POSSIBLE NAVAL SUPPORT BASE HA TOU, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000400020008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 7, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
ATTACHMENT TO L-1749
07 SEPTEMB-ER 1966
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POSSIBLE NAVAL SUPPORT BASE
HA TOU, NORTH VIETNAM
2056N 10709E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
TIIIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS AN AREA THAT IS
POSSIBLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AS A NAVAL SUPPORT BASE FOR
A PORTION OF THE GULF OF TONKIN.
2. LOCATION:
THE AREA IS SITUATED AMONG STEEP KARST HILLS, FOUR
NM EAST OF HON GAI AND 0.6 NM SOUTH OF HA TOU.
3. MISSION READOUT:
REVEAL THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA TO CONTAIN AT LEAST NINE
PROBABLE AMMUNITION STORAGE BUILDINGS DISPERSED ALONG
A LOOP ROAD. A SLIT HAS BEEN DUO THROUGH A SMALL HILL
NEAR THE CENTER OF THE AREA, FORMING A PROTECTED AREA
FOR STORAGE OF SUPPLIES OR VEHICLES. A GOOD ROAD.
BUILT AROUND A STEEP HILL ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE, LEADS
FROM NORTH VIETNAM ROUTE 18 TO FIVE SMALL BUILDINGS ON
These notes have been r ared for briefing purposes onl and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the paficular 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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THE SOUTIiERN EllGE OF THE AREA. (A BUCKET DREDGE WAS
ANUTiIER BRANCIi OF TIlIS ROAD LEAllS INTO A WELL-SIiEL'f'ERED
AREA CONTAINING SEVERAL S3~IALL BUILllINGS.
A PROBABLE BOAT REPAIR FACILITY (SEE NPIC BRIL?FING
BOA12D K-9758) IS LOCATED ON AN ISLAND JUST SOUTH OP
THIS AREA, 1.6 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF IfA TOU. THIS
INSTALLATION, STILL UNllER CONSTRUCTION, CONTAINS NINE
PROBABLE POSITIONS FOR n1INUR HULL REPAIR ON Si~1ALL
VESSELS,
TIiIS iViiOLE AREA, IUHEN COMPLETL'D, COULD SL'RVICE
PATROL GUNBOATS CURRENTLY BEING USEll FOR AAA SUPPORT
TO TFiE ISLANDS TO TIIE SOUTH.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used far detailed analytical wbrN. Their use
should be restricted to Me partmular briefing board(s) they were prepared fo^ ahdemast be coo dered~alColl feral Suooort
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