CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001200010014-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 2008
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: January 27, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM NPIC WASH DC
TO Ate NINE SEVEN SIX
RUEKDA/DIA PROD CENTER
RUEKDA/NIC WASH DC
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CITE NPIC 6338.
REF: NPIC 6256, DTG 192236Z JAN"
SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION UE 539A/2 OF
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A SUSPECT AIRFIELD IN THE VERY EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION LOCK
AT 2144N 10452F, 2.3 NM MW OF YEN BAI, NORTH VIETNAM, AT THE SI
OF THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED (REF) CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. THE SU
AIRFIELD CONSISTS OF AN APPROXIMATELY 6600 BY 600 FT. AREA OF
EARTHMOVIN3 ACTIVITY, FROM UTM VK847037 TO UTM VK862022, ORIENTr-F
IN A NW/SE DIRECTION. APPROXIMATELY 3000 FT. OF THIS AREA WAS
V IAD
ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE KARST HIL 25X1
WHICH CHARACTERIZE THIS AREA ARE BEING LEVELED BY BULLDOZERS.
THE MATERIAL OBTAINED FROM THIS OPERATION IS BEING USED TO FIL
THE VALLEYS BETWEEN THE HILLS AND TO BUILD NEW ROADS IN THE AR
THE EXCESS MATERIAL IS BEING DUMPED ON A SAND BAR IN THE RED anceencopy
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RIVER AT UTM VK838036. AT LEAST 1 CRANE, 4 BULLDOZERS, 19 DUMP
TRUCKS, AND 20 U/I PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED.
THE NEW ROAD NETWORK AND CONSTRUCTION/SUPPORT BUILDINGS PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED (REF) ARE NOT OBSERVED DUE TO CLOUDS.
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Declassification Review by
NGA/DoD 25X1
MAP REF: UTM COORDINATES FROM AMS SERIES L701 SHEET 597611
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GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES FROM #%TC SERIES 200 SHEET
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S/C NOTE: ALSO PASSED 25X1
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