CIA STARGATE release
CIA-RDP96-00792R000700260001-2
Opens with: Elevations in meters (black)
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Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000700260001-2 shima, jima .... island misaki . .... cape, peninsula Harada Elevations in meters (black) feet (red) 0 KILOMETERS 50 0 STATUTE MILES 50 Kurashiki DRAWN H* 1*ANDAR 6ADAY ₦1,339 Y Fukuyama Tabanor; Hiroshima Onomich . Shimotsur Nagato Takehard Shrthe Hono Shima Iwakuni Itsuka Shima Shinnanya Tokuyama imabar Shimonoseki Yanai Ube Y Shiro Jima Kitakyushu Yukuhashi 1 Futami · Nakatsu KYUSHU Sada Misaki Set rume Rising tide of industry laps the Inland Sea, from these shipyards and petrochemical plants flanking Shimonoseki Strait at the western entrance all the way to the densely packed megalopolis of Osaka at its eastern end. Unprecedented growth since World War II has meshed the region's industrial centers into a powerhouse that accounts for more than a fourth of the nation's production. The sea resembles a vast conveyor belt, busy with the ebb and flow of international trade. Through huge ports such as Kobe, iron ore, chemi als, att coal pour into the maw of the area's steel and textile mills, reemerging in countless firms to flow out to worldwide markets. Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000700260001-2 Mastida HONSHU Okayama COMPILED BY UGNARS J. RUT. NS NAT ONAL GEOGRAPHIC ART D.V SION 4.19361 .SANIN LINE Mithara Marugame . Kashiwa Jima Hojo to Nihama ii