LOCATION OF ARMY-LEVEL UNIT, LAN-CHOU MILITARY REGION, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05162A000400010063-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: December 1, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
I NTERPRETATION
REPORT
LOCATION OF ARMY-LEVEL UNIT,
LAN-CHOU MILITARY REGION,
CHINA
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DECEMBER 1974
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LOCATION OF ARMY-LEVEL UNIT, LAN-CHOU MILITARY REGION, CHINA
1. Facilities sufficient to house an army-level unit have been identified in Shensi Province,
Lan-chou Military Region,
2. Located along the Wei Ho (river) valley northeast of Hsi-an, the facilities encompass an
area totaling nearly 3,000 square nautical miles. Facilities are centered around three divisional areas:
Pu-cheng, Yao-hsien, and Wei-nan, with army-level headquarters elements probably at Lin-tung (Figure
1 and Table 1).
3. Although the initial observation of construction varies within each divisional area, a general
time frame of July to October 1972 appears common to each. All of the division areas exhibit
an unusual, although not unique, construction technique, in that approximately 75 percent of the
buildings have been emplaced into sides of ravines and are partially underground (PUG). This
construction technique may be the result of a desire to protect and hide facilities, or it may be
an extensive effort to preserve the valuable cropland of the Wei River valley, or both (Figure 2).
4. The division at Wei-nan is housed in nine military areas comprising four regiments.
Construction of most of the facilities began during mid-1972 and is now nearly complete.
5. Five military areas, four of which are regimental in size, comprise the division at Yao-hsien.
Although construction in some areas began in mid-1972, some was begun as late as July 1973 and
is still incomplete.
6. Elements of the division at Pu-cheng are housed in six areas, four of which are regimental
in size. Similar to the division at Yao-hsien, construction in the Pu-cheng area began generally in
mid-1972, although several areas are still incomplete.
7. The army-level headquarters elements appear to be housed at two installations: Lin-tung
Army Barracks AL 1 and Lin-tung Army Barracks AL 2. These barracks areas basically are
standard-type aboveground army barracks dating to November 1968. Several PUG buildings were added
to existing facilities after mid-1972.
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Pu-cheng Maintenance Area
Pu-cheng Military Area
34-56-25N 109-30-25E
34-53-50N 109-23-45E
YAO-HSIEN DIVISION AREA
7 Tung-chuan Military Area
34-41-10N 109-12-15E
WEI-NAN DIVISION AREA
12 Wei-nan Military Area 2
Wei-nan Military Area 4
34-26-30N 109-19-OOE
15 Wei-nan Military Area 9
17 Wei-nan Military Area 1
34-29-05N 109-30-50E
ks AL 1
34-21-55N 109-12-56E
Regimental
Battalion
Regimental
Regimental
Regimental
Battalion
Regimental
Company
Regimental
Poss battalion
Battalion
Battalion
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88 bldgs PUG
1 auditorium
11 support bldgs
99 bldgs PUG
2 messhalls
1 auditorium
9 support bldgs
28 barracks
10 quarters
1 multistory admin bldg
3 messhalls
26 other bldgs
3 barracks
6 vehicle maintenance bldgs
6 storage bldgs
Approx 40 bldgs PUG
2 admin bldgs
3 messhalls
17 other bldgs
67 bldgs PUG
25 other bldgs
50 bldgs PUG
1 auditorium
7 other bldgs
22 barracks
19 other bldgs
109 bldgs PUG
1 auditorium
15 other bldgs
27 bldgs PUG
11 storage/support bldgs
5 caves
53 bldgs PUG
22 other bldgs
1 auditorium
11 bldgs PUG
10 other bldgs
40 bldgs PUG
11 quarters
3 barracks
1 auditorium
1 repair bldg
65 bldgs PUG
16 barracks
48 storage/support bldgs
4 admin
1 audit
2 messhalls
10 bldgs PUG
40 vehicle/equip storage caves
32 bldgs PUG
17 barracks
7 storage/support bldg
1 auditorium
1 messhall
94 barracks
13 admin bldgs
53 storage/support bldgs
36 barracks
4 quarters
8 admin bldgs
2 auditoriums
1 school/hospital
43 other bldgs
10 bldgs PUG
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