CABLE TO AIG 7840 FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000800020030-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2006
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: March 30, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

Approve or Re re 2006/08/31 CIA-R DP78B0454g00800020030-5
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P 300016Z MAR 68
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO AIG 7840
BT
N T I A L
CITE NPIC 3367.
CPIR:NPIC SER:F00671 MSN:00T958 09FEB68H
DAY PHOTO. ON/OFF TIMES UNK. REF A. NPIC MSG 9851, DTG 111243Z
FEB 67, SER F00085. REF B. MSG 0192, DTG 240209Z, MAR 67, SER
F00162. REF C. NPIC MSG 0718. DTG 232302Z, MAY 67, SER F00290. Lr
PART I. SIGNIFICANT PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS
B. NEW TARGETS AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
ZZZOl:PROB INSUR ACTY BASE AREA 740 SGM:UNK CTY:CB 1230ON10731
PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS REVEALS A RAPID INCREASE IN THE LEVEL
PROBABLE INSURGENT-ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY WITHIN THE NAM LYR INSURGENWdvance COPY
SUPPORT AND INFILTRATION COMPLEX (BASE AREA 740), CAMBODIA WHICH Sanitized
APPEARS TO COINCIDE WITH ATTACKS THAT WERE LAUNCHED BY NVA/VC With Text
FORCES AGAINST BAN ME THUOT DURING THE TET TRUCE PERIOD. MOST OF
THE ACTIVITY IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 NM WEST OF BAN ME THUOT,,
0.5 TO 4 NM INSIDE CAMBODIA, AND CENTERED WITHIN UTM COORDINATES
YU710920, YU81O920, YU78O670, AND YU700670. NEWLY IDENTIFIED
ACTIVITY INCLUDES RECENT ROAD CONSTRUCTION WITH 3 ASSOCIATED
VEHICULAR TURNAROUND AREAS, A POSSIBLE TRUCK PARK AND TRANSSHIPMENT
AREA, SEVERAL PROBABLE STORAGE AREAS AND ENCAMPMENTS, A PROBABLE
INSURGENT LIAISON/SUPPORT AREA WITH ASSOCIATED SECURITY FACILITIES,
AND EXTENSIVE INSURGENT-TYPE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AREAS (ROW
CROPS). THE AREA IS SERVED BY A MOTORABLE ROAD CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN
FEBRUARY AND MAY 1966. PROBABLE INSURGENT ACTIVITY, INCLUDING
ENCAMPMENTS AND STORAGE AND SUPPORT FACILITIES, WAS FIRST DETECTED
IN AUGUST 1966. BETWEEN AUGUST 1966 AND DECEMBER 1967, THE LEVEL
OF ACTIVITY EM N ED SOMEWHAT THE SAME. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
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OCCURRED ::]',,!HEN NEW ROAD CONSTRU- 25X1
TION EXTENDED THE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED UNNUMBERED ROAD EAST TO WITH-
IN 2.5 NM OF THE SVN BORDER. HEAVILY USED TRAILS CONNECT THIS NEW
ROAD SEGMENT TO ROUTES 63 AND 14 IN SVN -- SUGGESTING THE PROBABLE
MOVEMENT OF SUPPLIES ACROSS THE BORDER FROM CAMBODIA INTO A RICE
DEFICIENT AREA OF SOUTH VIETNAM ADJACENT AND WEST OF BAN ME THUOT.
A TOTAL OF 11 PROBABLE AND POSSIBLE INSURGENT FACILITIES HAVE BEEN
DETECTED. THE UTM COORDINATES AND COMPOSITION OF EACH ARE LISTED
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ZZZ02:ROAD CONST BASE AREA 790 SGM:UNK CTY:CB 12320ON1073100E
THE EASTERN TERMINUS OF AN UNNUMBERED ROAD PRESENTLY SERVING BASE
AREA 740 FROM CAMBODIA ROUTE 141 HAS BEEN EXTENDED AN ADDITIONAL
1.6 NM EAST FROM UTM COORDINATES YU733877 TO WITHIN 2.5 NM OF THE
SVN BORDER WHERE IT FORMS A VEHICULAR TURNAROUND AT UTM YU760883.
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HEAVILY USED TRAILS INTERCONNECT THIN ROAD SEGMENT WITH SEVERAL EN-
CAMPMENTS AND STORAGE AREAS. SEVERAL HEAVILY USED TRAILS CONTINUE
EAST THEN SOUTH WHERE THEY'CROSS INTO SVN. ADDITIONAL ROAD SEG-
MENTS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED FROM YU732877 SOUTH TO A VEHICULAR TURN-
ROUND AT YU719866 AND FROM YU736677 SOUTH TO ANOTHER TURNAROUND AT
YU732S72._
ZZZ03:PROB INSUR ACT BASE AREA 740 SGM,:UNK CTY:CB 12330ON1072900E
PROBABLE INSURGENT ACTIVITY INCLUDING ENCAMPMENTS AND LIAISON/
SUPPORT AREAS HAVE BEEN DETECTED AT THE FOLLOWING UTM COORDINATES
--ENCAMPMENT WITH AT LEAST 5 BUILDINGS DISCERNIBLE AT YU736939,
ENCAMPMENT WITH AT LEAST 3 BUILDINGS DISCERNIBLE AT YU7859O6,
ENCAMPMENT WITH AT LEAST 4 BUILDINGS DISCERNIBLE AT YU725S37,
ENCAMPMENT WITH AT LEAST 2 BUILDINGS DI5rCERNIBLE AT YU727S63,
ENCAMPMENT WITH AT LEAST 4 BUILDINGS DISCERNIBLE AT YU746826.
LIAISON SUPPORT AREAS LOCATED WITHIN ABANDONED OR PARTIALLY
ABANDONED PROBABLE BU PRANG NATIVE VILLAGE ARE OBSERVED AT
THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES -- AT LEAST 2 BUILDINGS DISCERNIBLE
AT YU768781, AT LEAST 4 BUILDINGS AND 5 SHED-TYPE DWELLINGS
DISCERNIBLE AT YU766736, AT LEAST 2 BUILDINGS DISCERNIBLE AT
YU75S733, AT LEAST 15 BUILDINGS (3 WITHIN A FENCED AREA
CONTAINING ROW CROPS) AND 12 SHED-TYPE DWELLINGS ARE
DM RNTRI F AT YU7lif1715Z
ZZZO4:PROB STOR AREAS BASE AREA 740 SGM:UNK CTY:CB 12330ON1072900E
PROBABLE STORAGE AREAS ARE LOCATED AS FOLLOWS -- AT LEAST 5
BUILDINGS AND 2 SHED-TYPE DWELLINGS ADJACENT TO EXTENSIVE
PLOTS OF ROW CROP AGRICULTURE AT YU749863, AT LEAST 4 BUILDINGS
DISCERNIBLE AT YU763SS2, AND AT LEAST 10 SHED-TYPE DWELLINGS
f1TSCRRNTRi F AT Y11754&Qt
ZZZ 05 :PROB INSUR, AGRICUL PROD AREAS SGM UNK CTY CB 12320ON 1073000E
EXTENSIVE PLOTS OF INSURGENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION (ROW CROPS)
HAVE BEEN DETECTED AT YU789912, YU754898, YU772875, YU774874,
YU784816, YU787824 AND YU778828. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS
GFNERA1_i.Y CFNTFRFf ARf1IIND t1 SMALL STREAM OR RTVFR
ZZZ06:BORDER CROSS PTS BASE AR 740 SGM:UNK CTY:CB 12310ON1073400E
HEAVILY USED TRAILS INTERCONNECTED WITH THE PROBABLE INSURGENT
SUPPORT AND INFILTRATION COMPLEX (BASE AREA 740) CROSS THE
BORDER INTO SVN WHERE THEY JOIN SVN ROUTE 6B AND 14. THE BORDER
CROSSING POINTS ARE LOCATED AT YU795859, YU782751, YU778739 AND
YU777702.
PART II. OTHER PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS - NONE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
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