CAMOUFLAGED VESSELS SONG VAN UC (RIVER), NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000700050009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 24, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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24 MARCH 1967
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CAMOUFLAGED VESSELS
SONG VAN UC (RIVER), NORTH VIETNAM
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
'PHIS BRIEFING GUARD llEPICTS THREE CAMUUFLAGEll
VESSELS MUUKEU ALONG A RIVER BANK IN NURTH VIETNAM.
2. LOCATION;
THE VESSELS ARE LOCATED ALONG 1'HE WES'P BANK OF
THE SONG VAN UC (RIVEK), APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN NM WEST-
SOUTHWEST OF HAI PHUNG SIIIPYARll NO 4 DANCETTE
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CAMUUFLAGEll BUCKET' llREDGE (NU'P IN OPERATION) MOORED ALONG
THE WEST BANK OF THE SUiVG VAN UC. ALSO MUOREll ALONG
THE iJEST BANK, IMMEDIATELY SOUTHEAST OF THE DREllGE, IS
A SMALL CAMOUFLAGED CARGO FREIGHTER. A SMALL RIVER
CRAFT UNllER NETTING IS OBSERVED JUST TU THE SOUTH. ON
THE SHUKE, BETWEEN A NEW MOTURABLE RUAll AND THE CAMUUFLAGEll
VESSELS, ARE THREE CONCRETE BUNKERS, ~9HICH CUULll BE USEll
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 far 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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4. REMARKS:
DUE TU THE LOW FLAP ALLUVIAL PLAINS IN THE RED
RIVEK llELTA AND T11E SLUGGISH MEANDERING STREAMS THRUUGiI-
OUT, SILTING IS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THIS AREA, AND THE
RIVERS REQUIRE FREQUENT DREDGING. THE TYPE OF llREDGE
(CHINESE-BUILT) DEPICTED UN PHIS GRAPHIC HAS BEEN
SEEN SEVERAL TIMES IN NORTH VIETNAM. IN MAY 1966 ONE
WAS OBSERVED DREDGING A HARBOUR IN 1'HE HA TUU AREA EAST
OF HON GAI; IN JUNE 1966 A CAMOUFLAGEll BUCKET DREDGE
WAS SEEN NEAR AN LAO; ANll IN AUGUST 1966 A DREDGE OF
THIS TYPE APPEARED AT HAI PRONG SHIPYARD NO 4 llANCETTE,
THE CAMOUFLAGED CARGO FREIGHTER IS PROBABLY NUT
USUALLY STATIONED IN THIS AREA, SINCE THE CAMOUFLAGE
ll0E5 NOT APPEAR 1'O MATCH 1'HE SURROUNDINGS.
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. ror information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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