CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001400010060-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: August 10, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
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C `0 N F I D E N T I A L CITE NPIC 8056.
REF A NPIC 8014, DTG 052141Z, AUG 66
B NPIC 7852, DTG 220222Z, JUL 66
C NPIC 7803, DTG 1901132, JUL
D NPIC 7505, DTG 190207Z, JUL
INITIAL SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION
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1966 REVEALS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE
1. THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED CABLE BRIDGE (REF A) AT THE DESTF?'
XOM KHE RAIL BRIDGE AT 1758N 10555E NOW APPEARS
HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED ONLY AS A MEANS OF SHUTTLING MATERIAL ACRO-S-S-pdvanco COPY,
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THE KHE NET. A SMALL SHUTTLE FLAT CAR IS OBSERVED ON THE EASTERN DIP,/ '/1)
APPROACH, THE RAIL ON BOTH BRIDGE APPROACHES IS NOT CONNECTED TO 25X1
THE MAIN LINE, BUT RATHER, RUNS PARALLEL. MATERIAL IS THEREFORE AUG 1966
TRANSLOADED FROM THE MAIN LINE TO THE SHUTTLE CAR FOR MOVEMENT ACROSS
THE BRIDGE THEN TRANSLOADED BACK TO THE MAIN LINE. AN UNIDENTIFIED
EXCAVATION CONSISTING OF A T-SHAPED HOLE IS LOCATED ON THE WESTERN
APPROACH OF THE DESTROYED BRIDGE. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY-PASS (REF A).
2. THE TWO EASTERN SPANS OF THE LA KHE THON RAIL BRIDGE (BE
AT 1S03N 10549E HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY RECENT AIR
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STRIKES. NO ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION IS NOTED ON THE PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED RAIL BY-PASS (REF B). THE PARTIALLY RECONSTRUCTED HIGHWAY
BRIDGE AT UTM WE871976 HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT DESTROYED.
3. TWO CABLES WITHOUT DECKING ARE OBSERVED ON THE PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION (REF C) AT 181ON 10543E ON THE
RAIL BY-PASS AROUND THE SERVICEABLE DONG BAI RAIL BRIDGE
4. AT LEAST SIX INTERDICTIONS ARE LOCATED ON THE RAIL SPUR
WHICH EXTENDS SW FROM THE VINH/DONG HOI RAIL LINE AT 1801N 10552E
NEAR ROUTE 15 BETWEEN UTM WE911924 AND WE911921. NO ATTEMPT
IS BEING MADE TO BY-PASS THE CRATERS.
5. A PROBABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRACE IS OBSERVED FROM ITS
VISIBLE NORTHERN TERMINUS AT 1802N 10550E (UTM WE895947) SOUTHEAST,
GENERALLY PARALLELING BUT WEST, OF THE ALIGNMENT OF A PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED TELECOMMUNICATION LINE (REF D) ALONG THE VINH/DONG HOI RAIL
LINE OT ITS VISIBLE TERMINUS AT 1800N 10554E (UTM WE953915). POLES
(LAYING ON THE GROUND) ARE PERIODICALY SPACED ALONG THE TRACE;
POSSIBLY INDICATING ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS LINE.
MAP REF: UTM COORDINATES FROM AMS SERIES L701 SHEETS 61641, 6165119
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S/C NOTE: ADSO PASSED PRIORITY SAIGON INFO DIRECTOR,
VIENTIANE, UDORN, CLARK FIELD CITE NPIC 8056.
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