CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001300030089-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 89
• Publication Date: July 15, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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CITE NPIC 7767.
CONTINUING SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION BLUE SPRINGS 5157 OF
6 JULY 1966 REVEALS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON RAILROADS IN
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1. IMP- Vit/1 It{1 VA1Li UAL) ANU 41UHWAY t5K11)UI.
WAS DESTROYED BY AIR STRIKES ON 29 JUNE 1966 AND IS STILL 1". K JUL 1966
UNSERVICEABLE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY ATTEMPT TO REPAIR
OR BY-PASS THE DESTROYED BRIDGE. HIGH WATER, EVIDENT ON
PHOTOGRAPHY, ON THE RIVERE CLAIRE WILL IMPEDE REPAIR OF THE
BRIDGE. A LONG PONTOON BRIDGE SECTION IS LOCATED 1 NM EAST
OF THE BRIDGE IN A FLOODED AREA AT 2117N 1052SE (UTM WJ488548).
2. A RAIL BY-PASS IN EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION, AROUND
THE HAI PRONG RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY BRIDG
WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN SUBJECTED TO AIR STRIKE, IS OBSERVED
EXTENDING FROM 2051N 10640E (UTM XJ741062) WESTWARD TO A
BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OVER THE SONG TRAM BAC (STREAM) AT
2051N 10640E (UTM XJ736064). CONSTRUCTION OF THE BY-PASS ON
THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREAM IS EVIDENT, HOWEVER IT HAS NOT
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YET REACHED THE RIVER. THE CONSTRUCTION WAS EVIDENT ON
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3. A RAIL BY-PASS AROUND THE BINH PHIEN RAILROAD BRIDGE
WHICH HAS NEVER SEEN SUBJECTED TO AIR STRIKE IS EVIDENT EX-
TENDING FROM 2057N 10609E (UTM XJ210185) SOUTHWESTWARD TO A
BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION CROSSING AN UNNAMED STREAM AT 2057N
10610E (UTM XJ219182) TO 2057N 10610E (UTM XJ227183) WHERE
IT REJOINS THE HA NOI - HAI PRONG RAIL LINE.
MAP REF: AMS SERIES L701 SHEETS 60741. 6273IV, 6373IV
USATC SERIES 200 SHEETS 0616-19&20HL
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CITE NPIC 7767.
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