POL STORAGE AREA BA DON, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000300030003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 9, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
POL STORAGE AREA
BA DON, NORTH VIETNAM
1745N 10626E
ATTACHMENT TO L-1464
09 AUGUST 1966
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2. LOCATION:
THE AREA IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 0.8 NM EAST OF BA DON, IMMEDIATELY
NORTH OF ROUTE 110 AT UTM XE526634,
3. BACKGROUND:
THE BARRACKS IS LOCATED ON A PENINSULA APPROXIMATELY ONE NM NORTH
OF THE INLET TO QUANG KHE.ON THE RAO NAY (STREAM). CONTINUED STRIKE
RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPHY FLOWN DURING JULY 1966 HAS REVEALED THE
PRESENCE OF MORE THAN 1500 POL DRUMS WITH AN ESTIMATED CAPACITY OF 280
METRIC TONS, THE BARRACKS BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY PREVIOUS
U.S. AIR STRIKES, POL DRUMS ARE BEING HIDDEN IN OLD AND NEW TRENCHES
AND BOMB CRATERS, SHALLOW EXCAVATIONS AND DITCHES, ALONG CULTIVATION
LINES, AND UNDER TREE COVER.
4, MISSION READOUT:
STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY
BA DON ARMY BARRACKS AREA TO CONTAIN POL DRUMS AND BURIED TANKS, FIRE
AND SMOKE ARE OBSERVED RISING FROM THE BURNING POL DRUMS.
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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TO CONTAIN APPROXIMATELY 1500 POL DRUMS STORED IN SHORT TRENCHES AND
OLD BOMB CRATERS WITHIN THE DESTROYED BA DON ARMY BARRACKS AREA.
APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED POL DRUMS ARE OBSERVED TO BE PROBABLY DAMAGED
AS A RESULT OF THE 17 JULY STRIKE. ALSO OBSERVED ARE AT LEAST TWELVE
BURIED POL TANKS.
STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ALS SMOKE AND
ATTACHMENT TO L-1464
09 AUGUST 1966
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POL DRUMS
TOTAL APPROX 1500
- - BURIED POL
NATNINAL PHOTOfARP10C RIFRPIETATNNI CENIER
03-5 POL STORAGE AREA
BA DON, NORTH VIETNAM
17-45N 106-26E
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