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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIRCRAFT DELIVERY QADIMAH PORT FACILITIES, SAUDI ARABIA (SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP90T00784R000200390013-8
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 3, 2011
Sequence Number: 
13
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
December 15, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200390013-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200390013-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200390013-8 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy Attachment to Z17175/82 NPIC/IEG(12/82) 15 DECEMBER 1982 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIRCRAFT DELIVERY QADIMAH PORT FACILITIES, SAUDI ARABIA 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: PRC AIRCRAFT SHIPPING CONTAINERS PROBABLY FOR TRANSSHIPMENT TO IRAQ, WERE IDENTIFIED AT QADIMAH PORT FACILITIES. 2. (SWN) REMARKS: FIVE FUSELAGE SHIPPING CONTAINERS, PROBABLY F-7 (F S BED , ON FLAT BED TRACTOR-TRAILERS WERE IDENTIFIED AT QADIMAH PORT FACILITIES, SAUDI ARABIA, THE SHIPPING CONTAINERS WERE IN THE SOUTH TRANSSHIPMENT AREA WEST OF THE QUAY WHERE A PRC ARMS CARRIER, A CHI FENG KOU-CLASS RO-RO, WAS BERTHED. THESE SHIPPING CONTAINERS WERE PROBABLY PART OF AN ARMS SHIPMENT THAT ARRIVED AT THIS PORT QADIMAH IS A MAJOR ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT PORT FOR RESUPPLY OF THE IRAQI WAR EFFORT. 3. (S) COORDINATES 22-21-13N 039-05-36E 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 gFrPFT 25X1 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200390013-8

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