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MISSION COVERAGE INDEX MISSION(SANITIZED) 13 JANUARY 1962

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CREST [1]
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General CIA Records [2]
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CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0
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RIPPUB
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S
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19
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December 19, 2016
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December 21, 2006
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32
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Publication Date: 
February 1, 1962
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Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN C?kICA Review C rnple MISSION COVERAGE INDEX MISSION I 1100 N P I C/R-1007/62 February 1962 13 JANUARY 1962 SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 This material , contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the espionage laws, Title 18, USC, Sees. 793 and 794, the trans- mission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. U Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN MISSION COVERAGE INDEX MISSION I 1 100 13 JANUARY 1962 NP IC/R-1007/62 February 1962 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN NPIC/R-1007/62 PREFACE This Mission Coverage Index (MCI) represents the interpretation of aerial photographic material The MCI furnishes a listing of intelligence targets covered by Missio 00. Items in the listing are arranged by (1) WAC area, and (2) coordinates reading from south to north and from west to east. An explanation of column headings and photo reference data used in presenting the information is contained in the appendix. For the convenience of the user, a subject index to the intelligence targets has been included following the listing. Targets in the subject index are listed (1) by category, and (2) alphabetically by place name. The user of this MCI is cautioned that the scan of photography from Mission 100 was accomplished in a relatively short time and often without the aid of precise analytical and mensural equipment commonly employed in detailed photo- graphic analysis. Consequently, although the information presented herein is essentially accurate, future detailed analysis may somewhat alter portions of the information. SECRET NOFORN z1W 1 25X1 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN Listing of Intelligence Targets for: Country WAC 4 r TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Summary ............................................. Vii I 0287 0288 0332 0383 0385 0498 0499 NPIC/R-1007/62 Page Subject Index .......................................... Appendix ............................................. SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN NPIC/R-1007/62 SUMMARY Mission I1 100, accomplished on 13 January 1962, covered portions of Communist China. Scattered to heavy clouds severely restrict the interpre- tability of much of the mission photography. Installations of special interest covered on the mission were the Shuang- Cheng-Tzu Missile Test Center and the Shuang-Cheng-Tzu Airfield. Coverage of-the missile test center is oblique and of very good quality. Quality of coverage of the airfield is excellent. The city of Lan-Chou appears only on distant obliques, and is not interpretable. SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 HUANG-CHENG-TZU AREAS AIRFIELD 4 NM SSE OF MAIN SUPPORT BASE, SHUANG-CHENG- TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER. APPROXIMATELY 7,000 X 270 FT E/W GRADED EARTH RUNWAY, APPEARS INACTIVE, BUT SERVICEABLE, 25X1 SECRET NOFORN NPIC/R-1007/62 s Installation Numbers City, Installation Coordinate WAC BE NPIC -CHINA- 10015E 4055N 0287 1-B 25)( 1 _ HUANG-CHENG-TZU AIRFIELD 4021N 09947E I-C SUPPORT BASE AT THE SHUANG- I N 40 NM SW OF MA CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER. 13#500 X 270 FT NE/SW CONCRETE RUNWAY, SERVICEABLE. PARALLEL CONCRETE TAXIWAY WITH 5 CROSSOVER LINKS. ALERT APRONS AT BOTH ENDS OF RUNWAY. POL AREA AND UNIDENTI.FI.E- RAIL--SERVED STORAGE AREA LOCATED 2 NM NE OF RUNWAY. COMPLETE ILS. TWO LARGE COMMUNICATION CENTERS AND RADAR SITE. SUPPORT AREA INCLUDES A DRIVE-THROUGH HANGAR, RAIL-SERVED REPAIR/ SUPPLY BUILDINGS, AND A LARGE HOUSING/ ADMINISTRATION AREA:. AIRCRAFT -- 5 FAGOT/FRESCO, 2 BEAGLE: 1 COLT SHUANG-CHENG-TZU AREA, RAILROAD LINE 4105N 10015E 0287 1-D OPERATIONAL RAIL LINE EXTENDS SW ALONG 0-CHI-NA-HO (RIVER) VALLEY FROM SHUANG-- CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, VIA SHUANG- CHENG-TZU AIRFIELD, TOWARD LAN-CHOUIURUMCHI SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN NPIC/R-1007/62 Installation Numbers City, Installation Coordinates WAC 13E NPIC RAILROAD. JUNCTION AT APPROXIMATELY 40-?OON l 9-00E, EXACT LOCATION CANNOT BE DETERMINED OUF TO OBLIQUITY* 25) 1 SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER 4107N 10020E 1 THE CENTER IS COMPOSED OF 3 SSM LAUNCH COMPLEXES. INSTRUMENTED SAM LAUNCH AREA. LARGE MAIN SUPPORT BASE WITH THERMAL POWER PLANT. SSM SUPPORT AREA. SAM/SSM ASSEMBLY AREA, AND 2 REVETTED STORAGE AREAS. SHUANG-CHENG-TZU AREA. RAIL SPUR 4107N 10020E 0287 1-G EXTENDS SE FROM THE MAIN SUPPORT BASE AT THE SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 NM TO APPROXIMATELY 40-45N 101-20E.. A SMALL CAMP CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 12 BUILDINGS IS LOCATED AT END OF TRACK. SHUANG--CHENG-TZU AREA. BARRACKS AREA 4207N 10103E 0287 1-E APPROXIMATELY 50 NM NNE OF THE SHUANG-CHENG- IZU MISSILE TEST CENTER. APPROXIMATELY 100 BARRACKS-TYPE BUILDINGS AND AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. POSSIBLE SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN NPIC/R-1007/62 C Installatio n Numbers City; Installation Coordinates WA BE NPIC LANDING STRIP LOCATED JUST SW OF BARRACKS ADPA I SHUANG-CHENG-TZU AREA, POSSIBLE AIRSTRIP 4207N 10103E 0287 1-F APPROXIMATELY 50 NM NNE OF THE SHUANG- CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER. NNE/SSW NATURAL SURFACE RUNWAY. SCALE AND OBLIQUITY PRECLUDE FURTHER INTERPRETATION NE PAO-TOU TO LAN-CHOU RAILROAD 4036N 11003E 0288 14 RAIL LINE OBSERVED FROM APPROXIMATELY 37-55N 105-52E TO 38-24N 106-13E. OPERATIONAL* 254 HSI-NING AIRFIELD 3633N 10159E 5--B 4.6 NM SE OF HSI-NING.. 6,800 X 230 FT NW/SE ASPHALT RUNWAY, SERVICEABLE. AIRCRAFT -- NONE OBSERVED. HSI-NINGCOMPLEX 3637N 10155E 5 APPROXIMATELY 5 SQ MI IN AREA. SW PORTION OF CITY PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. INDUSTRIALS TRANSPORTATION, AND AGRICULTURAL CENTERS CONTAINING SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL AREASS RAILYARD AND SHOPS, I I HUANG-YUAN COMPLEX 3640N 10113E 9 APPROXIMATELY ONE SQ MI IN AREA. COMMERCIAL AND TRANSPORTATION CENTER. SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN NPIC/R-1007/62 Installation Numbers City, Installation Coordinates WAC BE NPIC PRECLUDES FURTHER INTERPRETATION. CHANG-YEH AREA, AIRFIELD U/C 385ON 10040E 0332 1-B 11 NM SE OF CHANG-YEH. 2 PARALLEL, OFFSET, CONCRETE RUNWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.. APPROXIMATELY 6,900 X 190 FT NW/SE RUNWAY, NEARING COMPLETION. SECOND RUNWAY IN EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. FACILITIES. POL AREA, AND COMMUNICATIONS SITE WITH AT LEAST 10 MASTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SERVED BY RAILSPUR FROM LAN-CHOU/URUMCHI RAILROAD.- NONE OBSERVED. I 56N 10045E 3 0332 5 2 AV-~_HAI-ILU* 8 . IN KAO--CHAI-T.ZU, 5 NM EAST OF CHANG-YEH* WALLED POL. STORAGE, WITH 9 LARGE TANKS, 36 SMALL TANKS, AND 16 STORAGE-TYPE RAIL SERVED 25X CHANG-YEH AIRFIELD 3859N 10039E 1 APPROXIMATELY ONE NM EAST OF CHANG-YEH. AIRFIELD IS ABANDONED, RETURNED TO AGRICULTURE. AIRCRAFT -- NONE OBSERVED. I I SHAN-TAN AREA. MINING ACTIVITY 3845N 10115E 0332 7-A ALONG RAILSPUR FROM LAN-CHOU/URUMCHI RAIL- ROAD. SSW OF SHAN-TAN FOR 10 NM. AT LEAST 6 SHAFT-TYPE MINING AREAS, FOUR LARGE HOUSING SETTLEMENTS. THREE PROCESSING SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 I 25X1 SECRET NOFORN NPIC/R-1007/62 A Installation Numbers City, Installation Coordinates W C BE NPIC AREAS, ONE FENCED. POWER PLANT AND SURFACE MINING. 25X SHAN-TAN AIRFIELD 3:846N 10120E 7 APPROXIMATELY ,5 NM EAST OF SHAH-TAN. 4.900 X 280 FT NNW/SSE NATURAL-SURFACE RUNWAY. DRAINS AND ROAD ACROSS RUNWAY, APPEARS ABANDONED. AIRCRAFT -- NONE OBSERVED. I I HENG-TANG-CHEN COMPLEX 3620N 10256E 0383 14-E SMALL URBAN COMPLEX WITH TWO POSSIBLE ORE PROCESSING PLANTS. 25X LAN-CHOU COMPLEX 3602N 10346E 3-A IDENTIFICATION ONLY. LAN-CHOU/URUMCHI RAILROAD 3603N 10341E 0383 3-P RAIL LINE OBSERVED FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 NM FROM CHIU-CHUAN AREA (39-40N 098-50E) TO WU-WEI AREA (38-10N 142-20E). SMALL 7 TRACK RAILYARD AT KAO-CHAI-TZU 38-56N 100-45E3 2 X1 SMALL 3 TRACK RAILYARD NORTH OF SHAN-TAN (38-46N 101-15E ) 2 X1 LAN-CHOU/LHASA RAILROAD U/C 3607N 10325E 0383 29 SECTION OF RAIL LINE FROM LAN-CHOU WEST TO CHANG-NING-PAO (36-48N 101-43E) APPEARS SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN NPIC/R-1007/62 Cit Installation C di WAC Installation Numbers y, oor nates BE NPIC 25X WU-WEI AIRFIELD 375ON 102.26E 5 F - 7.5 NM NW O WU WEI. 2 PARALLEL OFFSET NWISE CONCRETE RUNWAYS, PROBABLY SERVICEABLE: CONNECTED BY CONCRETE CROSSOVER. SCALE AND OBLIQUITY PRECLUDE MEASUREMENT. HOUSING/SUPPORT AREA SOUTH OF RUNWAYS. AIRCRAFT y-- NONE. TZU-HU COMPLEX 3856N 10540E 0383 33 40 NM NW OF YIN-CHUANs EXTENSIVE EXPANSION AROUND OLD WALLED CITY* SEVERAL ADDITIONAL WALLED AREAS CONTAIN TSAI-CHIA-LING AREA, MINING ACTIVITY 3804N 10645E 0383 32 JUST WEST OF TSAI-CHIA-LING. PROBABLE SHAFT MINING AREA WITH ASSOCIATED SUPPORT FACILITIES CONTAINING A POSSIBLE ORE PROCESSING PLANT AND 19 UNIDENTIFIED BUILDINGS. HOUSING AREAS LOCATED NE AND !;W OF MTNFC, I YEN-SHIN AREA, UNIDENTIFIED INDUSTRY 3447N 11303E 0385 35 14 NM NE OF YEN-SHIN. RAIL-SERVED SMALL UNIDENTIFIED INDUSTRY WITH ASSOCIATED HOUSING. HAZE PRECLUDES FURTHER SECRET NOFORN I Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN NPIC/R-1007/62 City, Installation Coordinat WAC Installation Numbers es BE NPIC TNTFRPPFTATTnN. AMOY TO YING-TAN RAILROAD 2427N 11805E 0498 3 RAIL LINE OBSERVED FROM 26-09N 1.17-30E TO 25> 1 SAN-YUAN COMPLEX 2615N 11737E 67 COMPLEX HAS EXPANDED ALONG SHA-CHI RIVER TO JOIN TOWN OF MEI-LIEN. 60 PERCENT CLOUD- COVERED. IRON AND STEEL PLANT, STORAGE AREAS, AND RAIL FACILITIES. NAN-PING TO MA-WE I RAILROAD 2638N 118.10E 0498 36-B OPERATIONAL SINGLE-TRACK RAIL LINE OBSERVED FROM 26-09N 119-08E TO 26-07N 119-18E.r UNFINISHED ROADBED FROM FU-CHOU (26-05N 119- 18E) TO MA-WEI (25-59N 119-26:E). 25) 1 MA-WEI NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD 2559N 11926E 12-B AT LEAST 100 BUILDINGS, SHIPYARD FACILITIES INCLUDE GRAVING DOCK, BUILDING WAYS AND FITTING PIER. VESSELS -- NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT AND SEVERAL CARGO-TYPE VESSELS. 25> 1 NAN-TAI AIRFIELD 260ON 11919E 13 3 NM SOUTH OF NAN-TAI. SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN NPIC/R-1007/62 City Installation Coordi at WAC Installation Numbers , n es BE NPIC 69400 X 200 FT E/W CONCRETE RUNWAY. SUPPORT AREA CONTAINS 2 HANGARS, ONE SHOP- TYPE BUILDING, AND SEVERAL BARRACKS, WAREHOUSE AND ADMINISTRATION-TYPE BUILDINGS. ATPCRAFT --- 22 CO AND ONE COLT. IRCRAFT IN FLIGHT UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF FAGOT/FRESCO-TYPE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT OBSERVED ON FOLLOWING SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT 8 CHANG-YEH AIRFIELD 4 CHANG-YEH AREAL AIRFIELD U/C 4 HSI-NING AIRFIELD 3 NAN-TAI AIRFIELD 7 SHAN-TAN AIRFIELD 5 SHUANG-CHENG-TZU AIRFIELD 1 SHUANG-CHENG-TZU AREA, AIRFIELD 1 SHUANG-C.HENG-TZU AREA, POSSIBLE AIRSTRIP 3 WU-WEI AIRFIELD 6 -BASIC SERVICES- AMOY TO YING-TAN RAILROAD 7 LAN--CHOU/LHASA RAILROAD U/C 5 LAN-CHOU/URUMCHI RAILROAD 5 NAN-PING TO MA-WEI RAILROAD 7 PAO-TOU TO LAN-CHOU RAILROAD 3 SHUANG-CHENG-TZU AREA, RAIL SPUR 2 SHUANG-CHENG-TZU AREA, RAILROAD LINE 1 SHAN-TAN AREA, MINING ACTIVITY 4 TSAI-CHIA-LING AREA, MINING ACTIVITY 6 YEN-SHIN AREA, UNIDENTIFIED INDUSTRY 6 NPIC/R-1007/62 SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN -MILITARY INSTALLATIONS- MA-WEINAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD SHUANG-CHENG--TZU AREA, BARRACKS AREA -MISSILES- SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER -STORAGE- KAO--CHAI-TZU. POL STORAGE -URBAN COMPLEXES- HENG-TANG-C:HEN COMPLEX HSI-KING COMPLEX HUANG-YUAN COMPLEX LAN-CHOU COMPLEX SAN-YUAN COMPLEX TZU-HU COMPLEX 7 2 NPIC/R-1007/62 SECRET NOFORN Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89B00569R000500010032-0 Approved For Release 2006/12/26: CIA-RDP89-B00569R000500010032-0 SECRET NOFORN NPIC/R-1007/62 APPENDIX EXPLANATION OF COLUMN HEADINGS AND PHOTO REFERENCES City, Installation -- This column contains the name of the city or town nearest the installation, followed by the name of the installation. If the name of the instal- lation is not known, it is titled according to its function. The city and installation names are followed by a capsule description, where appropriate. Coordinates -- Coordinates are given to the nearest minute. When the subject installation covers a wide area, coordinates are given for the approximate center of the installation. WAC -- This column provides the World Aeronautical Chart number for the area in which the subject installation lies. Installation Numbers -- The Installation Numbers column is divided into two subcolumns. The first subcolumn lists, when known, the BE installation number assigned to the target. The second subcolumn lists the installation number assigned by NPIC. Installation numbers, when used to reference an item, should be pre- fixed by the appropriate WAC number, since installation numbers are repeated from WAC to WAC. For example, there is an NPIC target numbered 0153-1 and an NPIC target numbered 0154-1. In each instance, the NPIC installation number is 1, but the installations appear on different WACs. A photo reference is provided for every item in the target listing. The photo reference indicates frame(s) on which the target appears, and conditions which affect interpretation of the target. 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