CABLE TO AIG 7840 FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B03817A000900040014-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: November 25, 1967
• Content Type: CABLE

Approved For Release 2007/01/19: CIA-RDP78B03817AO00900040014-7
P 250231Z NOV 67
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO AIG 7840
BT
C O N F I DENT I A
CITE NPIC 2331
67 Lvov 25
CPIR:NPIC SER:F 00528 BU MSN:Q00598 05 NOV 67H
DAY PHOTO. CAMERA ON 0828Z OFF 08382. CAMERA TYPE 2EA KA-60.
REF 7AF SAC SARPF SER 00257 DTG 061030Z NOV 67. PACOM NORTH
VIETNAM CPFL ICOD 27 OCT 67. NPIC WILL NOT DISSEMINATE A
HARD COPY MISSION SUMMARY REPORT ON THIS MISSION.
PART I. SIGNIFICANT PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS
B. NEW TARGETS AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
ITM01:PIEU LONG DIESEL ELECTRIC PP SGM:6A2A CTY:VN210813N1055909E
DES:NEWLY IDENTIFIED POWERPLANT IS LOCATED 0.2 NM NORTH OF
PIEU LONG AT UTM XJ024374 AND CONSISTS OF A REVETTED GENERATOR
HALL WITH 2 EXHAUST STACKS, REVETTED TRANSFORMER AREA WITH
2 TRANSFORMERS, A SWITCHING YARD, A PUMPHOUSE WITH INTAKE AND
nrcr?uAAgrtr' r'_A Al S_ ANn 7 PROBABLE BURIED POL STORAGE TANKS.
ZZZ02:4- A UA - ?
A 4-RAIL DUAL-GAUGE SECTION OF RAIL LINE IS OBSERVED, FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN NORTH VIETNAM, ON A SMALL PORTION OF THE HA
NOI/PING-HSIANG RAIL LINE, ON A 750-YARD LENGTH OF TRACK BETWEEN
UTM WJ994349 AND XJ000352. INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL THIRD RAIL
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE STANDARD-GAUGE RAILS CENTERED ON THE
CROSSTIES AND THE METER-GAUGE OFF CENTER, THE METER-GAUGE
RAILS HAVE NOW BEEN CENTERED ON THE CROSSTIES WITH THE STANDARD-
GAUGE RAILS STRADDLING THE METER-GAUGE RAILS. THE SAME TRACK
STRUCTURE HAS BEEN PARTIALLY LAID ON 1 TRACK OF THE ADJACENT
4-TRACK, PHU TU SON RAIL YARD AT XJ004355. EXTRA RAILS ARE
OBSERVED STACKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TRACK IN GAM GIANG,
AT X.10110358.
PART II. OTHER PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS
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