RAIL ACTIVITY TET TRUCE PERIOD NINH BINH, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A001200020010-8
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 14, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
ATTACHMENT TO L-4826
14 FEBRUARY 1968
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RAIL ACTIVITY TET TRUCE PERIOD
NINH BINH, NORTH VIETNAM
2015N -0559E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS RAIL ACTIVITY AT NINH BINH, NORTH VIETNAM,
DURING THE 1968 TET TRUCE PER=_OD.
2. LOCATION:
NINH BINH IS LOCATE!) APPROXIMATELY 45NM SOUTH OF HA NOI ON THE HA NOI/
VINH RAILLINE.
3. BACKGROUND:
NINH BINH HAS BEEN THE SITE OF IMPORTANT LOGISTICS RAIL ACTIVITY DURING
RECENT MONTHS. ALTHOUGH THE RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER THE SONG DAY
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HAS BEEN DESTROYED, A PONTOON RAIL BRIDGE WAS OBSERVED IN DAYTIME
USE DURING THE 1967-68 NEW YEAR TRUCE MAKING THE LINE SERVICEABLE AT THIS
POINT.
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A CESSATION OF BOMBING DURING THE 1968 TET TRUCE IN
THE NINH BINH AREA, THE PONTOON RAIL BRIDGE WAS NOT IN USE DURING THIS PERIOD
AND ONE PONTOON SECTION WAS OBSERVED MOORED NEAR THE FORMER NINH BINH BOAT
YARD, 500 YARDS SOUTHEAST OF THE CROSSING.
PRIOR TO THE 1968 TET TRUCE BOTH EMPTY AND FILLED GONDOLA AND FLAT
CARS WERE OBSERVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SONG DAY. AT LEAST 38 PIECES OF
ROLLING STOCK WERE SIGHTED IN THE NINH BINH AREA ON PHOTOGRAPHY
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 iiformation concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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4. MISSION READOUT:
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SEVERAL SIGHTINGS OF RAIL ACTIVITY AT NINH BINH. SOUTH OF THE SONG DAY
AND WITHIN NINH BINH, THIRTY-ONE PIECES OF STATIONARY ROLLING STOCK ARE
OBSERVED ON A HOLDING SPUR. OF THESE THIRTY-ONE PIECES, 8 ARE BOXCARS,
3 ARE EMPTY FLATCARS, 18 ARE FLAT/GONDOLA CARS LOADED WITH CRATED AND
BAGGED MATERIALS, AND 2 ARE GONDOLA CARS LOADED WITH VEHICLE TIRES. THREE
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES ARE NOTED ON THE THROUGH LINE NEAR THE SPUR. SEVERAL
PIECES OF ROLLING STOCK AND TWO LOCOMOTIVES ARE NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC.
APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS SOUTH OF THE SPUR ADDITIONAL RAIL ACTIVITY
IS APPARENT AT A TRANSSHIPMENT AREA. THREE GONDOLA CARS PARTIALLY FILLED
WITH BAGGED MATERIALS AND THREE EMPTY GONDOLAS ARE OBSERVED. ONE LOCOMOTIVE
IS NOTED NEAR THE TRANSLOADING AREA. ONE EMPTY CARGO TRUCK IS PARKED NEAR
A TRANSLOADING RAMP. IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED WHETHER LOADING OR OFF-LOADING
IS TAKING PLACE: HOWEVER, PERSONNEL ARE OBSERVED HANDLING THE MATERIALS ON
THE GONDOLAS.
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.
ATTACHMENT TO L-4826
14 FEBRUARY 1968
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