CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B03817A000400010051-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2006
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: March 1, 1967
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM NPIC WASH DC
TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
RUEDBHA/FSTC WASHDC
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CONFIDENT IAL CITENPIC9973.
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CPIR:NPIC SER:F00122UEYT MSN:017E 09FEB67H
DAY PHOTO. CAMERA ON/OFF TIMES UNK. AMS SERIES L7014, SHEE
6244 No 1ST ED.
PART I. SIGNIFICANT PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS
A. TRANSIENT TACTICAL TARGETS
ITMOI:NEW CLASS PROBABLE AKL SGM:NONE
CTY:VN 174210N 10629,0 .? copy
DES:TEN LIGHT CARGO SHIPS OF A PROBABLE NEW CLASS AKL ARE
OBSERVED IN PORT AT QUANG KHE AND 4 UNITS OF THE SAME TYPE ARE
UNDERWAY HEADING NORTH IN THE GULF OF TONKIN NORTH OF QUANG KHE.
THE VESSELS ARE TRAWLER LIKE, WITH A RAISED 1.2 HULL PROFILE,
RIG KMF AND MEASURE APPROXIMATELY 120 FT LOA WITH A BEAM OF
APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. A SINGLE HATCH LOCATED ON THE WELL DECK
FORWARD OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE MEASURES
ARMAMENT CONSISTS OF ONE MACHINE GUN FORWARD AND ONE AFT. SHIPS
OF THIS CLASS HAVE NOT BEEN OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN
NORTH VIETNAM.
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PART II. OTHER PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS - NONE.
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C O N F I DENT I A L
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