ROAD DEVELOPMENT CHINA/NORTH VIETNAM BORDER AREA 1964 - JULY 1967

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A001000030005-5
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 13, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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ROAD DEVELOPMENT
CHINA/NORTH VIETNAM BORDER AREA
1964 - JULY 1967
NGA review(s)
completed.
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE CONTINUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ROAD NETWORK IN THE CHINA/NORTH VIETNAM BORDER AREA FROM 1964 TO
MID-1967. ROADS IN THE CHINA/LAOS BORDER AREA ARE INCLUDED BECAUSE
OF THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIP GEOGRAPHICALLY, POLITICALLY, AND ECONOMI-
CALLY. ALL ROADS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
PHOTO INTERPRETATION REPORTS OF 1964 (REFERENCES A, B, AND C)
AND OF 1966 (REFERENCE D) WERE USED AS A BASE FOR THE INTELLIGENCE
AS DELINEATED ON THE BOARD.
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SUBSEQUENT TO AS USED TO 25X1
UPDATE, VERIFY, OR CORRECT THE ALIGNMENT OF THE BASIC ROAD DATA.
NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION OBSERVED IN CHINA APPEARS TO BE CONCENTRATED
PRINCIPALLY IN THE PING-HSIANG/NING-MING AREAS. A NEW ROAD HAS RECENTLY
BEEN COMPLETED CONNECTING LUNG-SHAN (2225N 10721E) AND CHUNG-SHAN
(2225N 10721E). A ROAD IN AN EARLY-TO MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION IS
NEWLY OBSERVED EXTENDING FROM PING-HSIANG NORTHWEST TO 2214N 10643E
WHERE IT BIFURCATES, AND SUBSEQUENTLY TERMINATES NEAR THE NORTH
VIETNAMESE BORDER (ONE BRANCH AT 2215N 10642E AND THE OTHER AT 2216N
10643E). ONLY FIVE NM SEPARATE THESE TERMINAL POINTS FROM THE TERMINUS
OF A ROAD CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION FROM ROUTE 4 IN NORTH VIETNAM.
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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THIS ROAD RUNS FROM ROUTE 4 AT BAN NAM NU (2213N 10631E) EAST TO
PO GIANH (221ON 10636E) AND THEN NORTH TO ITS PRESENT TERMINUS AT
2215N 10637E. WHEN THESE TWO ROAD SEGMENTS ARE CONNECTED THEY WILL
PROVIDE A MORE DIRECT ROUTE BETWEEN PING-HSIANG, CHINA AND CAO BANG,
NORTH VIETNAM. A NEW ROAD, IN AN EARLY TO MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION,
IS INTERMITTENTLY OBSERVED FROM SSU-LO, CHINA (2206N 10726E) SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST TO ITS PRESENT TERMINUS AT 2145N 10712E (ONE NM FROM THE
CHINA/NORTH VIETNAM BORDER AND ONLY THREE NM FROM THE PRESENT TERMINUS
OF A ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION EXTENDING FROM THE HAI PRONG - HON GAI
AREA).
IN THE CHINA/LAOS BORDER AREA A NEW ROAD, IN THE MID-STAGES OF
CONSTRUCTION AND GENERALLY PARALLELING THE BORDER, IS TO CONNECT THE
MENG-LA/SSU-MAO ROAD (2152N 10122E) TO THE CHIANG-CHENG/SSU-MAO ROAD
(2234N 10139E).
SEVERAL AREAS OF MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION ARE OBSERVED IN NORTH
VIETNAM. CONSTRUCTION IS CONTINUING ON ROUTE 191 BETWEEN LAI CHAD
(2204N 10309E) AND DIEN BIEN PHU (2123N 10301E) AND ON ROUTES 4, 132,
AND 134.
NO SIGNIFICANT ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS OBSERVED IN LAOS NEAR THE
CHINA BORDER; HOWEVER, ROUTE 19 IS BEING EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM DIEN
BIEN PHU, NORTH VIETNAM TOWARD THE NAM OU (RIVER) IN LAOS.
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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B. STUDY OF ROADS CONNECTING LAOS WITH BURMA, CHINA, AND
NORTH VIETNAM.
1B 165/64. 31 MARCH 1964
C. YUN-NAM PROVINCE ROAD STUDY
IB 399/64. 03 NOVEMBER 1964
D. NORTH VIETNAM-SOUTH CHINA ROAD STUDY
CIA/PIR 75057 NOVEMBER 1966.
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 he 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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