NORTH OPS BRIEFING BY(Sanitized)FOR LOWENSTEIN AND MOOSE.

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000200040061-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: May 2, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

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RTH UPS BRIEFINR BY~ FOR LOWENSTEIN AND MOOSE0
BRIEFED; L.OWENSTEIN.. AND MOOS FROM APPROXIMATELY
1130 HOURS TO 1240 HOURS ON 1 MAY, PRIM,04,4Y COVERING NAM YU AND
CTIVITIES _W..ITH AN ESTIMATED 10 MINUTES SPENT OP
tN'B TIEN.G SINCE THIS AREA HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN COVERED 'DURING THEIR
UPCOUNTRY VISIT TO THE UNIT.
2. BRIEFING ON THE NAM YU AREA COVERED THE `FOLLOWING POINTS
WHICH GENERATED LIMITED QUESTIONING. FROM BOTH LOWENNTEIN AND MOOSE
AS NOTED.
NAM YU HAS FOUR BG BATTALIONS OPERATIONALLY DEPLOYED
WIi A 'QTAL pF 5,089 ARMED A$SETS.OF WHICH 2,280 ARE BG, 600 PLUS
IN # ADWATCH/INTEL TEAMS, AND REMAINI,NG IN ADC (VILLAGER DEFENSE`
UNITS ST LAR TO VIETNAM REGIONAL FORCE) PLUS SUPPORT ELEMENTS,
SiT'UATIQN REPORT COVERED DEPLOYMENT OF BG?S, INTEL AND ROADWATCH
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TEAMS; EMPHASIS ?LACED bN BG'S TDY T DURING 17
LEME.NTS OF TWO BATTALIONS1, WITH . QVtENTLY DEPLOYED
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TIENG UNDERSTRENGTH); ELEMENTS OF ONE BATTAION TDY TO LUANG
PRABANG IN LIGHT OF CURRENT TACTICAL SITUATION.
B. EMPHASIS PLACED ON IRREGULAR DEFENSIVE POSTURE
DURING ENEMY DRY SEASON ACTIVITIES, AND IRREGULAR ATTEMPTS DURING
RAINY SEASON TO REOCCUPY POSITIONS LOST TO THE ENEMY NO MAJOR
OFFENSIVE ACTION GENERATED BY NAM YU IRREGULARS IN RECENT YEARS,,
Co IRREGULAR FORCES CONSIST OF ETHNIC TRIBALS NATIVE
TO THE AREA? LOWENSTEIN QUESTIONED NAMES OF ETHNIC GROUPS AND WAS
PROVIDED WITH LAHU, YAO, LAO LOUM, LAO THEUNG, EKAW9 AND KAO
CONVERSATION THEN GENERATED AROUND NATIVE AREAS. ADVISED SUBJECTS
THAT OF THE FOUR BG UNITS, CONSISTING OF.YAO, LAO THEUNG, LEU AND
LAO LOUM, EACH HAD ETHNIC COMMANDERS WHO COORDINATED WITH FAR,
25X1A CASE OFFICERS, AND THAI SUPPORT ELEMENTS, IN SUPPORT OF
THEIR OPERATIONS AND OUTPOST POSITIONS, DCOS/COB CLARIFIED
D. BRIEFING THEN CENTERED
ROA-WATCH AND
NT EL TEAM '
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F. BRIEFING THE MOVED EASTWARD COVERING INDICATIONS OF
INCREASE IN RECENT MONTHS OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON ROUTE 4 AND ROUTE
THAILAND. NO MENTION OF DURING 25X1C
45/46, ADVISING SUBJECTS THAT BASE PI OFFICER WOULD COVER THESE
ACTIVITIES IN DETAIL6
G. ENTERED INTO SAYABOURY AREA BRIEFING AND ADVISED
SUBJECTS THAT XIENG LOM WAS A SUB-UNIT OF NAM YU WITH
SUPPORT OF INTEL TEAM OPERATIONS ALONG THE
SAYABOURY BORDER ADJACENT TO NAN AND CHIANG RAI PROVINCE OF
PAST YEAR DISCUSSED,, LOWENSTEINQUERIED HOW MANY OFFICERS
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? BRIEFED ON TACTICAL SITUATION
VICINITY WEST OF XEING LOM/BAN MUONG, HOUEI LAO, PAK KHOP/, ADDING
FACT THAT RLAF T-28 SUPPORT ASSISTS IRREGULAR AND FAR OUTPOST
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POSITIONS. MOOSE QUERIED IF USAF SUPPORTED IRREGULAR POSITIONS
WITH STRIKES. COB ADVISED SUBJECT THAT WITHIN PAST THREE YEARS
DOES NOT RECALL ANY USAF SUPPORT I N WESTERN MR-I,, SINCE BOTH 25X1A
LLWENSTEIN AND MOOSE RECEIVED 7/13
BRIEFING EARLIER 9 NORTH
OPS OFFICER ADVISED SUBJECTi~ THAT SOME ASSISTANCE HAD BEEN
RENDERED TO LUANG PRABANG, MR-I HEADQUARTERS AREA. SUBJECT THEN
DROPPED. CONTINUED BRIEFING OF SAYABOURY TACTICAL SITUATION WITHOUT
INCIDENT.
3. ALL SUBJECTS THAT WERE COVERED ON THE`NAM YU/SAYABOURY
SECTOR BY BRIEFER, DID NOT APPEAR TO GENERATE ANY ALARMING CONCERN
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OR CONCENTRATED QUESTIONING BY EITHER LOWENSTEIN OR MOOSEC BRIEFER
CONCENTRATED ON ADVISING VISITORS OF OVERALL SITUATION, HISTORICAL
DATA ON THE AREA, AND ETHNIC IRREGULARS PROVIDING A DEGREE OF RL
PRESENCE IN REMOTE AREAS OF NORTHWEST LAOS.
4. LOWENSTEIN AND MOOSE WERE THEN BRIEFED ON THE CURRENT
LUANG PRABANG SITUATION. ADVISED SUBJECTS THAT IRREGULAR FORCES
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HAD SPEAR HEADED OFFENSIVE ACT ION AIMED AT RELIEVING NVA FRE SSURE
N THE CITY, AND THAT ELEMENTS OF FOUR SAVANNAKHET IRREGULAR
IA.T TAL ION WERE CURRENTLY TD Y LUANG PRABANG. ADV ISED SUBJEC S OF
ACTUAL STRENGTH OF LUANG PRABANG IRREGULAR ASSETS AND THAT THEY
IEVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED TWO 55-MAN IRREGULAR BG UN:I;TS, BUT HAVE
REORGANIZED THESE INTO THREE EACH 300-MAD FORCES FOR MOBILITY
IN DEPLOYMENT. TOUCHED LIGHTLY ON LUANG PRABANG ROADWAT CH INTEL
TEAM REQUIREMENTS AND FACT UNIT HAD SUCCESSFULLY EMFi-OYF.F) ELECTRONIC
VEHICLE COUNTING DEVICES ON ROUTE 46 IN PAST. QUEST :ZONED BY MOOSE
IF ANY TEAMS HAD CLASHED WITH CHINESE TROOPSo ADV ISED SUBJECT S
THAT OVER PAST YEARS ONLY ONE TEAM HAD C...ASHED WITH CHINESE
TROOPS, HOWEVER, THEIR INSTRUCTIONS AND OPERATIONAL TACT .ACS ARE TO
AVOID CONTACTING ANY ENEMY FORCES WHILE DEPLOYED. TOUC-HET?
LIGHTLY ON AAA WEAPONS DEPLOYED ON ROUTE 46 AND 459 ADVl:STiNG
SUBJECTS THAT 100MM, 57MM AND 37MM WERE USED AND THAT MAXIMUM
RANGE OF 100MM WEAPON CIRCA 68,000 FEET. MOOSE QUES7113,"NT'771, IF ANY
HIGH LEVEL PHOTO AIRCRAFT HAD ENCOUNTERED AAA. GOB AD1YISSED SUBJE- T
THAT WE RECEIVE PHOTOGRAPHY ONLY AND ARE NOT I`