CABLE TO RUABAB/313 ADIV KADENA AFB OKI FROM NPIC WASH DC

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: December 18, 1965
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO RUABAB/313 ADIV KADENA AFB OKI
RUABBS/JSPC SOBE OKI
RUAGFL/COMUSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN
FUCHU AS JAPAN
RUAUAZ/5TH AF FUCHU JAPAN
RUAUNJ/COMNAVFORJAPAN YOKOSUKA JAPAN
RUWTPAA/ACIC ST LOUIS MO
RUCDSQ/FTD WPAFB DAYTON OHIO
RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB
RUEABL/HQ COMD USAF
RUEADX/COMDR TAC LAFBVA
RUEKDA/DIA
WASHDC
RUEAHQ/HQS
USAF WASHDC
RUEKDA/DIA
PRODCEN
RUEKDA/NIC
WASHDC
RUECD/FSTC
WASHDC
RUECEM/CMC
WASHDC
RUECW/CNO
WASHDC
RUEHCR/STATE RCI WASHDC
RUEKDA/JCS/JRC WASHDC
RUEPCR/DIRNSA
RUEPDA/ACSI DA WASHDC
ZEN/CIA WASHDC
RUHKR/CINCUSARPAC FORT SHAFTER HAWAII
RUHLKM/PACAF HONOLULU HAWAII
RUHKA/CINCPAC CAMP SMITH OAHU HAWAII
RUHKB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
RUHPD/FICPAC FORD ISLAND MA41ATJ
HUMABA/13TH AF CLARK AFB P.I.
RUMBDA/6235TH CSG TAKHLI AB THAI
RUMBDB/6233RD CSG UBON AB THAI
RUMBC/COMUSMACTHAI BANGKOK THAI
RUMBC/ACSI USMACTHAI BANGKOK THAI
RUMBDF/15 RTF UDORN AB THAILAND
RUMBDF/CAS UDORN THAILAND
RUMBDF/DPCMDR 2ND ADIV UDORN AB THAI
RUMBDK/6234TH TFW KORAT AB THAI
RUMFCR/ALL SEVENTHFLT CVA TG CDRS
RUMFM/FICPAC FAC, R. P.
RUMFUAJ/CTF SEVEN SEVEN
RUMFUV/CTF SEVEN SIX
RUMGUL/COMSEVENTHFLT
RUMJFS/AMEMB VIENTIANE LAOS
RUMJFS/CAS VIENTIANE LAOS
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RUMSBJ/2 ADIV VIETNAM
RUMSBJ/13 RTS TAN SON NHUT AB VIETNAM
RUMSMA/COMUSMACV VIETNAM
RUWGAA/2AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
RUEADH/8TH AF WESTOVER AFB MASS
RUWBKN/15AF MARCH AFB CALIF
RUMRDA/3RD AIR DIV ANDERSON AFB GUAM
RUHPQ/NSAPAC
RUHKM/CGFMFPAC
RUMNAW/CG FIRSTMAW
RUABFB/CG IX CORPS OKINAWA
RUMNAW/CGTHIRDMARDIV OKINAWA
RUHLKM/DET 1 67 RTS HICKAM AFB HAWAII
RUMBDF/DET 2 35 TACGP PPC UDORN THAILAND
CITE NPIC 6123.
C. NPIC CABLE - CITE 5687, DTG 162352Z OCT 1965
D. NPIC CABLE - CITE 4502, DTG 11225 MAY 1965
1. PRELIMINARY SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION
EVEALS INCREASED INFILTRATION ACTIVITY IN LAOS
NEAR THE VIETNAMESE DEMILITARIZED ZONE IN THE SE BANG HIENG
(RIVER) VALLEY SUBSEQUENT T (REF A & B) CONSISTING
A. EXTENSIVE TRAIL IMPROVEMENT OBSERVED FROM 1653N 10632E
(UTM XD630677) TO APPROXIMATELY 1655N 10635E (UTM XD690712) ON A
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED INFILTRATION TRAIL FROM NORTH VIETNAM, THROUGH
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THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE AND INTO LAOS (REF C) CONSISTS OF CONSTRUCTION
OF 8 ADDITIONAL BRIDGES
, CONSTRUCTION
OF GUARD/HAND RAILS ON SECTIONS OF TRAIL WITH STEEP EMBANKMENTS,
SOME AREAS OF TRAIL REALIGNMENT AND A GENERAL WIDENING OF THE
TRAIL.
B. AT LEAST 19 CANOES, OF THE GENERAL SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE
SUSPECT INSURGENT CANOES PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED ON THE SE KONG (REF
D) OBSERVED BETWEEN UTM XD648678 TO UTM XD656679. TWO CANOES
ARE BEING PUSHED AND 1 CANOE IS BEING PADDLED UPSTREAM. ONLY ONE
CANOE WAS OBSERVED IN THIS AREA (REF A).
C. FERRY CROSSING WITH A GUIDE ROPE IS OBSERVED AT 1653N
10632E (UTM XD637673). A SMALL PERSONNEL FERRY BOAT WAS OBSERVED
(REF A).
D. AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF NEW ROW CROPPING IS NOTED AT
1653N 10633E (UTM XD650682). A POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED AREA AT UTM
XD649681 CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE CAMOUFLAGED BUILDING. THE ROW
BUT THE BUILDING CAN NOT BE
E. NEW DEFENSE POSITIONS CONSISTING OF FOUR POSSIBLY OCCUPIED
AW/AA POSITIONS AT UTM XD648684 AND AN UNOCCUPIED AW POSITION AT
CROPPING IS NEW SINCE
NEGATED.
UTM XD651686. ALL POSITIONS ARE NEW SINCE (REF C).
F. A PERSON OBSERVED WALKING ALONG TRAIL CARRYING WHAT PROBABLY
IS LUMBER AT UTM XD652682 AND APPROXIMATELY 6 PERSONNEL IN THE
PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED MOVING CANOES.
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(REF B) REVEALS
THAT THE SE BANG HEING (RIVER) COULD PROBABLY BE NAVIAGABLE TO
LIGHT RIVER CRAFT FROM 1653N 10633E (UTM XD652680) TO APPROXIMATELY
1650N 1061SE (UTM XD385614), ESPECIALLY AFTER A RAIN FALL WHICH
WOULD RAISE THE RIVER WATER LEVEL.
MAP REF: UTM COORDINATES OBTAINED FROM AMS SERIES L005 SHEET
6361 IV AND SERIES L7012 SHEET 6261 I
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OBTAINED FROM USATC SERIES 200, SHEET
0617- 19HL
C O N F I D E N T I A L