CABLE TO PRIORITY SAIG INFO (SANITIZED) (SANITIZED) BANG DIR VETN UDOR CITE NPIC 4503 - RE: MISSION 063

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000100080014-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: May 11, 1965
• Content Type: CABLE

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S E C R E T 1 1230OZ 1965 1,, Y 11 23 217-
PRIORITY SA C INF O BANG DIR T N UDOR CITE NPIC 4503
NPIC SCAN OF YT MISSION 063, OF 1 MAY 1965, REVEALS EXTENSIVE
SUSPECT INFILTRATION ACTIVITY ON THE SE KONG (RIVER), LAOS. APPROX-
IMATELY 95 PERCENT OF THE SE KONG WAS OBSERVED INTERMITTENTLY FROM
1550N 10646E TO 1515N 10644E.
1. AT LEAST 155 CANOES WERE OBSERVED. 110 OF THESE,
INCLUDING 73 CANOES SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE NORMAL NATIVE CRAFT,
WERE OBSERVED BETWEEN 1550N 10646E AND 153ON 10648E. NONE OF
THESE LARGER CRAFT WERE OBSERVED SOUTH OF 1530N 10648E.
2. NUMEROUS CHANNELED RAPIDS AND ACTIVE PORTAGE AREASA WERE OBSERVED
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BETWEEN 1550N 10646E AND 153ON 10649E:
A. CHANNEL AT UTM XC882402
B. CHANNEL AT UTM XC881395
C. P ORTA GE AT UTM XC W-7378
D. PORTAGE AT UTM XC 931355
E. PORTAGE AT UTM XC957343
F. P CRTA GE AT UTM XC 93 5310
G. PORTAGE AT UTM XC 913275
H. CHANNEL AT UTM XC 908246
I. CHANNEL AT UTM XC 918215
J. PORTA GE AT UTM XC916206
K. CHANNEL AT UTM XC909194
L. PORTAGE AT UTM XC S05177
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANNELING OR PORTAGE AREAS WERE OBSERVED SOUTH
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OF 153ON 10648E ALTHOUGH THE RIVER APPEARED UNNAVIGABLE IN SOME
LOCATIONS.
3. THE SOUTHERN MOTORAa.E TERMINUS OF ROUTE 92 IS AT 1545N
10646E ON THE EAST BANK OF THE SE KONG. A POSSIBLY JEEPABLE TRAIL
WAS OBSERVED EXTENDING EAST FROM THE SE KONG AT 153ON 10648E.
LIMITED PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERA(# PREVENTS A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF
THIS TRAIL.
MAP REF: AMS SERIES L509, SHEET ND 48-4
AMS SERIES L7012, SHEET 6356IV, 635719 6357II, 63571119
6358II, 6358111.
SEC R E T
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