JOINT MISSION COVERAGE SUMMARY MISSION C 6028 15 MAY 1959

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JOINT MISSION COVERAGE SUMMARY
MISSION C 6028
15 MAY 1959
COORDINATED, PUBLISHED, AND DISSEMINATED BY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER
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September 1959
JOINT MISSION COVERAGE SUMMARY
Mission C 6028
1.5 May 1959
Summary of Coverage
Mission C 6028, flown 1.5 May 1959, covered parts of Burma, China,
India, and Tibet. The Myitkyina area of Burma, the vicinity of Chang-tu in
Tibet, and small portions of the road system in Eastern Tibet and Western
China were covered.
Quality
Quality of the photography for photo interpretation is generally poor.
Cloud cover and haze appears in 75 percent of the photography. A malfunction-
ing of Camera 9 occurred early in the mission.
Map References
USAF World Aeronautical Charts, 1, 1, 000, 000
332 Koko Lake
435 Amne Machin Range
436 Ipi Pass
437 Kyi River
554 Brahmaputra River
555 Lake Erh
Categories
Information is listed by categories, as shown in. the Table of Contents
Arrangement, within categories is as follows, Airfields and Urban. Areas--
alphabetically by (1) country and (2) city or installation; all other categories --
by (1) country, (2) WAC number, and (3) degree square. An index of geographic
names concludes the report..
Arcuracy of Locations
In Tibet and adjacent portions of Western China there is frequent lack
of correspondence between photographs and available maps, therefor coordinates
of points away from recognized landmarks are only approximate.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Airfields
Military Installations
Transportation
Urban Areas
Miscellaneous
Geographic Index
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COUNTRY
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WAC TARGET
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BURM
2522N 09728
MYITKYINA EAST AFLD
055
4 NM ESE OF MYITKYINA. UNSERVICEABLE. COVERED
WITH VEGETATION.
25X1 D
25X1
BURM
2525N 09724
MYITKYINA NORTH AFLD
055
ON IRRAWADDY R 2 NM N OF MYITKYINA.
HAZE LIMITS INTERPRETATION.
25X1 D
BURM
2523N 09721
'~ MYITKYINA SOUTH AFLD l
05515
25X1
2 NM W OF MYITKYINA. NW/SE RUNWAY 64000 X 150
FT ASPHALT, ASPHALT PARKING APRON. HANGAR.
ACTT-~?NONE
25X1D
25X1~A
BURM
2521N 09718E
NAMPONMAO AFLD
10555
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7 NM SW OF MYITKYINA. PROB OVERGROWNs NOT
OPERATIONAL.
25X1 D
TIBT
3032N 09112
LHASA AFLD
0437
APPROX 55 NM N OF LHASA9 BETWEEN LHA CHU R &
TSINGHAI-TIBET ROAD. 2 NATURAL-SURFACE
RUNWAYS NE/SW & ENE/WSW IN V PLAN, EACH OVER
109000 FT LONG.
25X1 D
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS-
TIBT
3109N 09714
" CHANG?TU SOUTH MILITARY AREA
0436
ON W BANK OF MEKONG R9 0.5 NM DOWNSTREAM FROM
CHANG-TU. 2. WALLED COMPOUNDS9 UNWALLED MOTOR
POOL AREA WITH TOTAL OF 10 SMALL BARRACKS-
TYPE BLDGS9 HQ BLDG9 10 MISC BLDGS9 2 TENTS.
14 VEHICLES9 2 1/2 TON TYPE.
25X1D
TIBT
31ION 09713:
/ CHANG?TU WEST BARRACKS AREA
0436
ON W BANK OF NGOM CHU R OPPOSITE CHANG-TU.
16 WALLED COMPOUNDS, INTERCONNECTING, WITH
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2 MULTISTORY BLDG5, 41 BARRACKS, 14 POSS
OFFICERS QUARTERS, 55 MISC SHEDS & SMALL
BLDGS, 15 TENTS. OPEN STORAGE N OF COMPOUND
WALL, LARGE VOLUME OF GRAVEL, LUMBER, OTHER
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.
25X1 D
1-1 CHANG-TU CENTRAL BARRACKS AREA
ON CHANG-TU PROMONTORY, ON VILLAGE SIDE OF
MEKONG R. 28 BARRACKS-TYPE BLDGS ARRANGED IN
COMPOUNDS, 3 HQ BLDGS, 26 OTHER BLDGS.
"wiimwk ON TYPE, IN AREA.
25X1 D
CHANG-TU EAST BARRACKS AREA
ON E BANK OF MEKONG R OPPOSITE CHANG-TU. 93
BLDGS IN SERIES OF INTERCONNECTED WALLED COM-
POUNDS. APPROX 20 TENTS,
13 POSS FIELD ARTY PIECES, 40 TRUCKS.
25X1 D
CHANG-TU NW MILITARY HO & WAREHOUSE AREA
ON E BANK OF NGOM CHU R APPROX 1 NM UPSTREAM
FROM CHANG-TU. LARGE WALLED COMPOUND WITH
LARGE U-SHAPED MULTISTORY BLDG, 3 CONNECTING
MULTISTORY BLDGS, 8 SHED-TYPE BLDGS, APPROX
20 MISC SMALL BLDGS, 4 TENTS,
25X1 D
0431{
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ON W BANK OF MEKONG R, 0.8 NM N OF CHANG-TU.
3 SHED-TYPE BLDGS, 25 TENTS, IN WALLED COM-
. TPOUND UCKS 1/2 TON TYPE.
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25X1 D
ON E BANK OF MEKONG R 1 NM N OF CHANG-TU.
10 BARRACKS, 6 OTHER BLDGS, IN COMPOUND.
NO VEHICLES. 25X1D
CHIN 13640N 099551 TSINGHAI-TIBET ROAD
OBSERVED FROM APPROX 20 NM SE OF LAKE CHING
HAI (KOKO NOR) TO S SHORE OF LAKE AT APPROX
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33N 097'12E
107N 09653E
25X1 D
110N 09706E
25X1 D
110N 09714E
25X1 D
11ON 09715E
25X1 D
ION 09716E
HWY BRIDGE ACROSS AY CHU R 436
NM S OF CHOMA PASS, HWY S FROM CHANG-TU.
ECK-TYPE.
ITH MOST DIFFICULT STRETCHES BEING WORKED ON
25X1 D
ROAD NW FROM CHANG-TU
ORT I ON COVERED U/C CHANG-TU TO NEAR KARUNGKA
HWY BRIDGE ACROSS NGOM CHU R.
T JALIN, APPROX 8 NM UPSTREAM FROM CHANG-TU.
INGLE-SPAN DECK-TYPE, SINGLE LANE, PROB OF
ECENT CONSTRUCTION.
HWY BRIDGE ACROSS NGOM CHU R (. 436
PPROX 600 FT ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH MEKONG R.
PPROX 250 FT LONG, DECK-TYPES 2 LANES..
HWY BRIDGE ACROSS MEKONG R 436
PPROX 0,5 NM ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH NGOM CHU
5-SPAN DECK-TYPE, PROB MASONRY PIERS,
ROAD S FROM CHANG-TU 1436
IA WANA & CHOMA PASSES. ALL-WEATHER ROAD.
TENANCE AREAS AT REGULAR INTERVALS
25X1 D
ROAD E FROM CHANG-TU 436
IA TAMA PASS, JAPE PASS, TOBA, JAM PASS, &
HUNTONCHON. ALL-WEATHER ROAD. REST & MAIN-
ENANCE AREAS AT REGULAR INTERVALS, HUTS OR
SZECHWAN-TIBET ROAD
25X1 D
ROM LHASA (2939N 09107E) ENE FOR APPROX 17
M, CONTINUING ALONG S BANK OF KYI CHU R.
OOD ALL-WEATHER SURFACE, PROB 2-LANE.
25X1D
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2 STRETCHES N & NW OF LHASA. STRETCH APPROX
37 NM LONG FROM APPROX 25 NM ESE OF LAKE NAM
TSO (TENGRI NOR) TO APPROX 16 NM SW OF LHASA
AFLD, CROSSING DAM CHU R AT 3036N 9129E9
PROCEEDING ALONG S BANK OF DAM CHU TO APPROX
1 NM SW OF LHASA AFLD9 CROSSING DAM CHU, &
PROCEEDING ALONG NW BANK OF LHA CHU R.
STRETCH APPROX 50 NM LONG FROM 5 NM NE OF
GORENG (3014N 9037E) TO LHASA9 ON SE BANK OF
U/I RIVER, TURNING FROM SW TO SE NEAR MOUTH
OF U/I RIVER9 CONTINUING ALONG NE BANK OF GYA
CHU R & TOBING CHU R9 TURNING E TO LHASA.
PROB GOOD ALL-WEATHER 2-LANE ROAD.
LARGE VILLAGE WITH SEVERAL LARGE BARRACKS
COMPOUNDS PROB NEW. REPORTED THIRD LARGEST
URBAN AREA IN TIBET.
25X1 D
LHASA 10437
25X1 D
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CHING HAI (KOKO NOR) LAKE
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GEOGRAPHIC INDEX
AY CHU R
CHANG-TU (CHAMDO)
CHING HAT LAKE (KOKO
CHOMA PASS
CHUNTONCHON
DAM CHU R
GORENG
GYA CHU R
IRRAWADDY R
JA L I N
JAM PASS
JAPE PASS
KARUNGKA
KYI CHU R
LHA CHU R
LHASA
LHASA AFLD
NOR)
MEKONG ?
MYATKYINA
MYITKYINA EAST A=LD
MYITKYINA NORTH AFLO
MYITKYINA SOUTH AFLO
NAMPONMAO AFLD
NAM TSO LAKE (TENGR I NOR)
NGOM CHU R
SZECHWAN-TIBET ROAD
TAMA PASS
TOGA
TOB I NG CHU R
TS INGHA I-T IBET ROAD
WANA PASS
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