CABLE TO AIG 7840 FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000500050001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 16, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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P 160228Z FEB 68
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO AIG T840
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
CITE NPIC 3026.
1968 FEB,16 02 50Z
CPIR:NPIC SER:F00621 BUQ MSN:00432 OSFEB68H
DAY PHOTO. CAMERA ON/OFF TIMES UNK. CAMERA TYPE IS F415Y PAN.
REF (A) 46ORTS SER.G07318, DTG 090521Z, FEB 68. (B) 46ORTS SER
607322* DTG 091922Z9 FEB 68. (C) 548RTG SER. M 02 34 3, DTG 140302
FEB 68. PACOM NORTH VIETNAM CPFL ICOD 19 JAN 68. THIS CPIR
SUPPLEMENTS INTELLIGENCE REPORTED IN REF MESSAGES. NPIC WILL
DISSEMINATE A HARD COPY MISSION SUMMARY REPORT ON THIS MISSION
PART I. SIGNIFICANT PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS
A. TRANSIENT TACTICAL TARGETS
ZZZOI:TRANSIENT SAM EQUIPMENT SGM:6B189 CTY:VN 205505N10
THE FOLLOWING SAM EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED PROCEEDING WNW AT T
INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 10 AND AN UNNUMBERED ROUTE AT UTM XJ7
MIS:1 SA-2 MISSILE ON TRANSPORTER AND 7 TRACKED PRIME MOVER
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ZZZ02:TRANSIENT SAM EQUIPMENT SGM:6B103 CTY:VN 20514ON1O6351OEsun!,';,,;.,
THE FOLLOWING SAM EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED 4.2 NM WEST OF HAI PHONG,vfs?;,T,,t
PARKED ON ROUTE 56 AT XJ650073 (CENTER COORDINATE).
MIS:8 SA-2 MISSILE TRANSPORTERS (7 WITH MISSILES), 7 TRACKED
PRIME MOVERS, 6 PROBABLE TRACKED PRIME MOVERS, AND 3 POSSIBLE %
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ZZZ03:TRANSIENT SAM EQUIPMENT SGM:6B1OF CTY:VN 205003N1063200E
THE FOLLOWING SAM EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED 8.5 NM WSW OF HAI PRONG,
PARKED IN DONG XUAN AT XJ596043.
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ZZZ04:TRANSIENT SAM EQUIPMENT SGM:6BW55 CTY:VN 205043N1063325E
THE FOLLOWING SAM EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED 73. NW ESE OF HAI PRONG,
PARKED ON UNNUMBERED ROUTE AT XJ615057.
MIS:5 SA-2 MISSILE TRANSPORTERS (2 WITH CANVAS-COVERED MISSILES)
AND 7 TRACKED PRIME MOVERS (4 TOWING SA-2 LAUNCHERS AND 3 TOWING
LAUNCHER BOGIE WHEELS).
ITM05:POSSIBLE POL RAFT SGM:YB56OCTY:VN 205323N1063733E
3.8 NM WNW OF HAI PRONG IN THE CUA CAM RIVER AT XJ692107 IS A
NEWLY IDENTIFIED POSSIBLE POL RAFT CONSISTING OF 10 RECTANGULAR
FABRICATED TANK SECTIONS AND 2 CURVED-END SECTIONS (1 AT EACH END).
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EACH SECTION APPEARS TO HAVE 5 COMPARTMENTS. THE ENTIRE RAFT IS
SECURED BY WOODEN FRAMEWORK. AN UNIDENTIFIED SUPERSTRUCTURE IS
OBSERVED WITH A COLUMN-SHAPED OBJECT IN THE CENTER, AND A
RECTANGULAR FRAME AT ONE END_
ZZZ06:PONTON BRIDGING EQUIPMENT SGM:6B56B CTY:VN 205225N1063525E
ONE TRUCK, WITH FLOATATION DRUMS, TOWING A PROBABLE BMK 70-TYPE
POWER BOAT, AND 6 PROBABLE TPP PONTONS ON CARRIERS (TRUCKS) ARE
PARKED IN QUYNH HOANG , 3.8 NM WNW OF HAI PHONE, AT XJ654089.
(THIS INFORMATION REFINES ITEM I OF REF C-)
ZZZ07:BUCKET DREDGE SGM:68538 CTY:VN 204609N 1062636E
A HEAVILY CAMOUFLAGED BUCKET DREDGE IS OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY
12.4 NM WSW OF HAI PHONG, ALONG THE BANK OF THE SONG TU KY
(RIVER) AT XH5 03971
B. NEW TARGETS AND SIGNFICANT CHANGES
ITMOB:HAI_PHONG SAM SITE A07-2 (55) SGM:6B1AB CTY:VN 205554N1065008E
ITM09:HAI PHONG SAM SITE A02-2 (85) SGM:6810E CTY:VN 205614N1064301E
RMK:SITE IS UNOCCUPIED_
ITM I O:HAI PHONG SAM SITE A02A-2
RMK:SITE NO. 253 IS UNOCCUPIED_
ITMII:HAI PHONG SAM SITE D23-2
RMK :SITE NO, 174 IS UNOCCUPIED.
SGM:6B101 CTY:VN 205540N106422SE
SGM:427C CTY:VN 202848N1061409E
ITMI2:NAM DINH TPP SGM:4X21B CTY:VN 202516N1061045E
RMK:THE POWERPLANT IS PROBABLY OPERATIONAL. VAPOR IS BEING
EMITTED FROM 2 COOLING TOWERS AND SMOKE IS BEING EMITTED FROM 2
STACKS. THE POWERLINES LEAD TO A SMALL TRANSFORMER SUBSTATION,
AT XH223587. WHICH APPFOR9 Tf1 uey1: RFT.'N AT'TM ADP'Z'n
ITM13:THANH HOA TPP
SGM:4WIAT CTY:VN 195003N105472SE
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RMK:THE POWERPLANT IS POSSIBLY OPERATIONAL. VAPOR IS BEING
EMITTED FROM THE FLUE SYSTEM; COAL LOADING ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED;
THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AREA IS BEING REINFORCED; AND THERE IS
EVIDENCE OF REPAIR TO THE WATER SYSTFM-
ITM14:NAM DINH COMPLEX SGM:4X21B CTY:VN 20252ON1061033E
RMK:ACTIVE COMPLEX CONTAINS NUMEROUS BARGES, 110 CARGO TRUCKS,
53 POL TRUCKS, 21 TRAILERS, 3 CRANES, 5 UNIDENTIFIED
VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, AND 54 PIECES OF ROLLING STOCK.
A PROBABLE OPERATIONAL POWERPLANT (SEE ITEM 12), AND NUMEROUS
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ITM15:QUANG YEN COMPLEX SGM:6B101 CTY:VN 205615N1064820E
DES:QUANG YEN COMPLEX, LOCATED ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE SONG
CHANH (RIVER), CONSISTS OF A PIER AND LANDING CRAFT RAMP AT
XJ877164, AN OPEN STORAGE AREA AT XJ877164 (CENTER COORDINATE)
CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 100 UNIDENTIFIED CONTAINERS AND CRATES,
AND SOME CRATES STORED IN TREE LINE ALONG THE STREETS. A LARGE
CRANE IS OBSERVED ON THE STREET AT XJ877161 AND A TRACKED VEHICLE
PULLING A TRAILER WITH A LARGE CRATE IS OBSERVED AT XJ876161.
0.7 NM WEST OF QUANG YEN IS A TRANSSHIPMENT POINT CONSISTING OF 1
LARGE AND 1 SMALL STORAGE BUILDING, A MOBILE CRANE, AND A
BERTHING SLIP CONTAINING 2 LARGE BARGES (1 APPEARS FULLY LOADED
WITH CRATES AND UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL AND 1 APPEARS TO BE
LOADING/OFFLOADING A LARGE CRATE). A PROBABLE TUGBOAT IS TIED
UP ALONGSIDE OF THE BARGE.
PART II. OTHER PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS - NONE
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