CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001300020118-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 118
• Publication Date: June 7, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM NPIC WASH DC
TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
RUEKDA/DIA PROD CTR
RUEKDA/NIC WASHDC
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CONFIDENTIAL CITENPIC7398.
REF: NPIC CABLE CITE 6241, DTG 110111Z, JAN 1966
INITIAL SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSIONS
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REVEALS THE
FOLLOWING ROAD INFORMATION IN THE LAOTIAN PANHANDLE:
A. A NEW BY-PASS ROAD IS OBSERVED IN THE EARLY STAGES OF
CONSTRUCTION AROUND A SECTION OF ROUTE 911 AND CONSISTS OF
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SOUTH FROM ROUTE 911 AT 1701N 10557E (UTM XD026828), 1.3 NM
SOUTH OF THE JUNCTION OF ROUTE 911 AND 912, TO ITS VISIBLE
TERMINUS AT 1658N 10557E (UTM XD026765) , A POINT 0.4 NM FROM
A REJOINING WITH ROUTE 911. THIS NEW BY-PASS ROAD WHEN
COMPLETED WILL REDUCE THE DISTANCE ON ROUTE 911 BY APPROX-
IMATELY 4.5 NM AND WILL BY-PASS A SECTION OF ROUTE 911 WHICH
HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO AIRSTRIKES AND IS UNSERVICEABLE AT UTM
WD977818 (BB).
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Be A NEW BY-PASS ROAD IS OBSERVED EXTENDING SOUTH FROM A
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY-PASS ROAD (SEE REF, ITEM D) WHICH BY-
PASSED THE BAN PAKPHANANG HIGHWAY BRIDGE (1723N 10544E) ON
ROUTE 23. THE NEW BY-PASS ROAD EXTENDS GENERALLY SOUTH AT
1723N 10544E (UTM WE784226); THEN SOUTHWEST, FORDING THE NAM
PHANANG (RIVER) AT UTM WE783209o AND THEN JUNCTIONING WITH
ROUTE 23 AT 1722N 10543E (UTM WE770202) (BB).
Co A PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED BUT UNREPORTED BY-PASS ROAD ALSO
IN THE BAN PAKPHANANG AREA IS OBSERVED TO EXTEND WEST FROM
ROUTE 23 AT 1724N 10544E (UTM WE787254) TO 1724N 10545E (UTM
WE805251); THEN SOUTH FORDING THE SE BANG FAI (RIVER) AT UTM
WES06242 (THE FORD IS NOW UNSERVICEABLE DUE TO RECENT AIR-
STRIKES); AND THEN WEST TO ITS JUNCTION WITH A PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED BY-PASS ROAD (SEE REF, ITEM D) AT 1723N 10544E (UTM
WE702235) (BB).
D. THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE RIVER CROSSING ON ROUTE 23 AND
ON THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ROUTE 23 BY-PASSES (REF) IN THE BAN
PAKPHANANG AREA IS AS FOLLOWS: FORMER BRIDGE/FORD AT 1726N
10542E (UTM WE752276) - UNSERVICEABLE; CONSTRUCTION FORD AT
1724N 10543E (UTM WE770252) - SERVICEABLE; FORMER BRIDGE AT
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1723N 10544E M#TM WE782237) - UNSERVICEABLE; FERRY CROSSING AT
1723N 10544E (UTM WE792237) - SERVICEAB!; AND THE FORMER
CAMOUFLAGED BRIDGE AT 1723N 10544E (UTM WE782227) HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY A FORD-SERVICEABLE (38).
MAP REF: UTM COORDINATES FROM AMS SERIES L7012 SHEETS 6161
It 6162 II 6163 II AND 6163 III
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES FROM USATC SERIES 200 SHEET 0617-19HL
GP-1
C O N F I D E N T I A L
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