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CSS-4/CSL-2 AIRFRAME DELIVERY WUZHAI SSM COMPLEX RAILROAD YARD NW, CHINA (SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82T00709R000101220001-1
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
4
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
August 5, 2011
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
May 24, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
File: 
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/05: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101220001-1 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE I NITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET 238 (Security Classification) (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z-10772/82 NPIC/PEG (05/82) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/05: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101220001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/05: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101220001-1 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions DISSEMINATION CONTROL ABBREVIATIONS NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/05: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101220001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/05: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101220001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/05: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101220001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/05: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101220001-1 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1_ Copy__ Attachment to, Z-10772/82 NPIC/PEG (5/82) CSS-4/CSL-2 AIRFRAME DELIVERY WUZHAI SSM COMPLEX NW, CHINA 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A CSS-4/CSL-2 AIRFRAME IS BEING DELIVERED IN PREPARATION FOR A PROBABLE UPCOMING LAUNCH. SINCE MID-APRIL 1982, LAUNCH-RELATED ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT ALL FOUR OF THE CHINESE MISSILE/SPACE RANGES. 2. (S/D) REMARKS: A CSS-4/CSL-2 MISSILE TRAIN HAS ARRIVED HERE THE TRAIN CONSISTS OF TWO TYPE C, ONE 25X1 (S/D) LAUNCH-RELATED ACTIVITY AT THE OTHER THREE RANGES INCLUDED: THE PROBABLE DELIVERY OF A CSS-4/CSL-2 AIRFRAME TO THE SHUANGCHENGZI MTR COMPLEX SSM BY otiu1 TYPE B, AND ONE TYPE A MISSILE RAILCARS. NO AIRFRAME IS OBSERVED; HOWEVER, IT IS PROBABLY STILL ON THE TRAIN AS AN EMPTY SET OF CSS-4/CSL-2 STAGE TRANSPORTERS ARE ON THE LOADING APRON. THE COMPATABILITY TESTING AND FACILITY CHECKOUT 25X1 PROBABLY COMPLETED ; AND THE 25X1 TROOP TRAINING/LAUNCH CYCLE FOR THE CSS-3 AT THE JINGYU MISSILE TEST COMPLEX SSM - UNDERWAY 25X1 IS A FOR THE - CH 3 AT THE SONGLIN SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 3.I COORDINATES 38-49-15N 111-36-20E COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE NPIC/PEG OPERATIONS OFFICER. 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 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/05: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101220001-1

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