CARGO MOVEMENT HAI PHONG PORT FACILITIES, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000800040004-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 9, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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ATTACHMENT TO L-3094
09 MAY 19C,7
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CARGO MOVEMENT
HAI PHONG PORT FACILITIES, NORTH VIETNAM
2052N 10642E
THIS BRIEFING BOARD PORTRAYS THE TRANSPORT OP MATERIEL TO AND
FROM STORAGE AREAS NEAR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHARVES.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHARVES ARE LOCATED WITHITd THE HAI PHONG
PORT FACILITIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CUA CAM (DISTRIBUTARY) AT
2G52N Io642E.
PHOTOGRAPHY
THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITY. AND MATERIEL IN TIIE VICIIJi'PY OF THE HAI PHONG
CHAMBER OF COMDQ6RCE WHARVES:
MATERIEL APPEARS I'0 BE MOVING FROM SHIP 'TO SHORE AND THENCE TO
OPEN AND~OR WAREHOUSE STORAGE AREAS. A CONSIDERABI~ AMOUNT OF CARGO
DISCHARGED ON DOCKSIDE HAS BEEN MOVED ITdTO STORAGE AREAS ADJACENT TO
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHARVES AND THE PARK-LIKE AREA RUNNING SOUTH.
`TRUCKS AND LARGE FLATBED TRAILERS PULLED BY BOTH WHEELED AND TRACKED
TRACTORS MOVE MATERIEL BACK INTO THE STORAGE AREAS WHERE IT IS HANDLED
BY MOBILE AND TRUCK MOUNTED CRAATES. OTHER CARGO IS BEING PREPARED
FOR TRANSSHIPMENT.
NGA review(s) completed.
These notes have been prepared far briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical worts. Their use
should he 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, fJPIC.
CONFIDFNTIAI
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VARIOUS TYPES OF MATERIEL CAN BE IDENTIFIED. PERHAPS
THE MOST CONSPICUOUS ARE THE LARGE SECTIONS OF PROBABLE CARGO BARGES
OF THE SAME TYPE SEEN AT SEVERAL OF THE LOCAL SHIPBUILDING YARDS. AT
LEAST FOURTEEN PROBABLE MOBILE GENERATORS CAN BE SEEN IN THE OPEN
STORAGE AREA. TWO CRAWLER TRACTORS WHICH ARE STILL CRATED HAVE BEEN
LOADED ONTO WAITING FLATCARS. EIGHT CABS FOR CRANES~SHOVELS ARE BEHIND
THE WHARF NEAREST TO THE SOVIET SHl'P ~HREE OTHERS DO NOT 25X1
APPEAR ON GRAPHIC. SEVERAL STACKS OF TIRES, PROBABLE RAILS, NUMEROUS
SPOOLS OF CABLE, TWO PROBABLE ROCK CRUSHERS, TWO LARGE BULLDOZERS AND
STACKS OF SHEET STEEL CAN BE IDENTIFIED. OTHER MATERIEL (EITHER
CRATED OR CANVAS-COVERED), SUCH AS THAT ABOARD SEVERAL OF THE BARGES,
CAN NOT BE IDENTIFIED.
A LIGHT-COLORED MATERIAL, POSSIBLY SUGAR, IS BEING OFF-LOADED FROM
CONfID T
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BARGES LADEN WITH COAL ARE 25X1
ALONG SIDE THE HONG KONG-REGISTERED SHIP ARDROSSMORE AND THE SOVIET SHIP
LENINOGORSK. A LARGE FLOATING CRANE AND TWO FLOATING SHEARLEGS CRANES
ARE ALSO ALONGSIDE THE LENINOGORSK. FIVE SL-1S ARE ANNOTATED ON GRAPHIC.
THREE OTHER SL-l~S AND ONE POSSIBLE SL-1 WERE SEELV ON PHOTOGRAPHY.
4. REMARKS:
BARGE SECTIONS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED EN ROUTE TO HAI PRONG AS DECK
these notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical worX. 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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CARGO ON SEVERAL MERCHANT VESSELS, SUCH AS THOSE SHOWN ABOARD THE
1 SOVIET SHIP
28 FEBRUARY 1967 (CONFIDENTIAL).
These notes have been prepared for hriefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical worts. 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.
CONFIDENTIAL
 HAI PHONG PORT FACILITIES, NORTH VIETNAM
20-52N 106-42E
CONFIDENTIAL NATNIMAL PHOTOCRAPHN; RIIENPRETAl10N CENTER
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