Hi, Pls see my inserts in blue

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From: aletheia kallos

To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:39 PM

Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] China - Afghanistan

& the english version beginning on page 3 here http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS089.pdf mentions there are also maps that show the marker positions too

I was unable to access the link, but yes the original Chinese and the Afghan versions of the treaty would have included maps. but since you mention 4 of the 5 markers are at passes & the soviet topos show 5 named passes in all http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/tajikistan/100k/10-43-102.jpg http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/tajikistan/100k/10-43-101.jpg tho not necessarily either of the 2 you named & since i think you mentioned as many as 7 passes in an earlier post i have to wonder where the fifth marker might be if not at the 5th pass or some other unknown pass According to the Afghan version, marker 5 is at Tokmansu pass 74.52.45E 37.13.25N at altitude 5210metres, so unlikely to be at the tripoint with Tajikistan. Marker 1 is situated at the foot of south Vakanki pass 74.29.12E 37.05.54N at altitude 4861 metres. It was already mentioned that the tripoint with Pakistan is on top of a mountain summit, so not likely to be marked by China - Afghan either. However, there is nothing against Pakistan or Tajikistan marking the tripoints in seperate treaties with China or Afghanistan. perhaps at a tripoint so from either of these detailed descriptions or by whatever means can you or anyone confirm if either of the afcnpk or afcntj tripoints is actually marked whether by any of these 5 or any other markers __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com