M-1967 MRL DEPLOYMENT XINGTAI ARMY BARRACKS AL 4, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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June 11, 1982
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100250006-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100250006-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100250006-2 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET 49 (Security Classification) NOFORN (See inside cover) Z-15247/82 NPIC/IEG (6/82) COPY -OF- Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100250006-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100250006-2 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 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100250006-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100250006-2 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of I Copy M-1967 MRL DEPLOYMENT XINGTAI ARMY BARRACKS AL 4, CHINA Z-15247/82 NPIC/IEG (06/82) 11 JUNE 1982 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: M-1967 MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS (MRL) WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A MAIN FORCE INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE BEIJING MILITARY REGION (MR) ON THE PRESENCE OF THIS EQUIPMENT, ALONG WITH 2. (S/D) REMARKS: EIGHTEEN M-1967 TRACKED MRL WERE IDENTIFIED AT XINGTAI ARMY BARRACKS AL 4 ON IMAGERY OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INSTALLATION, INDICATES THAT THE 79TH INFANTRY DIVISION MAY BECOME FULLY MECHANIZED. THIS INSTALLATION HOUSES AN ARTILLERY REGIMENT SUBORDINATE TO THE 79TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 27TH ARMY. THIS BUT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED AT THAT TIME. THE PRESENCE OF THIS EQUIPMENT, ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION, RELOCATION, AND UPGRADING OF MAINTENANCE, TRAINING, AND STORAGE FACILITIES WHICH HAS BEEN IN EVIDENCE AT XINGTAI SINCE THE SPRING OF 1980 MAY PORTEND FURTHER MECHANIZATION OF THIS INFANTRY DIVISION. M-1967 MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENT AS EARLY AS UNIT WAS PREVIOUSLY EQUIPPED WITH TRUCK-MOUNTED MRL. THE (S/D) TRACKED MRL HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED AT FOUR OTHER LOCATIONS IN CHINA: ONE MAIN FORCE ARMY IN THE SHENYANG MR, AND THREE INDEPENDENT ARMOR DIVISIONS (ONE EACH IN THE BEIJING, SHENYANG, AND NANJING MR'S). (S) COORDINATES 37-04-45N 114-27-39E 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100250006-2 NOFORN SFrRFT 25X1 25X1 25X1