LAOS BRIEFING

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• Publication Date: May 1, 1969
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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Laos Briefing
May 196.9
Subject/Title
Dec 68 Map: Southern Laos Area, Major Road Network, December 1968
Mar 69 Chart: Increases in Enemy Truck Detections in the Laos
Panhandle During Dry Seasons
Apr 69 Chart: Daily Average by Month of Southbound Truck Traffic
Through the Mu Gia,Pass on Route 15
May 69 Mapj Laos, New Road Construction.
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May 69
Table:
Estimated Monthly Tonnage,of Supplies. Moved from North
Vietnam into the Laotian Panhandle Over Roads and
Trails for the 67-68 and 68-69 Dry Seasons
May 69
Table:
Estimates of NVA Infiltration into South Vietnam
19 May 69
Annex D to OER Weekly Indications Report, Communist Traffic
on Selected Routes in Laos and North Vietnam
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Estimated Mont_hlTonnage of Su plies Moved from North
the Laotian Panhandle Over Roads and Trails for the 67
Dry Seasons a 'b
Vietnam into
-68 and 6T---C9-
C)7-68
68-,69 c/
November 1,800
3,090
Decemoer 3y44o
5,770
January 5,500
7,130
F ebrt try 8,440
9,160
Mar C1 8,060
5,390
April 10,830..
8,760
Monthly (30 days) Average
Daily Average
38,070
6,270
210
39,300 of
6,510
a / Thes- estimates are based. primarily on reports of roadwatc teams.
b/ N tubers have been rounded to three significant digits.
c/ Various sources indicate the average tonnage. carried. per t uck entering
or moving through Laos probably increased from 3.0 to 3.8 tons at about
the beginning of the dry season in 1968.
Includes tonnages monitored by roadwatch teams coming into Laos on Route
8 (via Tape Pass) since January 1969, and the new souther-ost access
Route 1.036 for February and March, and an estimate for tha route for April
based on the March level of traffic.
Because of the probable opening of a POL pipeline in Laos ear Route 15
during the first quarter of 1969 the proportion of total t nnage entering
southern Laos consisting of goods other than POL probably as increased.
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of WA Infiltrati a into Oouth T1*t
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THAILAND
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0 25 50 75 Kilometers
VIETNAM
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Daily Average by Month of Southbound Truck Traffic Through
Number of Trucks
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the Mu Gia Pass on Route 15
1968 - 1969
1967- 1968
1966- 1967
Rainy Season
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Increases in Enemy Truck Detections
in the Laos Panhandle During Dry Seasons
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Method: of Detection
1967.68 1968-69
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Onset of dry season
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Trucks shown without regard to direction of movement or location. Each method of detection includes unavoidable
multiplicate counting. Sightings by serial observers are a function of the level of attack and of weather conditions. Weather
improves each year in the dry season.
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ANNEX 1? TO OER WIEUMY INDICATIONS REPORT
Comliiru.nist Traffic on Selected Routes in Laos and North Viet roadw
jhe ollowing is a sun +ary of the most important ,
:f'o
received during this reporting period. An annotated map fo
Latch information
)Lbw's the sunffnarY .
SOUTIIERN REGION
Rows j r. the Vicinity of MU Gia Pass
this week indicaI
?^^1 eDO us received from roadwatch teams
traffic continued to move through the pass into Laos. Howe
other route in the area that was heavily traveled by trucks
see map for details).
be that heavy
er, the only
was Route 1281.
j oute 8
iwo teams on RO>t 8 rerorted traffic moving' over the oaa during
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itioned along this road report d varied
F v roadwatch teams pos
amounts, of truck activity during th same time eriod. The heaviest traffic
on the 'route was reported by teams
no trams,- is wa o r~ '0 U,y 25X1
or 62 during the
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ee.~,- oaou -1.5 May.
i ORTlfiv REGION
roadw ` Ch repo s were receiver) during the past week which indicate
coverage o 17 roads or trails d zring the week of about 6-7 2 May by 20 ob-
servatie tie