(Sanitized)REMOVABLE VEHICULAR CABLE BRIDGE ROUTE 15, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000200020002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 14, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
REMOVABLE VEHICULAR CABLE BRIDGE
ROUTE 15, NORTH VIETNAM
1757N 10545E
1. SIGNIFIC,NCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS ThE USE BY THE NORTH
VIETNAMESE OF A DECEPTION TECHNIQUE WI.EREBY AN APPARENTLY
UNSERVICEABLE BRIDGE IS MADE SERVICEABLE BY TiIE USE OF
CABLES AND REMOVABLE SECTIONS OF BRIDGE DECKING. T1;E
SECTIONS OF BRIDGE DECKING ARE PLACED ON CABLES STRUHC
ACRU~S THE UNSERVICEABLE PORTION OF THE BRIDGE. THESE
SECTIONS ARE REMOVED DURING THE DAY (WHEN PHOTO RECON-
iNAISSANCE IS NORMALLY CONDUCTED) , THEREBY RENDERING TILL
.,RIDGE UNSERVICEABLE, AND REPLACED ON TiiE CALLES AT
NIGHT TO ACCOMMODATE LIGi1T VLIiICULAR TRAFFIC. THIS IS
TiiE FIRST TIME THIS TECHNIQUE iiAS BEEN OBSERVED IN iNOia'h
VIETHHk-A.
2. ;ACKGROUND:
'I'EEE NON CA TRANG AREA AS STRUCK TWICE IN APRIL 19u5,
WHEN Ti1E XOM CA TRANG iilGlitvAY BRIDGE OVER THE IRO CAI
ATTACHMENT TO L-121U
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BRIDGE OVER THE NAM gUAT MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AT
THE SA;'-(E TIME.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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ATTACiINENT TO L-1210
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CABLES STRUNG BE:TrrLLN Tiro PIERS ON THE UNSERVICEABLE
XOM CA TRANG IilGliiiiAY BRIDGE OVER THE RAO CAI (RIVER).
REMOVABLE SECTIONS OF BRIDGE DECKING ARE OBSERVED ON T'liE
BRIDGE APPROACH. TIIE XOiNN CA TRANG HIGHihAY BRIDGE OVER
THE NAM QUAT (RIVER) IS BEING RECONSTRUCTED iwITH FOUR
CABLES STRUNG BETIVEEN THE ABUT'i-iENTS. PORTABLE DECKING
IS OBSERVED ON THE APPROACHES.
THAT THE PORTABLE SECTIONS OF BRIDGE DECKING ON THE
HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER THE RAO CAI ARE IN PLACE ON THE
CABLES, RENDERING THE BRIDGE SERVICEABLE TO LIGHT
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
DECKING UN TTIE iiIGiiluAY BRIDGE OVER T1iE RAO CAI IS ONCE
AGAIN REMOVED AND PLACED ATOP THE ADJACENT SOUTHERN
SPAN, GIVING THE BRIDGE AN UNSERVICEABLE APPEARANCE.
RECONSTRUCTION OF TILE IIIGHIVAY BRIDGE OVER THE NArd
QUAT APPEARS TO BE CONTINUING. TO SERVICEABLE AND ONE
UNSERVICEABLE FORDS ARE OBSERVED IN THE AREA.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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AlTACiIIoENT TO L-1210
14 JULY 1966
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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