SOUTHEAST CHINA SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000300230040-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2000
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: March 16, 1956
• Content Type: IM

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SOUTAFAST CHTNL SI' UATION
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ST CAIWA SITUATt
'!!du rep its the eigiaifioa at changes in the Souttheast
ChIm area as observes! Zion a stet of aerial photography flown botveeei
Itmam of specific interest inalnde
airfseds, defenses, transportation,. and electronic installations.
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?[ u- iaao 2(3/3 - 13M30614 Sixty-three probable FAGOT and five
probable FANG 'sere an La-Chino ,A/F on
ffiavvm revetments are-iunder construction along; the base of a
aa~atll bill -tom adles eonth southeast of the south end of the runway.
The revetments neaseze 8O*- by 702 With 70'0 aaitranee *mWm. A taxiway,
aaetnects the rwetaaenta th the airfield.
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ehiloh is circled by a loop-road. 1~e storage area.i connected to
Pimaiete of move undaergroratffi sba1 err under construction in a hill
six adios mea of the n rtheast mac of tire- 'rtnay. storage area
storage area ender constractIL appr w4 maitely
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the airfield by a 20' vide road.
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tien (25/311 - 119/28E) z The runway is being
by an 800* addition to the soothvest sand. Surfar+ai~ng! of the IWUW
and toaeisay- contd.ates. Neaseroas small boats eonti ed to unload
matelrtal off-shore.
(24/33M - 2:L7/399 )x All construction conk as the airfield
and its fec lit~tea have been completed. The air eTd is serviceable.
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x t -tt~ea ~/ s An a4a1strat{Jon and barracks area
is order oawstrastLon 45M 9 east of the ra . theme are thirty-eight
ring
bra ak -trpe buildings (120' I 1$') plus sixteen iii Inge no
tsaa 55' 120' to 85' 1 45' In Tarioisa *W -es of construction. Con-
a tion satiiity on the airfield was intensive.
(fttS - 118107E I s Canati matian wttic oontimes on. the air-
fi eld and its facilities.
eit1 m s 118/35E Is No sigri fi cant change was noted in the
airfield and Its faailiti,as.
fti (25/ II - 118/488): The airfield is similar In appearance to
other airfields rsoent y constructed in Southeast China coastal area.
It fists of a single rummy 6400' by 200', oriented in a NM-SSW
direction. In addition,' there is a parallel tandwy, four cross-over
to ximUs, parking and serrleint aprons, thirty aircraft rwvetmnts
in two separate dispersal areas, 'control t.^eer, operations building,
and shop buildings, POL storage area, aircraft bees approach
l aad{ g system and other facilities associated with a typical Chinese
eaaw' t airfield.
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-Mm airfield is protected by two 8-gun heavy (85m) anti-aircraft
batteries and three 14-gun wediun (3?aa) AL batteries. The heavy
batteries are controlled by ibitf radar.
Gbs ti (23/26M - 126 68) s An aircraft dispersal area and probable
iaadi n strip bas been constructed three wiles north of the Airfield.
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dirsc'tian, has a central
asrara Sv c X 1009s -Am
strip 500 vide mbioh was being surfaced an photography dated
Drainage is provided by ditcrhaes an both sideb of the graded
arcs. Thirteen revetments with jet blast breaks have been constructed
All.a~ the sast odds of the, l&nd ng strip. The 1s ng strip and
,di.apsrsal area is eormacted with the main fIdld by a 509 vide taxi-rvay.
so significant changes were noted in the nadn' airfield at Chang-had.
V1114 90 of Tisn-chu:sg-y0347, Which is lassted sppraxiaately me adle
In the vicinity of no-ehing, located four allele vast of Sung-haa
there were acne medium four gun AFL battery, twentq-three revetted -
vabialass, ans infantry strong point, and several tents.
Located a c tbeast of Shen-Ching are two 4-gun artil ery batteries
and aimmsrOaa uzEccapied . artillery positionns.
A four gun artillery battery is located on the east side of the
of automatic weapons and twenty-five trucks.
ned1u LA batteries. In additions there were three 1--gun batteries
of artillery in this area. At Tub-shag there Were three 4-gun
ropy areas Ibras h--gun artillery batteries have belsn located at iao-
isted inland paoitjons. This represents a change in the deployment
mate of the new raflroad to A mw wi11 go rrca chili (24/i7S - 117/S4a)
ilro I s amrvery scaaar s *r co~aicatioes line pales indicate the
north of !!s-Ch anag airfield. The batt.*y is not revetted.
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to the now eansseq presentay oxsclor c an-twuatAon went of Chi-wei. It
appears that the railroad s