MILITARY ACTIVITY CHINA/VIETNAM BORDER

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• Publication Date: September 8, 1982
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CHINA/VIETNAM BORDER
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MILITARY ACTIVITY
CHINA/VIETNAM BORDER
16 JULY 1982
Attachment to Z-15851/82
NPIC/IEG (09/82)
8 SEPTEMBER 1982
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: AREA COVERAGE OF THE GUANGZHOU MILITARY
REGION OFr , ONG THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE.
CHINA/VIETNAM BORDER REVEALED A NEW CSA-1 SITE, A
FIELD-DEPLOYED PROBABLE DUMMY A-1 SITE, SIX NEW BARRACKS
AREAS, ALL MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE 3RD AND 5TH BORDER DEFENSE
DIVISIONS, AND A PERMANENTLY DEPLOYED TANK BATTALION (GRAPHIC
THE BORDER (GRAPHIC 2). NINGMING SAM SITE WEST (BE
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(SWN) REMARKS: TWO NEW SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE (SAM) SITES,
ONE OF WHICH WAS PROBABLY A DUMMY SITE, WERE IDENTIFIED ALONG
WAS 6 NM WEST-SOUTHWEST OF NINGMING AND 9 NM
NORTH OF THE BORDER. THE SITE CONSISTED OF SIX REVETTED
OCCUPIED LAUNCH POSITIONS. EQUIPMENT AT THE SAM SITS
WERE IDENTIFIED. THESE UNITS, IN CONJUNCTION 25X1
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SITE, DESIGNATED CHIH-LANG FIELD-DEPLOYED SAM SITE (BE
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0.8 NM'NORTHWEST OF THE SAM SITE. THE PROBABLE DUMMY CSA-1
CONFIRMED ON PREVIOUS IMAGERY.
17 NM NORTH OF THE BORDER. COLLATERAL INFORMATION HAS
REPORTED THE PRESENCE OF MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE 5TH BORDER
DEFENSE DIVISION IN THIS AREA; HOWEVER, THIS COULD NOT BE
DUMMY CSA-1 LAUNCHERS, A PROBABLE DUMMY GIN SLING RADAR, AND
TWO MISSILE TRANSPORTERS. THREE FIELD DEPLOYED EIGHT-GUN AAA
BATTERIES WERE COLOCATED AT THIS SITE.
(SWN) NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AND SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADED MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS WERE OBSERVED IN THE JINGXI AREA, APPROXIMATELY
THE BORDER EQUIPMENT AT THIS SITE INCLUDED THREE PROBABLE
REGIMENT AT HSIA-LEI ARMY BARRACKS INFANTRY REGIMENT AT JINGXI ARMY BKS NW AND 25X1
A PROBABLE INFANTRY REGIMENT AT JINGXI ARMY BKS SE (BE
25X1
25X1
THE 25X1
PROBABLE 5TH BORDER DEFENSE DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AT JINGXI
ARMY BKS AND HQS (GRAPHIC 3), AN INFANTRY., 25X1
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Attachment to Z-15851/82
NPIC/IEG (09/82)
8 SEPTEMBER 1982
WITH THE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED ARTILLERY REGIMENT AT DEBAO
ARMY BARRACKS CONSTITUTE ALL MAJOR ELEMENTS 25X1
OF THIS DIVISION. IN ADDITION TO THE UNITS OF THE 5TH BORDER
DEFENSE DIVISION, ELEMENTS OF A POSSIBLE MOTOR TRANSPORT UNIT
WERE IDENTIFIED AT A RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED REGIMENTAL-SIZED
INSTALLATION DESIGNATED JINGXI ARMY BKS EAST 25X1
(SWN) NEW AND UPGRADED INSTALLATIONS WERE ALSO OBSERVED IN
THE NINGMING AREA, 5 TO 12 NM FROM THE BORDER. COLLATERAL
INFORMATION REPORTS THE PRESENCE OF THE 3RD BORDER DEFENSE
DIVISION IN THIS AREA. A NEW INSTALLATION, WHICH WILL
PROBABLY HOUSE AN INFANTRY REGIMENT WHEN,. COMPLETE, WAS
IDENTIFIED AT NINGMING ARMY BKS SOUTH 25X1
(GRAPHIC 3). IN ADDITION, AN ARMY BAERACKS HOUSING AN
INFANTRY REGIMENT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT XIASHI STORAGE
DEPOT LL-1 THESE UNITS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH 25X1
THE DIVISION HEADOU~ RTERS AT NINGMING HQ ID DIV AND BKS SW 25X1
AL-7 THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT AT NINGMING ARMY
BKS AL- , AND A PROBABLE INFANTRY REGIMENT AT 25X1
NINGMING ARMY BARRACKS AL-3 CONSTITUTE ALL 25X1
MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THIS DIVISION.
(SWN) IN ADDITION TO THE ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN AREAS OF THE
5TH AND 3RD BORDER DEFENSE DIVISIONS, SIGNIFICANT
DEVELOPMENTS WERE ALSO OBSERVED AT SHUIKOUGUAN ARMY BKS EAST
APPROXIMATELY 2 NM EAST OF THE BORDER, AND 25X1
AT CHUNG SHAN ARMY BKS SW ';(GRAPHIC 4), 25X1
APPROXIMATELY 30 NM NORTH OF THE BORDER. AT SHUIKOUGUAN, AN
INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS IDENTIFIED IN AN INSTALLATION THAT WAS
STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS REGIMENT MAY BE SUBORDINATE
TO THE DIVISION GARRISONED IN THE CHONGZOU AREA. AT CHUNG
SHAN, A TANK BATTALION, FIRST OBSERVED IN NOVEMBER 1980,
COULD NOW BE CONFIRMED AS BEING PERMANENTLY DEPLOYED TO THE
BORDER AREA. THIS TANK BATTALION IS PROBABLY AN INDEPENDENT
UNIT. 25X1
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COORDINATES 22-O6-40N 106-57-35E
COORDINATES 21-52-15N 107-07-40E
COORDINATES 23-03-OON 106-30-12E
COORDINATES 23-10-20N 106-23-30E
COORDINATES 23-08-40N 106-21-30E
COORDINATES 22-55-15N 106-45-25E
COORDINATES 21-59-30N 107-07-05E
COORDINATES 22-27-45N 106-37-15E
4. (S COLLATERAL REFERENCE:
OIR T/6653/10/82, LOCAL FORCES, CHINAV 11 JUNE 1982
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Attachment to Z-15851/82
NPIC/IEG (09/82)
8 SEPTEMBER 1982
NEW INSTALLATIONS:.
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