE MILITARY ACTIVITY
;?, CHINA-VIETNAM BORDER
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Z-18038 NPIC/IEG (4/84)
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CHINESE MILITARY ACTIVITY
CHINA-VIETNAM OR ER SWN
Attachment to Z-18038/84
NPIC/IEG (
04/84)
13 APRIL 1984
1. SIGNIFICANCE: INCREASED MILITARY ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT SEVEN
OC ONG THE CHINA-VIETNAM BORDER NEAR THE TOWN OF
MALIPO, IN THE KUNMING MILITARY REGION
(SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE OBSERVED ACTIVITY WAS 2.5 NM TO 5 NM FROM THE
nORD , AND CONSISTED OF TACTICALLY DEPLOYED FIELD ARTILLERY
(FA), TRUCK CONVOYS, AND TENT BIVOUACS. ONLY PORTIONS OF THE
HEKOU AND MALIPO AREAS OF CHINA WERE IMAGED, AND NO SIGNS OF A
MAJOR CHINESE MILITARY BUILDUP WERE OBSERVED. (SWN)
THE FOLLOWING TABLE (KEYED TO GRAPHIC) LISTS THE LOCATIONS AND
ACTIVITIES OBSERVED. (SWN)
A. 22
-52-20N 104-43-30
E
15 TRUCKS (FIVE
IN
CON
VOY)
AND
SIX SQUAD TENTS
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-58-40N 1
04-44-50
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FOUR TRUCKS IN C
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C. 22
-59-20N 104-44-20
E
10 TRUCKS AND TH
REE
PR
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UTILITY VEHICLES
IN
CO
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I). 23
-03-OON 104-45-OO
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APPROXIMATELY 30
TR
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IN
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-17-36N 104-57-40
E TO
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-15-36N 10
4-56-20
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PIECES OF EQUIPM
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50 SQUAD TENTS (DISPERSED
ALONG ROAD)
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G. 23-22-10N 105-10-20E
Z-18038/84
NPIC/IEG (04/84)
13 APRIL 1984
11 FIELD-DEPLOYED FA IN
THREE BATTERIES, 13 TRUCKS,
AND SIX SQUAD TENTS
(THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS: SIMILAR ACTIVITY OCCURRED IN THE BORDER
REGIONS OF KUNMING MILITARY REGION DURING THE PERIOD OF
INCREASED BORDER TENSIONS OF EARLY TO MID-APRIL 1983, WHEN
CHINESE FORCES CONDUCTED SCATTERED CROSS-BORDER ARTILLERY
BARRAGES AND SMALL-UNIT RAIDS N VIETNAM. (SWN)
3. BE NUMBER N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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