TRANSSHIPMENT POINTS QUANG KHE, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A001200020005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 13, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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13 FEBRUARY 1968
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TRANSSHIPMENT POINTS
QUANG KHE, NORTH VIETNAM
1742N 10629E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD PORTRAYS A LACK OF LOGISTICS ACTIVITY AT TRANS-
SHIPMENT POINTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF QUANG KHE DURING THE 1968 TET
TRUCE.
2. LOCATION:
THE TRANSSHIPMENT POINTS ARE LOCATED ALONG BOTH BANKS OF THE SONG
GIANG (RIVER) JUST NORTH OF QUANG KHE AND SEVENTY-THREE NM SOUTHEAST OF
VINH, NORTH VIETNAM.
3. BACKGROUND:
THE TRANSSHIPMENT POINTS ON THE SONG GIANG AT QUANG KHE, NORTH
VIETNAM, WERE THE SITE OF CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY DURING THE 1967 TET
TRUCE AND DURING THE 1967-68 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR TRUCE PERIODS.
DURING THE 1967 TET TRUCE, 8 THROUGH 11 FEBRUARY 1967, NUMEROUS
WATER-BORNE LOGISTICS CRAFT (INCLUDING SL-1 -SIGHTED FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN NORTH VIETNAM) ACCOUNTED FOR A MAJOR PORTION OF THE LOGISTICS EFFORT.
HOWEVER, NO LARGE WATER-BORNE LOGISTICS CRAFT WERE OBSERVED AT QUANG
KHE DURING THE 1967-68 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR TRUCE PERIOD.
DURING THE 1967-68 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR TRUCES SUPPLIES WERE OB-
SERVED BEING BROUGHT SOUTH ALONG ROUTE lA BY CARGO TRUCKS, TRANSPORTED
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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ACROSS THE SONG GIANG BY SAMPANS, AND RELOADED INTO CARGO TRUCKS FOR THE
JOURNEY SOUTHWARD.
4. MISSION READOUT:
PHOTOGRAPHY
NO ACTIVITY OBSERVED AT QUANG KHE. THE NORMAL LACK OF ACTIVITY IS
APPARENT ALONG BOTH BANKS OF THE SONG GIANG.
5. REMARKS:
BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS OF THE 1968 TET TRUCE WERE AMENDED BY THE US.y
THE AREA SOUTH OF VINH, NORTH VIETNAM, DID NOT ENJOY A CESSATION OF BOMB-
ING. CONSEQUENTLY, THE NORTH VIETNAMESE COULD NOT FULLY UTILIZE THE
TRANSSHIPMENT POINTS AT QUANG KHE NAVAL BASE CUU DINH OR
ROUTE lA SOUTH OF VINH.
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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