SOUTHEAST CHINA SITUATION

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• Publication Date: August 23, 1956
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
3) 7171.3 CHI' A SITUA'iIGH
Declassification review by NIMA/DOD
GP/I - 207
23 A'gust 1956
CNTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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?FDCTENSIVE MINING operations near YU-TU.
?FU-CHOU ARTII.I~RY PARKS contain a total of 19 artillery pieces.
.FLOOD CONDITIONS prevalent in SHUI-KOU and FU-CHOU areas.
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-COOPERATIVE FARMING evidenced in the LU-FE G area.
This memorandum summarizes significant changes in the southeast
China area based on interpretation of aerial photography flown between
Special interest items include airfields, electronic sites, road
transportation,' artillery parks, POL storage areas, flood conditions,
mining activity, and cooperative farming.
25X1 D LU-CHIAO AIRFIELD (28?34'N-121?30'E): Photography, dated
reveals 60 NIG's in revetments and on the taxiways. One
aircraft was noted in the air as it approached the field for a
landing.
25X1D HENG-YANG AIRFIELD (26?54'N-112?38'E): On there were 2
single-engine, piston-driven aircraft parked on the airfield. Newly
installed runway lights and freshly painted runway markers were in
evidence. There appears to be no other rehabilitation of the air-
field and it is probable this field is now in limited use as a
civil airfield.
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25X1 D ESni..C3EM AMIFI I (25?33'N-1114? IF. : , On
NAsN-TAI, LUPIG-TIEN, MI -AN, CHING-YANG, MA-C:11ANG, KAO-CHI, LUNG-CHI,
CHING-HAI, LIEN-CHING and SHUI-KOU -AIRFIELDS: No significant changes
were noted on aerial photographic coverage of these airfields.
25X1 D HUI-AN (25?02' N-ll8?!i8'I:.) : Based on
photography, a
Token radar set was located at a newly constructed site 7 miles
north of Hui-an Airfield. The set was rotating on that date.
(GP/I-189, dated 13 June.-L956, describes and locates this site.)
IAN-TAI (26?00'N-1l9?l9'E): A Token radar site, located 5.8 miles
northeast of the airfield and previously reported in GP/I-176,
continues to be unoccupied. Work ms continuing on extending the
road past the site and several buildings are being constructed in
CHI-NEI to HSING-LIN CAUSE`JAY: An attempt to fill the gap in the
causeway, which had been breached by the tide, was underway.
SHIPPING: A marine railway has been installed at the dock area
located due east of Chin-chiang (24?5b'N-118?35'E) where the road
from Chin-chiang terminates at the Lo-yang Chiang. There is a
wench house located at one end of the marine railway which is
50' wide and LOO' long. The pier located in this area appears to be
in good-"repair.
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TRUCKS: Aerial photographic coverage, dated reveals
the presence of approximately 1110 trucks and open storage supplies
near the village of Kuan-kou located S. miles vest of Fu-chow
'an area that
(26?O5'N-11.9?l8'E). The trucks and supplies are in
appears to be a truck maintenance installation.
A motor pool has been set up adjacent to the boat basin in
Amoy (21027'N-118?05'E). Approximately 80 trucks are parked in
this motor pool.
FU-CHOU ARTIL HY PARKSt Three separate artillery parks have been
located in the vicinity of Fu-chop. These parks contain a total
25X1D of 19 artillery Pieces. On ten unidentified artill-
ery pieces were parked along the road near the village of Hsia yang
located 6.7 miles east southeast of Nan-tai Airfield. On the same
date 6 artillery pieces were located in a small village 2.2 miles
25X1D vest northwest of the airfield. On three artillery
pieces were'-Located in the village of Hsia yang. In each of the
barracks areas in and around Fu-chow no artillery pieces were
detected.
HAI -TAN ISLAND ARTILLERY PARK: A total of 9 artillery pieces were
parked near the village of Chien-lou 3.6 miles west of Ping-tan
25X1D (25?3l'N-119?47'E). On three.of these pieces were
parked in a"line on a parade ground and 6 weapons were parked on a
hardstand along the side of a road.
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bunkers is located 4 miles northwest of Fu-thou. The bunkers have
25X1D a total of a?,rproximately 190 tanks measuring giving a total
capacity of 400,000 gallons..
STORAGE: A partially revetted storage area has been constructed 3
miles southeast of Chiao wei (24?32'N-117?54'E). This area was first
reported in GP/I-202. The installation consists of approximately
1$ warehouse-type buildings as large as 110' X 30'. The buildings
are revetted against the base of the h! 11s in a manner that indicates
they are used for POL or explosive storage.
DA.NS: On the 2 dams near Hui-an (25?02'N-118048'E)
and the dam near Tung-an (24?44'N-111'-'009'3) are near completion.
All 3 dams have been equipped with intake towers which are located
in the reservoir near the dam. Penstocks run from the intake towers
through the face of the dam to the irrigation canals. There was
25X1 D water in the irrigation canal running from the Tung-an Dam on =
25X1D _ No hydroelectric power generating facility has been noted at
any of the dams. Nor do transmission poles or lines appear to be
present.
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25X1D FLOODING: Aerial p otographic coverage dated shows
that the Tung Chian (River) has overflowed is banks. The water
has risen to 20 met rs above sea level in most of the area between
Shui kou Airfield (3?03'N-.114?35'E) and Hui yang (23?04'N-ll1?24'E).
In large sections of Hui-yang the water has risen above he roof tops.
The main highway between Shui-kou, Hui yang and Po-lo is flooded out
in'several places.
On aerial photography revealed that, much of the
area along the Mz.n River and west of Fu-chou was flooded. Flooding-
in this area was not as extensive as-in Shui-Sou due to dikes and
steep-sided valleys along the Min River.
iIINING: Extensive mining operations are underway in 2 areas located
15 and 20 miles south of Yu-tu (25?57'N-115?16'E). The area located
20 miles south of Yu-tu is the larger of the 2 operations. This area
has a workers barracks area which consists of approximately 50
buildings 100' X 25' plus several Larger buildings. A processing
plant is Located just west of the barracks area. The processing
plant consists of a number of -Large buildings and a tower. In the
mountains just north-of the processing plant surface mining activity
appears to be in process. The mines are connected to the processing
plant by a road and an aerial cableway. The cableway spans a distance
of approximately 2,500 yards. A first class road runs north from this
mining activity to a second minim operation. Some large buildings
are present at this facility but no aerial cableway is visible.
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Seale and obliquity of the photography precludes a more detailed
identification and interpretation.
COOPERATIVE FARMING: Evidence of newly instituted cooperative
farming areas appeared on aerial photography dated
This area is near the village of Yen-tso-iiao located about 17.5
miles east northeast of Ln-feng (22?57'N-il5?38'E). Cooperative
fazing appear s to be in practice in an area of 15 square miles and
3s characterized by very large rectangular fields, straight fence
lines,, new wide roads, and large new buildings.
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