CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001300030048-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: July 22, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
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CONTINUING SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION TROJAN HORSE
REF B: MISSION TROJAN HORS
CITE NPIC 7857,
REF A: NPIC 5 687 DTG 162352Z, DECEMBER 1965
REVEALS THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITY IN
NORTH VIETNAM:
1. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN THE FORM OF TRAIL WIDENING
AND RE-ALIGNMENT IS OBSERVED INTERMITTENTLY EXTENDING FROM
THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF NORTH VIETNAM ROUTE 102 AT 16 54N
BETWEEN THIS CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AND THAT WHICH TOOK PLACE
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16 53N 106 45E (UTM XD 864 690). THERE IS NOTED SIMILARITY
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SONG RAO THANH (STREAM) TO THE LIMITS OF PHOTO COVERAGE AT 1PSD
106 49E (UTM XD 949 699) SOUTH TO 16 53N 106 49E (UTM XD
939686), THEN WEST GENERALLY ALONG THE NORTH BANK OF THE
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ALONG THE INFILTRATION TRAIL EXTENDING SOUTH FROM NORTH
VIETNAM ROUTE 103 THROUGH THE DMZ INTO LAOS (REFERENCE A),
HOWEVER, THIS SIMILARITY DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THE NEW ACTIVITY COULD BE THE EARLY STAGES OF ROAD
CONSTRUCTION. THIS CONSTRUCTION HAS OCCURED SINCE 20 JULY
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2. AT LEAST TWO TRUCK PARKS ARE OBSERVED 4.5 NM WEST
SOUTH WEST OF DONG HOI, NORTH VIETNAM, IN A COMPLEX NETWORK
OF SHORT ROADS SOUTHWEST OF NORTH VIETNAM ROUTE 101 AT 17 25N
106 33E (UTMS XE 660 263 AND XE 654 274).
MAP REFERENCE: UTM COORDINATES FROM AMS SERIES L 701, SHEETS
6361 I AND 6363 III. GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES FROM USATC
SERIES 200 SHEETS 0617-19HL AND 0616-20HL.
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CITE NPIC 7857.
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