ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT CHIKAN (DIAOSHUNTSUN) PORT FACILITIES, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100090008-8
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 22, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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CHIKAN (DIAOS
Attachment to Z-11816/82
NPIC/PEG (12/82)
ITIES, CHINA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: TEN F-7 (FISHBED) FUSELAGE SHIPPING
CONTAINERS AND A PROBABLE MIDGET SUBMARINE ARE BEING PREPARED
FOR EXPORT.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A PROBABLE MIDGET SUBMARINE (SSM) IS ON A
RAILCAR ON THE QUAY. THE SSM WILL PROBABLY BE LOADED ABOARD A
PRC MITSUI-CONCORD 15-CLASS MERSHIP WHICH HAS BEEN IN PORT
SINCE THE SSM MEASURES IN LENGTH 25X1
WITH A 3.0-METER BEAM, AND DOES NOT HAVE A SAIL EMPLACED. THE
SUBMARINE, WHICH WAS IN THE RAILYARD 25X1
WAS PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED AT WUHAN SHIPYARD WUCHANG 25X1
WHERE TWO SIMILAR MIDGET SUBMARINES ARE 25X1
CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
(SWN) AT LEAST TWO CHINESE F-7 (FISHBED) FUSELAGE SHIPPING
CONTAINERS HAVE BEEN LOADED ABOARD THE MERSHIP, AND THREE MORE
ARE ON RAILCARS ON THE QUAY. FIVE ADDITIONAL F-7 FUSELAGE
SHIPPING CONTAINERS REMAIN IN THE RAILYARD.
(SWN) THE DESTINATION OF THE PROBABLE SSM IS UNKNOWN; HOWEVER,
THE MERCHANT SHIP IS PROBABLY BOUND FOR QADIMAH PORT FACILITY
IN SAUDI ARABIA TO DELIVER THE F-7 SHIPPING 25X1
CONTAINERS. THESE CONTAINERS ARE PROBABLY BOUND FOR IRAQ AS
PART OF THE SEVENTY F-7 AIRCRAFT ORDERED BY IRAQ FROM THE
CHINESE. THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF THESE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT
QADIMAH WHEN FIVE F-7 CRATES WERE OBSERVED. 25X1
3.I I COORDINATES 21-17-46N 110-24-52E
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