BOMB DAMAGE INFLICTED ON NORTH VIETNAM THROUGH APRIL 1967

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• Publication Date: May 12, 1967
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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence memorandum
Bomb Damage Inflicted on North Vietnam
Through April1967
Secret
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12 May 1967
No. 0643/67
JCS review{s)
completed.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
12 May 1967
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
Bomb Damage Inflicted on North Vietnam
Through April 1967
Summary
Through the end of April 1967 the US air
campaign against North Vietnam--Rolling Thunder--had
significantly eroded the capacities of North Viet-
nam's limited industrial and military base. These
losses, however, have not meaningfully degraded North
Vietnam's material a1ility to continue the war in
South Vietnam.
Total damage through April 1967 was over
$233 million, of which 70 percent was accounted for
by damage to economic targets. The greatest amount
of damage was inflicted on the so-called logistics
target system--transport equipment and lines of
communication.
By the end of April 1967 the US air cam-
paign had attacked 173 fixed targets, per-
cent of the targets on the JCS list. is campaign
included extensive attacks on almost every major
target system in the country. The physical results
have varied 'widely.
All of the 13 targeted petroleum storage
facilities have been attacked, with an estimated
loss of 85 percent of storage capacity. Attacks on
13 electric power facilities have
ne perc-en4 of North Vietnam's power-
generating capacity. The major losses in the mili-
tary establishment include the neutralization of
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18 ammunition depots, with a loss capacity of 70
percent. Over three-fourths of the 25X1AI~
barracks have been attacked, with a loss of about
one fourth of national capacity. Attacks on 22 of
supply depots reduced capacity by
17 percent. Through the end of April'1967, five of
North Vietnam's airfields had been attacked, with
a loss of about 20 percent of national capacity.
North Vietnam's ability to recuperate from
the air attacks has been of a high order. The major
exception has been the electric power industry. One
small plant--Co Dinh--is beyond repair. Most of the
other plants would require 3-4 months to be restored
to partial operations, although two plants--Haiphong
East and Uong Bi--would require one year. For com-
plete restoration, all of the plants would require
at least a year. Restoration'of these plants would
require foreign technical assistance and equipment.
The recuperability problem is not significant
for the other target systems. The destroyed petroleum
storage system has been replaced by an effective sys-
tem of-dispersed storage and distribution. The dam-
aged military target systems--particularly barracks
and storage depots--have simply been abandoned, and
supplies and troops dispersed throughout the country.
The inventories of transport and military equipment
have been replaced by large infusions of military
and economic aid from the USSR and Communist China.
Damage to bridges and lines of communications-is
frequently repaired within a matter of days, if not
hours, or the effects are countered by. an elaborate
system of- multiple bypasses or pre-positioned spans.
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NORTH VIETNAM: DAMAGED POWER PLANTS
NORTH VIETNAM
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