ROAD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HAI PHONG AREA, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000800040001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 5, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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ATTACHMENT TO L-3087
05 MAY 1967
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ROAD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
HAI PRONG AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS ROAD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT IN THE
HAT PHONG AREA OF NORTH VIETNAM.
2. MISSION READOUT:
xi VESSEL[
]APPROXIMATELY EIGHT NM FROM THE COAST, IN THE GULF
OF TONKIN, AT 2043N 10656E. FOUR PROBABLE ROCK CRUSHERS ARE OBSERVED
ON DECK. OTHER DECK CARGO INCLUDES SIXTEEN HUNGARIAN CSEPEL D 450
VAN TRUCKS, ELEVEN EAST GERMAN W50L TRUCKS, FIVE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN PRAGA
S5T TRUCKS, FIFTEEN SINGLE-AXLE TRAILER-MOUNTED GENERATORS (CRATED),
AND NUMEROUS DRUMS.
I VEALS TWO PROBABLE ROCK
CRUSHERS NEAR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHARVES IN HAI PRONG AT
20-51-55N 106-41-42E. FIVE ADDITIONAL ROCK CRUSHERS (ONE NOT SHOWN
ON GRAPHIC) ARE OBSERVED ALONG ROUTE 5 NEAR THE VILLAGE OF PHI XA AT
20-55-35N 106-33-25E. I S OBSERVED AT 2o49N 1o650E,
APPROXIMATELY EIGHT NM CLOSER TO HAI PRONG, CARRYING THE SAME DECK
CARGO AS ON THE PREVIOUS MISSION.
3. REMARKS:
THE ELEVEN PROBABLE ROCK CRUSHERS OBSERVED ON THESE MISSIONS
NGA review(s) completed.
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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WERE COMPARED WITH THE SOVIET SM-9 SECONDARY ROCK CRUSHER. THE
FOLLOWING SIMILARITIES ARE NOTED: IDENTICAL POSITIONING OF THE
ENGINE ON THE SM-9 TO THE CRATED PROBABLE ENGINE ON THE NEW
VEHICLES; BOTH MACHINES HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF CONVEYOR BELT
LOCATED AT THE SAME RELATIVE POSITION; AND BOTH HAVE SIMILAR
DOUBLE PULLEY ARRANGEMENTS.
THE NEWLY OBSERVED PROBABLE ROCK CRUSHERS APPEAR TO BE A
LIGHTER WEIGHT AND SIMPLER MODEL THAN THE SM-9.
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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CONSTRUCTION EQUI
PMENT
HAI PHONG AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
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