EVALUATION OF TRANSPORTATION MAPS OF INDOCHINA

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EVALUATION OF TRANSPORTATION
MAPS OF INDOCHINA
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2. World Aeronautical Charts--1:1,000,000, U.S. Air Force
75 3. Carte de l'Indochine--1:1,000,000
8 4. Pilotage Charts--1:500,000, U.S. Air Force
73 5. Carte Routiere de l'Indochine--1:400,000
6. Army Map Service Sets--1:250,000 and 1:253,440
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8. U.S. Hydrographic Office Nautical Charts
CONTENTS
Introduction
Page
ii
I. General Transportation Maps
1
II. Road Maps
6
III. Railroad Maps
14
IV. Air Transport Maps
20
V. Inland Waterways Maps
23
VI. Ocean Waterways Maps
30
APPENDIX
List of Abbreviations
32
9. French Hydrographic Chart Coverage
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I NTRODUCTI ON
The maps described in this report have been selected as the best and most recent maps of
Indochinese transport facilities that are available in Washington, D.C. The maps provide de-
tailed coverage of all phases oftransportation in Indochina, but are deficient in one respect.
They reflect little of the great amount of deterioration incurred by all types of transport
since the beginning of warfare between the French and Vietnamese.
Section I, whichdeals with the transportation network in general, describes and evaluates
maps showing more than one type of transportation. In Sections II to V. transportation is
broken down into its component parts--roads, railroads, air transport, inland waterways, and
ocean waterways. Each section includes: (1) a summary of maps available and their respective
merits; and (2) a listing by scale of all maps recommended, withaccompanying descriptions that
include area, covered, scale, date, language, transportation data shown, other data shown, and
publishing authority. At least one place where each map can be found is mentioned, and for
most maps library call numbers are given. Pertinent information that is not apparent from other
columns, andbrief comparisons between maps on related topics are included in the column headed
MRemarks".
Most of the maps listed include as background material major towns, main drainage features,
and the boundaries of the five major political divisions of French Indochina. Unless indicated
to the contrary in the "Other Data" column, all maps have coordinates with longitude measured
from Greenwich. A few of tIelemaps have geographic coordinates based on the Centesimal System,
in which the circumference of the earth is divided into 400 parts (grads).*
Detailed index maps are given for the most important Rap sets, and a list of the abbrevi-
ations used in the report is appended.
Usable black and white reproductions of many of the maps listed as "file copies" may be
obtained from the Map Branch, CIA.
Maps that are classified Restricted or Confidential are so labelled in the "Remarks" column.
*To convert grads to degrees, multiply the number of grads by 0.90. Complete conversion tables can be found
in Conversion Tables, Centesimal to Sexagesimal and Sexagesimal to Centesimal, Army Map Service, Key No. 204244.
On all maps mentioned in this report that use the Centesimal System longitude is measured from Paris, which is
2020'1.4" E. of Greenwich.
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I. GENERAL TRANSPORTATION MAPS
Maps in this section show inter-relations among the major transportation features of
Indochina, but no one map adeouately shows all types of transportation for the area it covers.
Although all of the maps deal with more than one method of transport, most show only roads
and railroads and give no indication of the role of waterways or airways in the transportation
complex. Single-sheet maps of the whole country or of parts of the country, and set maps
showing transport in greater detail by smaller areas are included. Detailed maps of specific
types of transportation are listed in the corresponding topical sections of the report.
Map 1 serves as an introduction to the subject of transportation. Although it is highly
generalized, the map presents vividly the best routes of access to significant areas. The
bent single-sheet map of roads and railroads is Map 7, which is excellent in practically all
respects. Map 8 is almost equally good, although not as recent. Map 9 is similar to 8, but
also includes ocean waterways and ports. On Map 5 some of the detail is incomplete, but the
map is available in quantity. Map 10 is both accurate and clearly presented, but gives less
background material than 5, 7 and 8. Roads, railroads, railroad facilities, canals, and ports
are shown on Map 6, but it is superior to others only in its 'presentation of relationships
among these features. Maps 4, 3, and 2 are more generalized single-sheet maps of the whole
country. Map 4 is included cn13 because it shows the chief ocean waterways .1! indochinP on a
general bees. On Maps 2 and 3, themajor transport routes in southeastern ARiA are exce?ently
presented. In general, Map 2 is the better, but Map 3 shows relief and connecting routes
between Tndochina and China.
Maps 15, 21, and 17 are regional maps of parts of Indochina. Map 15 covers the Tonkin and
Cochinchine deltas; 21 is an effective wall map of the Tonkin delta that includes inland and
ocean waterways; and 17 is c good map of Cambodge. Map 11 supplements the preceding maps by
indicating areas of transport difficulty in northern Indochina during flood seasons.
The remaining maps are topographic sets at scales ranging from L:1,000,000 to 1:100,000.
Of these, Map 18 at 1:400,000isthe clearest and most comprehensive. Air facilities are given
on Maps 13, 16, and 20 at 1:1,000,000, 1:500.000, and 1:250,000, respectively. Map 14 is a
1:1,000,000 wall map. Coverage at 1:25,000 also is available for parts of Indochina and may
be obtained in the Map Branch, CIA, and in the Library, Arm Map Service. Such maps are not
included in this report since they are of interest chiefly for specialized studies of small
areas.
TITLE COVERAGE
I. Indochina, Routes to Signifi-
cant Areas, from Indochina,
JANIS 70, Chapter I, Fig. 1-
29
2. Selected Routes Across the
Indochinese Peninsula
Also listed in Section II
3. Terrain and Transportation
(2 sheets)
a. China
b. Southeast Asia
Also listed in Section II
4. Burma, Malaya, and Indo-China
Also listed in Section VI
5. Indo-China and Thailand,
Special Strategic Map
Also listed sn Section II
SCALE PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:5,500,000 JOint Intelligence Study
Publishing Board
1945
1:5,000,000 State 10500
1947
1:5,000,000 a. OSS 2495
b. OSS 2422
1944
1:4,000,000
The Edinburgh Geographical
Institute; John Bartholomew
& Son
1942
1:3,000,000 AMS
1945
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TRANSPORTATION DATA
OTHER DATA REMARKS
Best routes, less advisable Significant areas Highly generalized;
routes Relief: passes, with elevations routes located
in feet schematically but
presentation is
vivid
2ESTRICfgD
Roads: all weather, limited all Relief: inset with pictorial
weather, fair weather, fair shading
weather cart tracks, caravan
trails
Railroads
Water routes
Roads: principal or connecting, Pictorial relief shading
trails
Railroads
Roads: primary, secondary,
caravan trails
Railroads
Ocean waterways: routes,
distances
Roads: primary, secondary
Railroads
Numerous towns
Relief: layer tints, spot
heights
Towns: 4 classes
Relief: generalized hachures,
spot heights
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Clearly drawn
general map; roads
slightly ized; only water
route indicated
for Indochina is
of minor impor_
tance
AVAILABILITY
AIL.. In gm/Intl-KY)
UR/R, State Call No.
910/Z.3305/%
Negatives available
at Map Branch, CIA
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Not as comprehensive 0 - Map Branch, CIA
as Map 2, but good
presentation Of
transportation in
relation to
terrainf and of
connecting routes
with china
General map; road File copy, Map Branch,
network out of date CIA, Call No.
ID, 10040
General map; some-
what incomplete;
road network gen-
eralized; deline-
ation of inter-
national boundary
inconsistent, part
being pre-1941
and part post-I941
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6. French Indo-China, Trans-
portation
Also listed in Section III
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COVERAGE
SCALE PUBLISHER AND DATE TRANSPORTATION DATA OTHER DATA REMARKS AVAILABILITY
(00. .. In quantity)
1:2,800,000 Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Roads: main highways -- Preferable to other File copy, Map Branch,
Intelligence Railroads, principal rail- general maps only CIA, Call No.
1944 road bridges, railroad when a particular H501-32, 32828
facilities combination of
Canals features is de-
Principal ports sired
RIWYRICUD
7. Carte Gen6ra1e de l'Indochine
Francaise
Also listed in Section II
8. Rdseau Rout ier de l'Indochine
Also listed in Section II
9. Map of French Indo-C6tna
10. French Indo-China, Transpor-
tation Routes
Also listed in Section II
1: 2,000, COO
1:2,000,000
Institut G4Ographique National, Roads: colonial and local, Numerous towns Best single-sheet
C France 7 metalled and non-metalled, Relief: shading, spot heights transportation map
1945 paths Province boundaries available; can-
Railroads plete and accurate
Canals within limits of
scale
In ?renal
Service 4ographique de
l'Indochin.
1938
File copy, Map Branch,
CIA, Call No.
H50132, 37935
Roads: metalled and nbm, Numerous towns Very clearly drawn.; Pile copies, Map Branch,
metalled, trails, distances, Relief: layer tints, spot almost as compre- CIA, original: Call NO.
route numbers, road bridges, heights hensive as Map 7 1001-32, 32828; photo-
ferries Province boundaries in French; photocopycopy: Call NO.
Railroads Coordinates in grads, longi- in English H501-28, 4253
River ports, distances ftom tude based on Paris meridian
ports to sea
1:2,000,000 Service Geographigoe de Roads: metalled, non-metalled, Towns: 4 classes
l'Indochine important paths Relief: areas above 500 Similar to Mam, 8 File copyi ir Branch,
CIA, Cal
1938 Railroads meters in elevation, spot H501-27, 270
Ocean waterways: routes heights
Three classes of ports Agricultural land use: 5
Classes
Province boundaries
Coordinates in grads, longi-
tude based on Paris meridian
1:1,750,000 Board of Ecanomic Warfare 1005 Roads: asphalt, metalled, -- Compares favorably Filecopy, Map Branch,
1942 dry weather; route numbers with maps 7 and 8; CIA, Call No.
of principal federal high- insets of Hanoi H501-32, 500172
waYSEColonial routes]; and Saigon areas
ferries
Railroads
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H. Flood Conditions During Rainy
Season in Northern French
Indochina, from Military
ToOograthical Study of
Northern French Indochina.
Documents Branch Translation
78 and Japanese original,
Vol. III, map 4
Also listed in Sections II and V
12. Asia 1:1,000,000 (10 sheets)
See index map, Fig. 1
Also listed in Sections II,
III, and V
13. World Aeronautical Charts
(AF Regional) (11 sheets)
See index map, Fig. 2
Also lasted an Sections II,
III, IV, and V
14. Carte Administrative de
l'Indochine (9 sheets)
Also listed in Section II
15. Carte Routiere des Deltas
du Tonkin at de la
Cochinchine
Also listed in Section II
16. AF Pilotage Charts (AF
Sectional) (24 sheets, 14
available)
See index map, Fig. 4
Also listed in Sections II,
Ili, IV, and V
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SCALE
PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:1,500,000 Japanese Southern Army,
General Headquarters
1944
1:1,00O3CO3 AMS 1391
Various dates: 19421945
1.1,000,000
1.1,000,000
1:1,000;000
1:531,000
TRANSPORTATION DATA
Use of highways and navi-
gability of waterways during
rainy season
Roads: 1st, 2nd, 3d class;
road bridges and tunnels
Railroads, stations, rail-
road bridges and tunnels
Aeronautical Chart Service, Roads: primary, secondary,
USAF trails; route numbers;
Various dates: 1943-1948 road bridges and tunnels
Railroads, railroad bridges
and tunnels
Airfields and facilities:
detailed classification
Canals
Service Giagraphique de
l'Indochine
Epost-1936:
SerVice Geographique de
l'Indochine
1920
Roads: metalled (all
weather), non-metalled (dry
season), important paths
Railroads
Roads: metalled, dry season,
carriage tracks, paths;
distances; route numbers;
road bridges; ferries
Railroads
Aeronautical Chart Service, Roads: primary, secondary,
USAF trails; route numbers; road
Various dates: 1945-1946 bridges and tunnels
Railroads, railroad bridges
and tunnels
Airfields and facilities:
detailed classification
Canals
OTHER DATA
Area flooded more than 1 m.,
area flooded less than 1 m.
but more than 30 cm., area
flooded less than 30 cm.;
specific depths in selected
localities
Numerous towns: 3 classes
Relief: layer tints, con-
tours, spot heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultured,
hydrographic, and topo-
graphic features
Numerous towns: 6 classes
Relief: contours or form
lines, layer tints, spot
heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural, hydro-
graphic, and topographic
features
Numerous towns
Province boundaries
Coordinates in grads, co-
ordinate stubs in degrees,
longitude of both based on
Paris meridian
Province boundaries
No coordinates
Numerous towns: 6 classes
Relief: contours, form lines
or hachures; layer tints,
spot heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural, hydro-
graphic, and topographic
features
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REMARKS
In Japanese with
English translation.
Translated over-
print on Untrans-
lated base; over-
print is somewhat
roughly drafted
but clear
CONFIDENTIAL
Detailed; little
choice between
this and Map 13;
in some places 1st
and 2nd class roads
are not clearly
differentiated
AVAILABILITY
(0...In quantity)
Foreign Documents
Branch, CIA, Dec.
1E8687 (original) and
Translation 78
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Detailed; little (:)-ACS
choice between this
and Map 12
Wall-type map;
other 1:1,000,000
sets are recom-
mended more highly
In French
File copy, Library,
9119, Call No. 2L
1-28-35001-1000
(A 1947)
Although relatively File copy,Map Branch,
old this map is not C m
out-dated since H501-32, 32625
there have been few
recent changes in
transport patterns
in the delta areas
In French
Detailed; Map 16
presents better
road information
Q-ACS
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17. Carte Administrative du
Cambodge
Also listed in Section II
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COVERAGE
SCALE
1:5C0,000
PUBLISHER AND DATE
Ctmpiled by the Service du
Cadastre et de la Tbpo-
graphie; printed by
imprimerie d'Extr6me-Orient,
Hanoi
1937
TRANSPORTATION DATA
OTHER DATA
Roads: metalled, earth, paths Provinces, sroks, and their
Railroads capitals
No coordinates
REMARKS
In French
AVA;LABILITY
(0...in quantity)
File copy, Library,
AMS, Call No. 22L
1-28-35Y.15-500
18. Carte Routibre de
l'Indochine (25 sheets)
See index map, Fig. 5
Also listed in Sections II, III,
and V
1:400,000
Service Glographique de
l'Indochine; reprinted by
the Institut Geographique
National, EFrance, and
by the Japanese Army,
General Staff
Various dates: 1936-1945
Roads: colonial, pnovincial,
local, communal; metalled,
non-metalled, paths, trails;
distances; route numbers;
road bridges; ferries
Railroads: standard gage,
mine and lumber lines;
stations; railroad bridges
and tunnels
Canals
Numerous towns: 4 classes
Relief: contours, shading,
or hachures; spot heights
province boundaries
Numerous other cultural
features
Coordinates in grads,
longitude based on Paris
meridian
Very clear pres-
entation, detailed
set; best oper-
ational road map
of Indochina; most
comprehensive pres-
entation of road
authorities and
route numbers
The legend in many
cases is split
between adjoining
sheets; authorities
cannot be different-
iated on IGN re-
print; Japanese re-
print is poor and
is mentioned and
indexed only be-
cause SGI sheets
for some of the
areas are not in
Map Branch, CIA
In French;
legend; Japanese
reprint adds
Japanese legend
File copies, Map Branch,
CIA, Call Nos.: SG1
set, 5301-28, 2885;
IGN set, H501-28,
22438; Japanese set,
H501-30, uncataloged
File copies, Library,
AMS, Call Nos.:
SGI and IGN sets, 21
3-26-35001-400;
Japanese set, 21
3-26-31089-400
19. Indo-China 1:253,440 (99
sheets, almost all available)
Border sheets included from
adjoining AMS sets; see index
map, Fig. f's
Also listed in Sections II. III
and V
20. AF Aeronautical Approach
Charts (70 sheets, 59
available)
See index map, Fig. 7
Also listed in Sections II,
IV, and V
1:253,400
553 1604 (Reprint of HIND
1081)
Various dates: 1942-1947
1:250,000 Aeronautical Chart Service,
USAF
Various dates: 1943-1946
Rn-ins: all weather, fair
weather, unclassified, pack_
trails, foot-paths; dis-
tances; colonial route
numbers; road bridges
Railroads: meter-gage,
light-gage or tramways;
stations; railroad bridges
Canals
Roads: primary, secondary,
trails; route numbers; road
bridges, and tunnels
Railroads, railroad bridges
and tunnels
Airfields and facilities:
detailed classification
Canals
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Numerous towns
Relief: contours, form lines,
spot heights
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultural,
hydrographic, and topo-
graphic features
British military grid;
magnetic declination
Numerous towns: 6 classes
Relief: contours, form lines
or hachures; layer tints,
spot heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural,
hydrographic, and topo-
graphic features
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Detailed; about Q - AMS
equal in quality to
Map 20; road
classification is
slightly better on
Map 19, but Map 20
shows road aline-
ments more accu-
rately
RESITICTO
Detailed; little
choice between
this are Map 19
(see above)
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21. Delta du Tonkin, Carte 45,
Cartes murales Vidal-
Lablache
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COVERAGE
SCALE
1:250,C00
PUBLISHER AND DATE
Compiled by Henri Russier;
printed by Librairie Armand
Colin, Paris
Cca. 19402
TRANSPORTATION DATA
Roads
Railroads or tramways no
distinction)
Inland waterways: limits of
high water navigation
Ocean waterways: routes
OTHER DATA
Towns: 3 classes
Belief: layer tints, spot
heights
Agricultural land use
Longitude based on Paris
meridian
REMARKS
Hall-type map; road
network is incom-
plete and roads
shown are not in
all cases the main
roads
In French
AVAILABILITY
(0... In quantity)
File copy, Map Branch,
CIA, Call No.
H5C1e -27, 32354
22. Carte de l'Indochine (about
450 half-sheets, approxi-
mately 300 available)
Also listed in Sections II,
III, and V
23. Indo-China 1:100,000 (about
450 half-sheets, approxi-
mately 250 available)
Also listed in Sections II,
III, and V
1:100,000
Service 04Ographioue de
l'Indochine
Various dates: 1399-1944
Almost half are 1940 or
later; about one-third are
1930-39; very few are pre-
1925
Most of the more recent sheets
are available only at AMS
1:100,000 HIND 1000
Various dates: 1942-1945
-5-
Roads: colonial and pro-
vincial all weather and
dry weather roads, mule
trails, paths; road bridges
of several classes; ferries,
fords
Railroads, tramways, stations,
railroad bridges of several
classes
Inland waterways: waterfalls,
rapids, dams, navigable
and irrigation canals, locks
Roads: metalled, non-
metalled, trails, foot-
paths; road bridges
Railroads, tramways, rail-
road bridges
Canals: navigable, irri-
gation
Numerous towns; 5 classes
Relief: contours or
hachures, shading,spot
heights
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultural,
hydrographic, and topo-
graphic features
Coordinates in grads,
longitude based on
Par3s meridian
Numerous towns
Relief: contours or hachures,
spot heights
province boundaries
Numerous other cultural,
bYdrographic, and topo-
graphic features
British military grid; geo-
graphic 'coordinates in grads,
longitude based on Paris
meridian; geographic co-
ordinate stubs in degrees,
longitude based on Green-
wich meridian; magnetic
declination
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extremely detailed
In French
Highly detailed;
Map 22 used as
sourceL road
classification
somewhat confusing;
several sheets are
later in date than
corresponding
sheets of Map 22,
but few changes
have been made
File copy, Library,
AMS, Call No. 2L
3-30-35001-100
File copy, Map Branch,
CIA Call No.
11501-30, 500106
File copy, Library,
AMS, Call No. 2L
23-30-80000-100
File copy, Map Branch,
CIA, Call Nos.:
H501-30,5C0r7 and
24407
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II. ROAD
Detailed road maps of Indochina are abundant, but the coverage nowavailable does not reveal
road damage caused by current hostilities between the French and Vietnamese. Reports from Indo-
china indicate that the destruction has been extensive; many bridges have been damaged and are
either not functioning or only crudely repaired; numerous roads have been torn up, mined, or
bombed; and other roads have deteriorated through lack of maintenance. Consequently, available
maps of the Indochinese road net, though abundant and of excellent quality, are not entirely
reliable.
Most of the road maps described below can be divided into two groups: (1) Single-sheet maps
that give an over-all picture of the entire country or of one of its major geographic subdivi-
sions, and (2) set maps of the entire country that give greater detail on roads and a larger
number of related features, such as towns, railroads, and relief. Some of the single-sheet
maps contain the most recent road data.
The best single-sheet road map of Indochina is Map 10, which is detailed, recent, compara-
tively reliable, and clearly presented, and includes good background information. Map 11 is
almost as good as 10, although considerably older. Maps 9 and 14 show little besides roads but
are also well drafted and suitable for general use; 9 is available in quantity. Map 12 is an
out-dated version of 11, but is the only map accompanied by a table of distances. Although
generalized and in some respects incomplete, Map 7 includes railroads and relief indicated by
hachures, and is available in quantity. Maps 4 and 5 are excellent presentations of the major
roads of Indochinaand of their relation to the communication networks of nearby countries. Of
the two, Map 4 is the better, but 5 includes terrain and shows road connections with China. Map
1 is an outline map of the main roads of Indochina.
The best single-sheet maps of regions within Ihdochina are 6, 24, and 27. Map 6 is a clearly
drawn map or the road network and road distances in the area between Saigon and Angkor, and
raps 24 and 27 cover the Tonkin and Cochinchine deltas and Cambodge, respectively.
Several other single-sheet maps containing recent detailed information are of limited use
because of poor drafting or reproduction. Of these, Maps 8, 15, and 16, provide some of the
latest information available; Map 25 gives details not found elsewhere for some of the roads of
MAPS
northern Indochina. A map similar to 25, covering southern Indochina, appears in Military ToPo-
graPhical Study of Southern Indochina, Japanese Southern Army, General Headquarters, August 1944.
The original and an English translation are available in Foreign Documents Branch, CIA (Doc.
158688 and Translation 148 CONFIDENTIAL).
A few additional maps furnish valuable supplementary data. Yap 2 indicates soil traffic-
ability; Map 3 locates fords; Map 13 shows the geological structure of Indochina; and Map 17
gives the conditions of highways in northern Indochina during the rainy season.
The best of the set maps covering Indochina is Map 28, an exceptionally legible and compre-
hensive road map at 1:400,000. Additional details at 1:400,000 are provided by the maps in
Item 29, which covers some of the major roads of northern Indochina. Maps similar to those
in Item 29, covering southern Indochina, appear in the Japanese military topographical study
previously mentioned. A number of sets provide detailed road coverage at other scales. Of
the five sets at 1:1,000.000, Maps 19 and 20 are the most useful. Although many of the sheets
of Map 21 are out of date, this set is the best 1:1,000,000 source for road alinements and
classifications. Map 22 is useful as a wall map; and Map 23 provides data on load capacity,
which are not available elsewhere. The 1:500,000 set listed, Map 26, does not provide complete
coverage of Indochina and is not so good as the 1:400,000 set mentioned above, bit is available
in quantity. Maps 30 and 31 at 1:253,440 and 1:250,000 provide almost complete coverage at
both scales, are about equal in quality, and are of adequate reliability for most purposes.
Map 32 at 1:250,000 is better than either, but covers only a small portion of the country. Map
33 at 1:250,000,which also covers a very small part of the country, is useful only for checking
road alinements. The basic topographic set of Indochina is Map 34 at 1:100.000; Map 35 is an
English-text copy of it; and Maps 36, 37, and 38 at 1:100,000 provide alittle additional material_
for a few small areas. Topographic coverage of parts of Indochina is available at 1:25,000 in
the Map Branch, CIA, and the Library, Army Map Service. The great detail that such maps provide
would probably be required only for specialized studies of small areas.
Of the two remaining items listed, 18 gives a few elevation profiles and 39 gives details
of several ferry crossings. Similar maps covering southern Indochina appear in the Japanese
military topographical study previously mentioned.
TITLE COVERAGE SCALE PUBLISHER AHD DATE
I. The Routes Coloniales and other
main roads, from Indo-China.
BR 510, Fig. 135, p. 411
2. indochina, Soil Trafficability,
from Indochina, JANIS 70,
Chapter I, Fig. 1-27
3. Indochina, River Barriers,
from Indochina, JANIS, 70,
Chapter I, Fig. 1-25
Also listed in Section V
I:11,0010,0W
1:5,510,1139
1:5,500,000
ROAD DATA
British Admiralty Roads: all weather, dry season
Naval Intelligence Division, Route numbers
1943 (information as of 1938)
OTHER DATA REMARKS
No coordinates
Joint Intelligence Study Pub- Ten classes of soils grouped Detailed-hydrographic pattern
lishing Board according to trafficability
1945
Joint Intelligence study Pub- Rivers not fordable at low
lishing Board water, rivers possibly
1945 fordable at low water
- 6 -
Outline map empha-
sizing main roads
RISMICPID
RESYRICTED
Heads of navigation for junks
Relief: pictorial shading RAWRICTED
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AVAILABILITY
((:)...in quantity)
IR/R, State,
Call No.
13910/ 141G
LR/R, State,
Cali No.
910/Z3806/70
Negatives available in
Nap Branch, CIA
LR/R, State,
Call No.
910/73806/70
Negatives available in
Map Branch, CIA
TITLE
4. Selected Routes Across the
Indochinese Peninsula
Also listed in Section I
5. Terrain and Transportation
(2 sheets)
a? China
b. Southeast Asia
Also listed in Section I
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POBLISNER AND DATE ROAD DATA
1:5,C00,000 State MCC
1947
1:5,CCO,OCO
a. C6S 2495
b. OSS 2422
1944
OTHER DATA REMARKS
Roads: all weather, limited Railroads Clearly drawn pre-
Water routes sentation of main
all weather, dry season, dry Relief: inset with pictorial roads; slightly
season cart trails, caravan shading generalized
trails
Roads: principal or con-
necting-, trails
Railroads
Relief: pictorial shading
Not so oosclete as
map 4, but good
presentation of
main roads in re-
lation to terrain,
and of route con-
nections with China
AVAILABILITY
(0. ? . in quaotItY)
0- Map Brandi, CIA
- Map Branch, CIA
6. From Sai-gon to Angkor, from
'Indochina, [Guides] Madrolles
p. 55
7. Indo-China and Thailand,
Special Strategic Map
Also listed in Section I
1:3,500,000 Societe'd'iditions Geo-
graphiques,Maritimes et
oloniales, Paris
1939
1:3,000,C00 AMS
1945
Roads
Distances
Roads: primary, secondary Railroads
Towns: 4 classes
Relief: generalized
hachures, spot heights
Clearly drafted
and printed
General presen
tation; some omis-
sions and inac-
curacies; road net-
work generalized;
international
boundary inconsis-
tent -- part being
pre-1941 and part
post-2941
Library, ARS,
Call No.
DS525, W17, 1939
Q- *IS
8.
Indo-China, Road Corrections
1:3,000,000
913a0 D Celhi3
A 4546
Cca. 19457
Roads: primary, secondary
Railroads
Towns: 4 classes
Relief: generalized
hachures, spot heights
Corrected copy of
Map 7; useful
research source
File copy., Mati,
Branch, CIA
Call No. 4546
9. Indochina, Roads
1: 2, 300, WO OSS 8104
1945
- 7 -
Roads: asphalt, other
improved- (usually all
weather), selected unim-
proved non-metalled roads
or cart trails (usually dry
season only), selected
animal tracks or footpaths
Colonial route numbers
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Good general pre*.
entation; not so
detailed as maps
10 and 11
- Map Branch,
CIA
TITLE
10. Carte Generale de l'Indochine
Franaise
Also listed in Section I
II. Refseau Routier de l'Indochine
Also listed in Section I
12. Carte Routiere de l'Indochine
13. Carte Geologique de
l'Indochine Fran9aise
14. French Indo-China, Transpor-
tation Routes
Also listed in Section I
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SCALE
PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:2,000,000 Institut Gefographique
National, [France:
1945
ROAD DATA
Roads: colonial and local,
metalled and non-metalled,
paths
OTHER DATA
Railroads
Canals
Numerous towns
Relief: Shading, spot heights
Province boundaries
REMARKS AVAILABILITY
(0...in quantity)
Best single-sheet File oopy, Map Branch,
roacinmp; complete, CIA., Call No.
accurate within HU31-32, 3'7935
limits of scale
In French
1:2,000,000 Service GdOgraphique de
l'Indochine
193B
1:2,000,000 Goodrich; Etablissements
Gaillao-MonrOco et Cie.,
Paris
rpre-l9552
Roads: metalled, non-metalled,
trails
Distances
Route numbers
Bridges, ferries
Roads: automobile
Comprehensive table of
distances
Ferries
1:2,000,000
iled by Chef du Service
logive de l'Indochinq;
printed by the Service Gho-
1997nraphique de l'Indoblaine
1:1,750,000 Board of Economic Warfare
1CO5
1943
Roads: main
Railroads
River ports, distances from
ports to sea
rous towns
Relief: layer tints, spot
heights
Province boundaries
Coordinates in grads,
longitude based on Paris
meridian
Railroads
No coordinates
Geological outcrops: 22
classes
Railroads
Province boundaries
Coordinates in grads,
longitude based on Paris
meridian
Roads: asphalt, metalled, Railroads
dry weather
Route umbers of principal
federal highways Ccolonial
routes
Ferries
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Very clearly drama; File copy, Map Branch,
almost as ccupre- CIA, Chll No.
hensive as Map 10 11501-32,32825
In French; photo-
copy in English
Distance table is
only unique
featiu,e; map is
otherwise out-
dated, in-. .lete
version Of ap 11
IR French
File copy, Library,
MS, Call No. 2L
1-24.5-85156-2000
Good supplementary File ccf., Map Branch,
material; geologic CIA, 1 No.
data are very H501-i2, 12254
clearly presented;
data are Moult
some transportation
to read
In French
(ares favorably File
a,cat 114 Branch,
with Maps 9, 10,
and 11; insets a B501-32, 500172
Hanoi and Saigon
area
TITLE
15. Roads in French Ind? China
16. F. I. C. Roads
17. Flood Conditions During
Rainy season in Northern
French Indochina, from
Ni/itary Topographical Study
of Northern French Indo-
china. Documents Branch
Translation 78 and Japanese
original, Vol. III, Map 4
Also listed in Sections land V
18. (Vertical viewe, from
Military TopograPhical Study
of Northern French Indo-
china, Documents Branch
Translation 78 and Japanese
original, Vol. I
a. Phu Sien EDien1J- Luang
Prabang, Map 34
b. Vinb - Nape - Thakhek,
Map 35
c. Dong Ha - Savannakhet,
Map 36
19. Asia 1:1,000,000 (10 sheets)
See index map, Fig. 1
Also listed in Sections
III. and V
20. World Aeronautical Charts
(ILF Regional) (11 sheets)
See index Map, Fig. 2
Also listed in Sections I. III,
IV. and V
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SCALE
1:1,500,CCO
PUBLISHER AND DATE
Copy of map borrowed from
French Military Mission,
1945
104 Inf. Div. Sq. SAMEA
1945
1:1,500,C00 Japanese Southern Army,
General Headquarters
1944
Various:
Vertical,
1:3,000-
1:12,500;
horizontal
1:1,250:000-
1:2,500.000
1?1,000.000
Japanese Southern Amy,
ral Headquarters
1944
AMS 1301
Various dates:
1942-1945
ROAD DATA
Roads: metalled and non-
metalled, principal paths
OTHER DATA
Roads: metalled, ncaormetaLled, No drainage
trails No coordinates
Ferries
Use of highways during rainy Area flooded more than 1 m.,
season area flooded less than 1 m.
and more than 3D an., area
flooded less than 30 cm.;
specific depths in selected
small localities
Navigability of waterways
during rainy season
Roads: profiles
Relief: profiles, elevations
No coordinates
Roads: 1st, 2nd, and 3d class Railroads, stations, bridges,
Bridges, tunnels tunnels
Numerous towns: 3 classes
Relief: layer tints,
contours, spot heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural,
tudrogrmObic and topo-
graphic features
1:1,000,000 Aeronautical Chart Service, Roads: primary, secondarY,
USAF trails
Various dates: 1943-1948 Route numbers
Bridges, tunnels
- g -
Airfields and facilities:
detailed classification
Railroads, bridges, tunnels
qenals
lAerovs towns: 8 classes
Relief: contours or form
lines layer tints, spot
heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural,
hydrographic, and topo-
graphic features
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REMARKS
Sketchy and some-
what difficult to
read; useful re-
search source
In French
Good recent research
source; slightly
generalized, but
fairly complete
and accurate;
poorly reproduced
and in some places
difficult to read
RESTRICITD
AVAILABILITY
()...In quantity)
File copy map Branda,
CIA, cali No.
R501-28, 32629
File coin', Map Branch,
CIA, Call No.
5501-28, 19033
Clearer copy of
northern. portion:
Call No. R501-93,
17257
In Japanese with Foreign Documents
English translation Branch, CIA, Doc.
Translated overprint 158687 (original)
on untranslated and Translation 78
base; overprint
somewhat roughly
drafted, but clear
COIPIDIEVIL
Somewhat roughly
drafted, but
legible
In Japanese with
English translation
COIFIDIIML
Detailed; little
Choice between
this and Map 20:
in some places
1st and Rod class
roads are not
clearly differ-
entiated
Detailed; little
choice between
this and Map 19
Foreign Documents
Branch, CIA, Doc.
192e87 (original)
and Translation 78
- Acs
TITLE
21. Carte de l'Indochine
(18 Sheets)
See index map, Fig. 3
22. Carte Administrative de
l'Indochine (9 sheets)
Also-listed in Section I
23. Indo-China and Siam
a. Sheet 1 - North
b. Sheet 2 - Central
C. Sheet 3 - South
d. Sheet 4 - West
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SCALE
1:1,000.00
PUBLISHER AND DATE
Service G4ographique de
Oh Various dates: 1929-1941
1:L000,000 Service GAographigne de
l'Inekochine
Epost-19367
1:1,000,000
GSGS 4555
1945
ROAD DATA
Roads: metalled (all weather),
=2-metalled (dry season),
important trails and paths
Roads: metalled (all weather),
non-metalled (dry season),
Important paths
Roads: all weather and limited
all weather (each divided
into 4 classes according to
load capacity), dry season;
trails
OTHER DATA
Railroads
Numerous towns: 6 classes
Relief: layer tints,
contours, form lines, spot
heights
Province boundaries
Coordinates in grads,
coordinate stubs in degrees,
longitude of both based on
Paris meridian
Railroads
Numerous towns
Province boundaries
Coordinates in grads,
coordinate stubs in degrees,
longitude of both based on
Paris meridian
Railroads, tramways, stations
Numerous towns
Relief: layer tints, contours
form lines, spot heights
REMARKS
Out-dated by Maps
19 and 20, but is
best 1:1,000,000
set for road
Alinements and
surface conditions
In French
AVAILABILITY
(Q... In quantity)
File cony Map Brandi,
CIA, Call No.
R501-3D, 133117
File copy, Library,
ANS Call No. 2L
3-16-&5001-1000
Wall-type map; fairly File oopy Library,
complete; other AMS, Mil NO. 21,
1:1,000,000 sets 1-2S-35001-1000
are preferable (A 1947)
unless exceptional
clarity is desired
In French
Detailed road
classification is
confbsing; load
data available on
no other maps
BWRICfSD
File copies, sheets
2, 4, Map Branch,
CIA, Call No. H500-30,
24411
SiMot-Ningrstig17,gy,
ToOograPhy and Climate.
BR 877, ISTD, 1945,
pocket; available in
Map Branch, CIA,
tmcataloged
24. Carte Routibre des Deltas
du Tonkin et de la
Cochinchine
Also listed in Section I
25. Roads of Northern French
Indochina, from Military
TohograPhical Sine), of
Northern French indochina,
Documents Branch Translation
78 and Japanese original,
Vol. III, Map 8
26. AF Pilotage Charts (AY
Sectional) (24 sheets, 14
available)
See index map, Fig. 4
Also listed in Sections I,
III, IV, and V
1:1.000,000 Service Geographique de
l'Indochine
1929
1:1.000,000 Japanese Southern Army,
General Headquarters
1944
Roads: metalled, dry season,
carriage trails, paths
Distances
Route numbers
Bridges, ferries
Roads: national highways
r'.W"
ways, pack horse trails
Distances
Colonial route numbers
Bridges: 4 classes according
to material
Ferries: 2 classes and
carrying capacity
StreaM beds: widths, depths
velocity, materials
1:500,000 Aeronautical Chart Service, Roads: primary, secondary,
MAY trails
Route numbers
Bridges, tunnels
Various dates: 1945-1946
-10-
Railroads
province boundaries
No coordinates
Airfields
Numerous ...ortr....s
No coordinates
Airfields and facilities: de-
tailed classification
Railroads, bridges, tunnels
Canals
Numerous towns: 6 classes
Relief: contours, form lines or
heehures, layer tints, spot
heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural, hydro-
graphic, and topographic
features
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Very clearly drawn; File copy, Map Branch,
aittmugh relatively CIA, Call NO.
old, this map is not H501-32, q2R95
out-dated since there
have been few recent
changes in trans-
portation patterns
of the delta areas
In French
Good research Foreign Documents
source; somewhat Branch, CIA, Doc.
rough, but legible; 158687 (original)
annotations on maps and Translation 78
give detailed
description of
features Shown;
accompanying text
In Japanese, with
English translation
COINDEMAL
Detailed; road
information not so
rd as that on Map
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27. Carte Administrative du
Cambodge
Also listed in Section I
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COVERAGE
SCALE
1:500,000
PUBLISHER AND DATE
piled by the [Indochina:
Service du CadaStre et de la
Topographie printed by
Imprimerie d'Extrame-Orient,
Hanoi
1927
ROAD DATA
OTHER DATA
Ro.lis: metalled, non-metalled, Railroads
paths FL-sivinces audsv-oks,
with their capitals
No coordinate
REMARKS
In French
AVAILABILITY
(Q... In quantity)
File copy, Library,
CrAll No. -22L
1-28-35C08-5C0
28. Carte Routiere de l'Indochine
(25 sheets)
See index map, Fig. 5
Also listed in Sections. I,
III and V
1:400,000
Service G4ographique de
1,Inclochin9-reprinted by the
Institut Geographique
National, aris3 ,and by
the Japanese Army, General
Staff
Various dates: 1936-1945
Roads: colonial provincial,
local, communal; metalled,
non-metalled; paths, trails
Distances
Route numbers
Bridges, ferries
Railroads, stations, bridges,
tunnels
Canal.s
Numerous towns: 4 classes
Relief: contours, shading or
hachures, spot heights
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultural
features
Coordinates in grads,
longitude based on Faris
meridian
Best operational road
map of Incbohina;
very clear and de-
tailed; best pres-
entation of juris-
diction over roads,
and of-route numbers.
The legend is in many
cases split between
adjoining sheets;
road authorities
cannot be differ-
entiated on IQN re-
prints; Japanese
reprint is ptor and
is mentioned cooly
because SGI sheets
for some areas are
not available in the
MP Branch, CIA
In French; IGN re-
print adds English
legend; Japanese re-
Lrgabdadds jaPanese
File copies, Map Branch,
CIA, Call Nos.: SGI
set, H501-28, 2885.
Ii set, H501-28,
22438; Japanese set,
H501-30, uncataloged
File copies, Library,
ANS, Call Nos.: SGI
and IGN sets 2L
3-26-35001,46h
Japanese set, 21.
3 -26-31089-400
29. Lkaps of road networks], from
Military Totoirraphical Study
of Northern French Indochina,
Documents Branch Translation
78 and Japahese original,
Vol. I
a, Hanoi - Cap Bang, Map 16
b. Cao Bang Area, Map 17
C. Lang Son Area, Map 18
d. Tien Yen Area, map 19
e. Flat. Lang Thuong - Dinh Lap,
Map 20
f. Bac Ninh - Cam Pha, Map 21
g. Hanoi - Haiphong, Map 23
h. Hanoi - Ha Giang, Map 24
i. Ha Giang Area, Map 25
j. Lao Kay Area, Map 26
k. Lai Chau Area, map 23
1:400,000 Japanese Southern Arsy, General Roads :detailed descriptions
Headquarters
1044
No coordinates
Good supplementary
research material-
'
scsewhat roughly
drafted, but clear
In Japanese with
English translation
CONYIDWIAL
For,..ign Documents
Branch, CIA, to.
158687 (original)
and translation 78
30. Indo-China 1:253,440(99sheets,
almost all available)
Border sheets included from
adjoining AMS sets; see index
map, Pig. e
Also listed in Sections I. In
and V
31. AF Aeronautical Approach
Charts (70 sheets, 59
available)
See index map, Fig. 7
Also listed in Sections. I.
III, IT, exil V
1: 253, 440
1:250,000
AMS L504 (Reprint of HIND
11)
Various dates: 1942-1947
Aeronautical Chart Service,
USAF
Various dates: 1943-1946
- 11-
Roads: all weather, dry
season, unclassified; pack-
trails, footpaths
Distances
Colonial route numbers
Bridges
Railroads, tramways, stations,
bridges
Canals
Numerous towns
Relief: contours, farm lines,
spot heights
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultural, hydro-
graphic, and topographic
features
British military grid;
magnetic declination
Roads: primary, secondary, Airfields and facilities: de-
trails tailed classification
Route numbers Railroads, bridges, tunnels
Bridges, timnels Canals
Numerous tams: 6 classes
Relief: contours, form lines,
or hachures; layer tints,
spot heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural, hydro-
fraphic, and topographic
eatures
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Detailed; little
choice between this
and Map 31; road
classification is
slightly better on
30, but Map 31 shows
alinements more
accurately
retailed; little
choice between this
and Map 33; Map 29
shows alinments
more accurately, but
Map SO uses a
s1ight4 better road
classification
TITLE
32. Indochina I:250,000
(99 sheets, 10 available)
See index map, gig. 8
33. Indo-China
,
a.
Sheet
1
- Lao
Kay
Area
b.
Sheet
2 -
Viet
Tri
Area
c.
Sheet
3 -
Son
Tay
Area
d.
Sheet
4 -
Nam
Dinh
Area
34. Carte de l'Indochine (about
450 half-sheets, approxi-
mately 300 available)
Also listed in Sections I.
III nd V
35. Indo-China 1:100,000 (about
450 half-sheets, approxi-
mately 250 available)
Also listed in Sections I, III,
and V
36. Transportation Facilities of
Northern French Indo-China
(index map and seven over-
lays), from TransPortation
Facilities of Northern French
Indo-China. Special PI
Report No. 49
Also listed in Section III
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SCALE
PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:250 000 Ale L502
Various dates194,5-1948
1:250,000 Photogrammetry Sec., 21st
Photo. Ron. Sq.
1944
1:100,000
Service Geographique de
l'Indochine
Various dates: 12199-1944
Almost half are 1940 or
later; about one-third are
1930-39; very few are
pre-1925
Mast of the more recent sheets
are available only at AMS
1:100,000 HOD 1000
Various dates: 1942-1945
1:1co,000
1Sth PID, Hqs., 14th Air
Force
1944
ROAD DATA
OTHER DATA
Roads: b1tamt,.....9 or asphalt,Railroads, tr wa
metalled or oraehed stone, Numerous tomaZrclasses
non-metalled; trails, paths Relief: contours, form lines,
spot heights
Province boundaries
Other cultural, hydrographic,
and topographic features
British military grid;
magnetic declination
Roads
Roads: colonial all weather,
provincial all weather, dry
weather; mule trails, paths
Bridges: several classes;
ferries, fords
Railroads, yards
Canals
Airfields
Magnetic declination
Railroads, tramways, stations;
several classes of bridles
inland waterways: waterfalls,
rapids, dams, canals (navi-
gable, irrigation), locks
Numerous towns: 5 classes
Relief: contours or hachures,
shading, spot heights
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultural, hydro-
felland topographic
res
Cbordinates in grads,
longitude based on Paris
meridian
Roads: metalled, non,- Railroads, tranwaYs, bridges
metalled; trailsyfootpaths Canals: navigable, irrigation
Bridges Numerous towns
Relief: contours or hachures,
spot heights_
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultural,
hYdrorahic and topographic
eatures
British military grid;
magnetic declination;geo-
grhic coordinates in grads,
longitude based on Paris
meridian; geographic co-
ordinate stubs in degrees.
longitude based on Greenwich
meridian
Roads: highways
Route numbers
Bridges
Railroads, stations; bridges,
yards
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REMARKS AVAILABILITY
(CI... In quantity)
The leo published () - ANS
sheets of this set
are more detailed
and accurate than
sheets in any other
1:250000 set
covering the same
area; AMS does not
at present plan
publication of
additional sheets
No legend sheets
show strip about
25 miles wide along
the Red River;
except for road
alinements, which
are taken from
trimetrogon photo-
graphs, material
is presented
better on other
1:250,000 maps
22 8!21021D
Basic topographic
set of Irickimina;
extremely detailed
In French
Estrese3yy detailed;
taken from, but not
as detailed as Nap
34; road classifi-
cation somewhat
conftsing; a few
sheets are later in
date than corre-
sponding sheets of
Mhp 34, but bear
few changes
COmpiled from seriai
photographs; adds
little to material
on Maps 34 and 25
File copy (sheet 4
missing) Nap Branch,
CI Cali No. H501-32,
File copy (photocopy,
complete set), Library,
At4S- Call NO. 2.
2348-90098-250
File copy, Library,
AHS Call No. 2L
3-35-35301-100
Filecia, cai ony Melo Branch,
al ?b.
R501-30, 500108
Filecopy, Library,
AMS, Chll No. 2L
23-30-8300D-100
File oopy, Map Brandi.,
CIA, Call Nos.:
H501-30, 500107 and
24407
Far East Division, Office
of International Trade,
Department of Cbmmerce
File copy (maps only,
inc,..plete set), ANS,
Call No. Fr. Indo-China
(AS) 1128-AAF-100/2
(filed with Confidential
maps)
File c(photocoF s oofmTetoriginf71
sheets),:Kep Branch,
skoosal NO. 115014-32,
TITLE
37. Supplement to Transportation
Facilities of Northern
French Indo-China (three
maps), from SupPlement to
Transportation Facilities
of Northern French Indo-
China, Special PI Report
No. 49
Also listed in Section III
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COVERAGE SCALE PUBLISHER AND DATE ROAD DATA
1:100,000
118th PID, His., 14th Air Roads: highways
Force Route numbers
1945 Bridges
OTHER DATA REMARKS
Railroads, stations, bridges,
yards
Revision of three
of overlays in
Item 36
RESPRICTED
AVAILABILITY
(Q... In quantity)
Far East Division,
Office of International
Trade, Department of
Commerce
File copy (1 map only),
Map Branch, CIA,
Call No. H501e-32,
19500
38. Railroad & Highway Bridges,
Hanoi to Tourane (index map
and eight overlays), from
Railroad and Highway Bridges
from Hanoi to Tourane,
F.I.C., Special PI
Report No. 43
Also listed in Section III
39. //ups of ferry crossings],
from Military Topographical
Study of Northern French
Indochina, Documents Branch
Translation 78 and Japanese
original, Vol. I
a. Hoa Binh, Maps 27 and 28
b. Cho No, Map 29
c. Shuyut :Suyut3, Map 30
d. Nam Motsu (4), Map 31
e. Lai Chau, Map 32
1:100,000
Roth PID, RqS., 14th Air
Force
1944
Roads: highways
Bridges
Railroads, bridges
Japanese Southern Army, Detailed descriptions of No coordinates
General Headquarters ferry crossings
1944
-13-
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Compiled from
aerial photographs;
adds little to
material on Maps
34 and 35
RWRICTAT
Far East Division,
Office of International
Trade, Department of
commerce
File copy (maps only),
AMS, Call No. Fr.
Indo-China (AS)
S26-AAF-100 (filed with
Confidential maps)
Maps are somewhat Foreign Documents Branch,
rough, but legible CIA, Doe. 158687
In Japanese, with (original) and
English translation Translation 78
COLPIDEIYIAL
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III. RAILROAD MAPS
Numerous maps of Indochina's railroads are available. They are deficient only in not indi-
cating the disruption of service caused by French-Vietnamese hostilities. Of the more than
3,000 kilometers of railroad lines operatinginIndochina before World War II, only about 1,200
kilometers were reported in operation in November 1g47. Service even on these lines has been
erratic because of sabotage, particularly of bridges.
For a general picture of the railroads of Indochina, almost any map of the country is ade-
quate. The railroad pattern is very simple and most maps locate the main lines accurately.
Two errors, however, recur on general maps: a non-existent connecting line between Saigon and
Phnom Penh is often shown, arid the existinglinetetween Sisophonand the Siamese border is often
omitted. A few small branch lines do not appear on all maps, but they can be found on Map 3,
below, which is the best single-sheet map of railroads and railroad facilities in Indochina.
It is complete, reliable, and well drawn. Map 2, which is also a clear and detailed single-
sheet map of the railroads, includes some data on facilities that do not appear on Map 3. A
simplified but effective presentation of the historical development of the railroad system is
given by the four small maps that comprise Item 1.
Most of the remaining material listed consists of more detailed maps of sections of the rail-
road lines. Map 8 covers all of northern Indochina; and Maps 11, 12, 17, and 18 give details
on the lines that lead from Hanoi to Lao Kay, Vinh, Haiphong, and Na Cham. A map similar to
8, covering southern Indochina, appears in Military ToPograt,hical Studyof Southern Indochina,
Japanese Southern Army. General Headquarters, August 1944. The original and an English trans-
lation are available in Foreign Documents Branch, CIA (Doc. 158688 and Translation 148). Four
other maps give especially good information on stations. On map 4, stations of northern Indo-
china are divided into several classes. Map 5 is particularly good for stations of northern
Indochina and of the My Tho-Nha Trang line in southern Indochina. The section from Phnom Penh
to the Siamese border is covered in detail on Map 13, which includes a table of facilities.
Stations on the privately owned line extending from Haiphong toK'un-ming (Winnanfou) are shown
with exceptional clarity on Map 10. Although duplicating material shown on other maps, Map 9
is excellent for stations alongthe lines in operation in 1910, and includes a table of distances
and completion dates for the lines shown. Supplementary detail on the railroad lines, at a
sca1s of 1:100,00D, can be found on Maps 22, 25, 26, and 27, and track and yard diagrams are
given in Items 29 and 30.1
Elevation profiles are available for a large part of the Indochinese railroad net. Maps
14 and 19 show the Saigon-Muong Man and Haiphong-K'un-ming lines at scales of 1:1,000,000 and
1:325,000, respectively. Item 28 is a collection of large-scale profiles covering much of the
railroad net.
Also included in Section III are topographic sets at scales ranging from 1:1,000,000 to
1:100,000, whichare the best available maps for showing railroad alinement in relation to other
geographic features, such as roads, towns, and relief. Maps 6, 7, 15, 16, 20. 21, 23, and 24
fall within this category, Map 16 being especially good for minor lines. Topographic coverage
of part of Indochina is available at 1:25.000 in the Map Branch, CIA, land the Library, Army Map
Service.
TITLE
I . The historical development
of the railway system
(four maps), from Indo-
Chsna. BR 510, Fig. 136,
p. 419
a. Before 1898
b. 1898-1914
c. 1914-1922
d. 1922-1937
2 . French Indo-China, Trans-
portation
Also listed in Section I
3. Indochina, Railroads and
Railroad Facilities
COVERAGE
SCALE PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:20,C00,000
1:2,800,000
1:2,300,000
CPritish Admiralty], Naval
Intelligence Division
1943 (see title)
Assistant Chief of Air
Staff, Intelligence
1944
CGS 8006
1945
RAILROAD DATA OTHER DATA REMARKS AVAILABILITY
(0...in quantity)
Railroads: in operation, LR/R, State, Call No.
under construction EIWRIMIT B910/141G
Railroads
Principal bridges
Railroad facilities
Railroads: steam railroads
and tramways, electric
railroads and tramways,
rack or cog sections of
lines
Large bridges, tunnels
Railroad facilities
Roads
Canals
Principal ports
Roads: selected
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Gives some rail- File copy, Map Branch,
road facilities CIA, Call No.
not shown on H501-32, 32628
other maps
RESSRICTED
Best, single-sheet
railroad Map;
well-drawn,
accurate, com-
prehensive
RSSTRICTID
? Map Branch, CIA
TITLE
4. Distribution of Railroad
Stations of Northern French
Indochina, from Military
Topographical Study of
Northern French Indochina,
Documents Branch _Translation
78 and Japanese original,
Vol. III, Map 14
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COVERAGE
SCALE
PUBLISHER AND DATE
Japanese Southern Prey,
General Headquarters
1944
RAILROAD DATA
Stations: main city, main,
ordinary
Railroad facilities
Accompanying chart; summary
of stations and their
facilities
OTHER DATA
No coordinates
REMARKS
Good station infor-
mation; somewhat
rough drafting, but
legible
In Japanese, with
English translation
CONFIDENTIAL
AVAILABILITY
(Q...Ia quantity)
Foreign Documents
Branch, CIA, Doc.
158687 (original)
and Translation 78
5. Indo-China Railroads (two
maps), from French Indo-
China, Railroads', Strategic
Engineering Study 78, Vol. II
a. Northern Indo-China Rail-
road Lines, p. 144
b. Southern Indo-China Rail-
road Lines, p. 144
6. Asia 1:1,000,000 (10 sheets)
See index map, Fig. 1
Also listed in Sections I. II,
and V
7. World Aeronautical Charts
(AF Regional) (11 sheets)
See index map, Fig. 2
Also listed in Sections I, II,
IV, and V
8. Railroads of Northern French
Indochina, from Military
Topographical Study of
Northern French Indochina,
Docdments Branch Translation
78 and Japanese original,
Vol. III, Map 13
9. Chemins de Fer de l'Indochine
avec leurs Relations
Administratives, Commerciales,
Industrielles, etc.
a. [ca.
1:2.000,000:,
b. [ca.
1:1,500,000
Office, Chief of
Engineers,
Military Intel-
ligence Division;
from [Indochinaa
l'Arrondisse-
ment du Trafic et
Mbuvement, du Re-
seau Nord
1942
1:1,000,000 AMS 1301
Various dates: 1942-1945
1?1,000,000
,000,000
1:1,000,000
Railroads
Stations
Railroads
Stations
Bridges, tunnels
Aeronautical Chart Service, Railroads
USAF
Various dates: 1943-1948
Japanese Southern Amy,
Teneral Headquarters
1944
Conducteur des Travaux
Publics de l'Indochine
1910
-15-
Bridges, tunnels
Railroads
Stations
Railroad facilities
Railroads
Stations
Marginal tables of distance
and dates of railroad-line
completion
Roads: connecting highways
Hotels, tourist cottages
No coordinates
Roads: 3 classes, bridges,
tunnels
Numerous towns: 3 classes
Relief: layer tints,
contours, spot heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural,
hydrographic, and topo-
graphic features
Airfields and facilities:
detailed classification
Roads: 3 classes, route
numbers, bridges, tunnels
Canals
NUITISPOUS towns: 6 classes
Relief: contours or form
lines, layer tints, spot
heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural,
hydrographic, and topo-
graphic features
No coordinates
Numerous towns
Relief: rough shading
Ocean waterways: routes
Distribution of resources
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Good station infor-
mation; strip maps;
easy to read-
/USW/CM
Detailed; little
choice between
this and Map 7
Detailed; little
choice between
this and Map 6
Drafting somewhat
rough; annotations
give detailed de-
scription of
features shown;
accompanying text
gives history,
administration,
traffic, rolling_
stock, signals
gauge, and number
of employees
In Japanese, with
English translation
CONFIDENTIAL
Excellent pres-
entation of
stations
LR/R, State, Call No.
X - 44365
- ACS
Foreign Documents
Branch, CIA, Doc.
158687 (original) and
Translation 78
File copy, Map Branch,
CIA, Call No.
5501-25, 32624
TITLE
10. Carte des Chemins de Fer du
Tonkin et du Yunnan
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COVERAGE
SCALE PUBLISHER AND DATE RAILROAD DATA OTHER DATA REMARKS AVAILABILITY
(Q... In quantity)
1:1,000,000 Girard et Barrere, Railroads -- Coed station File copy, Map Branch,
Geographes, Paris Stations information; very CIA, Call No.
1937 Distances clearly drawn H501-25, 22233
11. Hanoi - Lao Kay Railroad,
from Military ToPomraPhical
Study of Northern French
Indochina, Documents Branch
Translation 78 and Japanese
original, Vol. I, Map 98
12. Hanoi - Vinh Railroad, from
Military Topographica/ Study
of Northern French Indochina,
Documents Branch Translation
76 and Japanese original,
Vol; I, Map 100
13. Map of the State Railways
of Siam
1:1,000,000 Japanese Southern Army, Railroad Roads Somewhat rough Foreign Documents
General Headquarters Stations Relief: form lines drafting, but Branch, CIA, inc.
1944 Bridges Detailed description of area legible 158887 (original)
Railroad facilities bordering railroad In Japanese, with and Translation 76
Slopes, capacity, speed No coordinates English trans-
lation
CONFIDENTIAL
1:1,000,000 Japanese Southern Army, Railroad Roads Somewhat rough Foreign Documents
General Headquarters Stations Relief: form lines but legible Branch, CIA, Doc.
1944 Bridges Detailed description of area In Japanese, with 1513687 (original)
Railroad facilities bordering railroad English trans- and Translation 76
Slopes, capacity, speed No coordinates lation
CONFIDENTIAL
1:1,000,000
Hg. SACSEA Mov. & Th. Div., Railroads
& ismPIN) Stations
1945 ,..- Marginal chart listing
stations and their
facilities
Only map giving
details on
stations and their
facilities for
this area
RESTRICTED
File copy, Map Branch,
CIA, Call No.
H503-25, 32630
14.
Profil en Long de la Section
Saigon-Muong Man, from
Annales des Travaux Publics
de l'Indochine, Fascicule
II, facing p. 240
Vertical,
1:2, (XC);
horizontal,
1:1,000,000
Compiled by Ins ction
Gdh?rale des avaux Publics
de l'Indochine; p inted by
Imprimerie d'Ext
()Tient, Hanoi
1944
Railroad:
Stations
Distances
elevation profile
Relief: elevations
In French
Map Branch, CIA
uncataloged
- 16-
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TITLE '
15. AF Pilotage Charts (AF
Sectional) (24 sheets, 14
available)
See index map, Fig. 4
Also listed in Sections I,
II, IV, and V
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COVERAGE
SCALE
PUBLISHER AND DATE
RAILROAD 'ATA
1:500,000 Aeronautical Chart Service, Railroads
USAF
Various dates: 1945-1948
Bridges, tunnels
OTHER DATA
Airfields and facilities:
detailed classification
Roads: 3 classes, route
numbers, bridges, tunnels
Canals
Numerous towns: 8 classes
Relief: contours, form lines,
or hachures; layer tints,
spot heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural, hydro_
graphic, and topographic
features.
REMARKS
Detailed; not quite
as complete as
Map 18
AVAILABILITY
(0...In quantity)
ACS
16. Carte Routrbre de l'Indochine
(25 sheets)
See index map, Fig. 5
Also listed in Sections I,
II, and V
1A00,000
Service Gdograpnique am
l'Indochdre; reprinted by
the Institut Geographique
National, CFarisJ, and by
the Japanese Army, General
Staff
Various dates: 1938-1945
Railroads: standard, mine,
forestry
Stations
Bridges, tunnels
Roads: detailed classification Very clearly
distances, route numbers, drawn, detailed
bridges, terries set
Canals The legend is in
Numerous towns: 4 classes many cases split
Relief: contours, shading between adjoining
or hachures; spot heights sheets;_ road
provinrp boundaries classification less
Numerous other cultural features detailed on IGN
Coordinates in grads, longitude than SGI set;
based on paris meridian Japanese reprint is
poor and is
mentioned only be-
cause 941 sheets
for some of the
areas are not in
Map Branch, CIA
In French; 128
reprint adds Eng-
lish legend; Japan-
ese reprint add.
Japanese legend
File copies, map Branch,
CIA, Call Nos. ;SSI -
set, 11501-28, 2885;
ION set, 11501-28,
22438; Japanese set,
11501-30, nn,ataloged
File copies, Library,
AMS, 04.11 Nos.: MI
and IGN sets, 2L
3-28-35001-400;
Japanese. set, 2L
1C89-400
17. Hanoi - Haiphong Railroad,
from Military TopograPhical
Study of Northern French
Indochina, Documents Branch
Translation 78 and Japanese
original, Vol. I, Map 99
1:400,C00
Japanese Southern Army, General
I-kadquarters
1944
Railroad
Stations
Bridges
Facilities
Slopes, capacity,
speed
Roads
Relief: form lines
Detailed description of area
bordering railroad
No coordinates
Somwhat rough, but
legible
In Japanese, with
English transla-
tion
compsIrrAz
Foreign Documents Branch,
CIA, Doc. 158837
(original) and Transla-
tion 719
18. Hanoi - Na Chaim Railroad, from.
Military TopograPhical Study
of Northern French Indochina.
Documents Branch Translation
78 and Japanese original,
Vol. I, Map 97
?
1:400,000 Japanese Southern Army, General Railroad
1Eadquarters Stations
1944 Bridges
Railroad facilities
Slopes, capacity, speed
Roads
Relief: form lines
Detailed description of area
bordering railroad
No coordinates
Somewhat rough, but
legible
In Japanese, with
English transla-
tion
Foreign Documents Branch,
CIA, Don. 158887
(original) and Transla-
tion 78
19. [Railroad Profiles], from
-French Indo-China, Railroads,
1:325,000,
vertical
scale not
Military Intelligence Section,
Office, Chief of Engineers
1943
Railroads: elevation profiles Relief: profiles, given Very legible TR/R, State, Call No.
Stations without elevations 213fRICilD X- 445
Bridges and their dimensions
Strategic Engineering Study
given
Distances
78, Vol. II
a. Haiphong to Lao Kay, P- 33
b. Lao Kay to Kunming, p. 75
`-\
Slopes
-17-
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TITLE
20. Indo-China 1:25394u0 t"
sheets almost all
available)
Border sheets included from
adjoining AMS sets; see
index map, Fig. 8
Also listed in Sections I.
IT. and V
21. AF Aeronautical Approach
Charts (70 sheets, 59
available)
See index map, Fig. 7
Also listed in Section I,
IV. and V
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COVERAGE
SCALE
1:250,440
PUBLISHER AND DATE
RAILROAD DATA
MS 5004 (Reprint of HIND Railroads; meter, light,
1081) tramways
Stations
Bridges
Various dates: 1942-1947
OTHER DATA
Roads; 5 classes, distances,
colonial route numbers,
bridges
Canals
Numerous towns
Belief: contours, form lines,
spot heights_
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultural,
hydrographic, and topo*
graphic -features
British military grid,
magnetic declination
REMARKS
Detailed; little
choice between
this and Map 21
IMITICUT
AVAILABILITY
(Q... III quantity)
- Ams
1:250,000
Aeronautical Chart Service
USAF
Various dates: 1943-1948
Railroads
Bridges, tunnels
Airfields and facilities:
detailed classification
Roads: 3 classes; route
numbers, bridges, tunnels
Detailed; little
choice between
this and Map 20
() - ACS
Canals
Numerous towns: 6 classes
Relief: contours, form lines,
or hachures; layer tints,
spot heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural,
hydrographic. and topographic
features
II,
22. Carte des Chemins de Fer de
l'Indochine (83 sheets)
1:100,000
Direction rale des
Services d'Rtudes & de
Railroads
Stations
Coordinates in grads,
longitude based on Paris
Series of sketchy
strip maps
LR/R, State, Call No.
CID 15558
Recherches
1944
Bridges, with dimensions of
some
meridian
In French
RiStRIONT
23. Carte de l'Indochine (about
450 half-sheets, almost 300
available)
24. Indo-China 1:100,000 (about
450 half-sheets, approximately
250 available)
Also listed in Sections I, II,
and V
1:100,000
1:100,000
Service Geographique de
l'Indodhine
Various dates: 1699-1944
Almost half are 1940 or
later; about one-third are
1930-:9; very few are pro-
Mont of the more recent
sheets are available only
at AMS
HIND 1000
Various dates: 1942-1945
-18-
Railroads, tramways
Stations
Bridges: several classes
Railroads, tramways
Bridges
Roads: 5 classes; several
classes of bridges; ferries,
fords
Inland waterways: water-
falls, rapids, dams, canals
(navigable, irrigation),
locks
Numerous towns: 5 classes
Relief: contours or
hachures, shading, spot
,heights
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultural,
hyorographic, and topo-
graphic features
Coordinates in grads,
longitude based on Paris
meridian
Roads: 4 classes, bridges
CaWs: navigable,
irrigation
Numerous towns
Relief: contours or hachures,
spot heightsL
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultural,
hydrographic, and topo-
graphic features
British military grid;
geographic coordinates in
grass, longitude based on
Paris meridian; geographic
coordinate stubs in degrees,
longitude based on
Greenwich meridian; magnetic
declination
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Basic topographic File dopy, Library,
set of Indochina; ABS, 0811 No. 2L
extremely detailed 3-30-35001-100
In French File copy, Map Branch,
CIA, Call No.
H501-30, 500106
Extremely detailed; File copy, Library, AMS,
taken from Map 23, Call No. 2L
but omits some de- 22-20-60000-100
tail; a few sheets File copy, Map Branch,
are later in date CIA, call Nos.: H501-344
than corresponding 500107 and 24407
sheets of Map 23,
but bear few
Changes
TITLE
25. Transportation Facilities of
Northern French Indo-China
(index map and seven over-
lays), from Transportation
Facilities of Northern
French Indo-China, Special
PI Report No. 49
Also listed in Section II
26. Supplement to Transportation
Facilities of Northern
French Indo-China (three
maps), from SuPplement to
Transportation Facilities
of Northern French Indo-
China, Special PI Report
No. 49
Also listed in Section II
27. Railroad & Highway Bridges,
Hanoi to Tourane (index map
and eight overlays), from
Railroad &r Highway Bridges
from Hanoi to Tourane, F.I.C.,
Special PI Report No. 43
Also listed in Section II
28. alevation profilesD
a. Hanoi - Na Cham
b. Hanoi - Vinh
c. Vinh - Dong Ha
d. Dong Ha - Tourane
e. Tourane - Nha Trang
f. Tourcham - Dalat
g. Muong Man - Phan Thiet
h. Nga Ba - Ba Ngoi
I. Saigon - My Tho
j. Ben Dong So - Led Ninh
k. phnom Penh - pursat
29. CTrack and yard diagrams],
from Indochina, JANIS 70,
Chapter VII
a. Ole Lam, Pig. vii-ao
b. Haiphong, pig. VII-31
c. Pho Moi, Pig. VII-32
d. Bien Hod, pig. VII-37
e. Saigon, Figs. VII-as,
1/11-39
BO. CTrack and yard diagrams,
station and terminal dia-
grams, and detailed profiles
of the Haiphong-Kunming
(Yunnan-fu) Linea from
French Indo-China, Railroad
APPendir A. Strategic
Engineering Study 78, Vol.
III
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COVERAGE
SCALE
PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:100,000 18th PID, Hqs., 14th Air
Force
1944
1:100,C00
1:100,000
18th PID, Hqs., 14th Air
Force
1945
18th PID, Hqs., 14th Air
Force
1944
Various: No publisher given
vertical, No date given
1:200-
1:500;
horizontal,
1:2,000-
1:10,000
Various
Various
Joint Intelligence Study
Publishing Board
1945
Military Intelligence
Division, Office, Paiefof
ineers
RAILROAD DATA
Railroads
Stations
Bridges
Yards
Railroads
Stations
Bridges
Yards
Railroads
Bridges
OTHER DATA
Roads: highways, route
numbers, bridges
Roads: highways, route
numbers, bridges
Roads: highways, bridges
Railroads: elevation profiles Relief: profiles and
Stations elevations
Bridges
Railroad facilities
Distances
Slopes
Curve data
-19-
Railroads
Facilities
Railroads, elevation profiles
of has
Staticms
Bridges viaducts
Facilities
Distances
Curve data
Locational insets
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REMARKS
Compiled from
aerial photo-
graphs; adri
little to material
presented by other
1:100,000 maps,
very clear
RlSTRICITD
Revisions of three
overlays included
in Item 25
213ITIONT
Compiled from
aerial photo-
graphs; adds
little to material
presented by other
1:100,000 maps;
very clear
RSSUICTSD
Engineering dia-
12:liertmmelY
In French
?1.321101'1O
AVAILABILITY
(Q.. In quantity')
Far East Division,
Office of International
Wade, Department of
Commerce
File ccIltem:gZ),3nly,
Call No. Ft. Indo-Chia
(AS), 526-AAR-100/2,
(filed with Confidential
c (photocopy of
ma only, incomplete
TT)
F copy
set, originals of some
:L.:), Map Branch
CIA, Call Nu. H501e132,
Far East Division,
Office of International
Trade, Department of
Comaierce
File copy (1 map only),
Map Branch, CIA, Call
No. H501e-32, 19500
Far East Division,
Office of International
Trade, Department of
Comrarce
File copy (maps only),
ASS, Call NO. Fr.
Indo-China (AS),
s26-AAF_103 (filed with
Confidential maps)
File copies (Photo-
MegilMiargsr:cranh,
a. H501e-25 13524
b. H501a-25 uncataloged
c. H501a-25 uncataloged
d. H501a-25 uncataloged
e.
f.
uncataloged
:75?14'85!: unuluacacacataloged
ttalalooged
ged
and H501a-25, 20126
h.
1. H501c-25 14962
.1: HERZ 149'61
13503
LR/R, State Call No.
910/Z3806/0
Some parts in LR/R, State, Call No.
Enalsh, others in X - 54663
French
ISSUICELD
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IV. AIR TRANSPORT MAPS
Before and during World Warn, a large number of airfields were in operation in Indochina.
Important cities were served by well-equippedairports, and over 100 landing fields were scattered
throughout the country. Since the tnd ofthewar, however, many of the fields have been abandoned
because of the Scarcity of equipment and the disruptive influence of the FrenCh-Vietnamese con-
flict. At present Air France operates several flights from Saigon to other parts of the world,
and a few other international lines have begun to offer similar services. Air France has also
started to schedule a few domestic flights between major towns controlled by the French, such
as Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Tourane, and Dalat. The only Other air travel consists of unscheduled
survey flights by foreign lines, and of flights associated with small-scale military opera-
tions.
Manyofthe available air transport maps were made during the war and are now considerably
out-of-date. The most complete and recentair data for Indochina appear on the 1:1.000,000
operational charts published by the Aeronautical Chart Service, US Air Force (Map 7 below).
Additional recent and reliable information can be found on Map 2, thel:5,000,000 ACS planning
chart covering Indochina; and in Items 11 and 12, which contain the best approach and landing
charts for the area. Several other maps are also useful but must be used with caution because
much of the aeronautical information is obsolete. Of these, 9 and 10 are operational maps al
1:500,000 and 1:250.000 and 3 and 5 are useful both as planning charts and as long-range navi-
gation charts. Map 4, which classifies airfields according to their military plans capacity,
is useful for strategic planning. Air navigation data on most of the preceding maps are re-
vised periodically.
Besides operational and planning charts, there are several other informative maps of air
transport in Indochina. Map 1 shows main routes across Indochina and gives distances between
points. The extent of pre-World War II air transport is excellently illustrated by Map 6.
On Map 8, the terrain of Indochina is classified according to suitability for the construction
of airfields. The remaining four items (13. 14. 15, and 16) are collections of airfield maps.
TITLE
I. Route Index, Southeast Asia,
from US Air Force Pilot's
Handbook. Southeast Asia.
frontispiece.
2. Aeronautical Planning Chart,
Thailand Sheet
3. Long Range Air Navigation
Charts
a. 1,5-17 - Yellow Sea
b. LR-38 - Bengal
4. Operational Airfield Maps
a. 8N-99E
b. 6N-115E
C. 18N - 101E
5. Air Navigation Charts
a. V30-28
b. V30-41
C. V30-42
COVERAGE
SCALE PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:17,000,003
1:5,030,000
1:3,000.030
1:3,000.000
Aeronautical Chart Service,
USAF
1947
Aeronautical Chart Service,
USAF
Bess, 1944; air overprint,
1947
Aeronautical Chart Service,
USAF
a. 1947
b. 1944
Office of Assistant Chief of
Air Staff, Intelligence
a, 1945
b. 1945
c. 1947
1:2,188,800 US Hydrographic Office
a. 1947
b. 1945
c. 1948
-20-
AIR TRANSPORT DATA
Airfields: major, supple-
mentary
Routes
Distances
Airfields and facilities:
OTHER DATA REMARKS
Roads: 2 aliases
detailed classification Railroads
Canals
Towns: 4 classes
Relief: layer tints, spot
heights
Isogonic lines
Schematic
Best single-Sheet
map of main Indo-
chinese airfields;
Other forms of
transport gener-
alized and
incomplete
Airfields and facilities: Railroads Shows major air-
detailed classification Towns'L 4 classes fields
Relief:: layer tints, contours,
spot heights
Isogonic lines
Airfields: classified
according to types of
military paanes that can be
accommodated
Airfields and facilities:
detailed classification
Main towns
AVAILABILITY
(Q.. .In quantity)
Library AMS, Doc.
an 20_,_62s
0 _ AR's (authorized
persons on])
Q- Aas
Air data overprinted 0- Intelligence, USAF
on subdued outline
map; includes
secondary fields;
good for strategic
planning
001715I1SIAL
Relief: contours, spot Shows major air-
heights fields: good for
Isogonic lines celestial
navigation
Q _ Ho
TITLE
6. Infrastructure Aerienne de
l'Indochine
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PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:2,000,000 Eata from Gouvernement Ggn4ra1
de l'IndoChine, Bureau de
la Navigation Aerienne;
published by Service
GeOgraphioue de l'Indochine
cca. 19au
7. World Aeronautical Charts
(AF Regional) (11 sheets)
See index map, Fig. 2
Also listed in Sections I. II,
III, and V
1:1,000,000
Aeronautical Chart Service,
USAF
Various dates: 1943-194S
AIR TRANSPORT DATA
and
OTHER DATA
REMARKS
AVACLAGILITY
qmantity)
Airfields: 7 classes,
dimensions
No coordinates
Good presentation
of pre-World War
File copy, Library,
AriS Gall No. 2L
Routes: international with
names of companies; domestic
flair transport
It French
1-4:6.5-35001-0:00
Airfields and facilities:
Roads: 3 classes route
Best operational
Q - ACS
detailed classification
numbers, road bridges and
tunnels
maps
Railroads, railroad bridges
tunnels
CanalS
Numerous towns: 8 classes
Relief: contours or form
lines, layer tints, spot
heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural,
hydrograPhic, res and topo-
graphic featu
8. Indo-China, Suitability of
Country for Rapid Con-
struction of Airfields
a. Sheet 1 - North
b. Sheet 3 - South
1:1,000,000 aneat Britain7 inter-
Service Topographical
Department
1945
15 types of land class-
ifications according to
suitability for rapid
construction of airfields
Railroads
Numerous towns
Relief: spot heights
Province bmnderips
9. AF Pilotage Charts (Ar Sec-
tional) (24 sheets, 14
available)
See index map, Fig. 4
Also listed in Sections I, II,
III, and V
10. AF Aeronautical Approach Charts
(70 sheets, 59 available)
See index map, pig. 7
Also listed in Sections I, II,
III, and V
1:5C0,000
1:250,000
Aeronautical Chart Service, Airfields and facilities
USAF detailed classification
Various dates: 1945-1948
(no longer revised
currently)
Aeronautical Chart Service, Airfields and facilities:
USAF detailed classification
Various dates: 1943-1948
(no longer revised
currently)
-El-
Roads: 3 classes, routes
numbers, road bridges and
tunnels
Railroads, railroad bridges
and tunnels
Canals
Numerous towns: 5 classes
Relief: contours, form
lines, or hachures; layer
tints, spot heights
Itogonit lines
Numerous other cultural,
hydrographic, and topo-
graphic features
Bolds: 3 classes route
nimkers, road bridges and
tunnels
Railroads, railroad bridges
and tunnels
Canals
Numerous tceins;43 classes
Relief: contours, for lines,
or hachures; layer tints,
spot heights
ISogonic lines
Numerous other cultural,
=graphic, and topo-
c 'tatures
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04v2rint on (E
(see Section
II, Map 24) without
roads, contours,
layer tints
RIMICSID
Sheet 1, limited
distribution, map
Branch, CIA, Call No.
H500-2,
Sheet .3, Pern Indo-
China: ?Logy, Thio-
frothy and Climate.'
BR 877, ISTD, 1945,
pocket; available in
MapBranda,,,CIA,
uncataloged'
Operational maps Q - ACS
Cperatioaal maps Q - hes
TI TLE
II. Approach and Landing Charts,
from 5S Air Force Pilot's
Handbook, South test Asia
12. Approach and Landing Charts,
from Sineo#oro -Brusghab -
Along long Flying Boat
Route Book
13. Guide Aerien
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COVERAGE
SCALE PUBLISHER AND DAVE AIR TRANSPORT DATA
AgCtch, Astronautical Chart Service,
Airfields: aPPrnadn and
use
landing &arta
1250, um; Various dates: 1948-1947
landing
charts,
various:
1:30,000-
1:40,009
Various: British Overseas Airways Seaplane bases: approach and
approach 0=V:cat4.on Dimling charts
charts, Various dates: 1945-1947
1:250,000-
liaiir
1
dharts,
1:36,000-
1:50,000
Various: pouvernement Eitiagr-al de
1:10,000- l'Indochine
1:500,000 1935
Airfields: and
ach a
airport
OMR DATA REMARKS
Moat recent and
reliable airfield
=slY,
only
the main
airfields shown;
lug.
delTTNICaa of
facilrties
SISIVICITD
AVAILABILITY
(Q... In 4.11stIty)
, ANS, Doc.
- ACS mathorized
perscns only)
Most recent and Library, ACS, Copy NO.
reliable charts of 33
a few main seaplane
bases not covered in
item 11; accom-
panying detori_
tions of facil-
ities'
Very clear; out-
dated, but covers
numerous airfields,
including many for
which no other maps
are available
In trench
Library, ANS, Call No.
T117287, I4O94
I. rAirphotos of airfields],
from Indochina, JANIS 70,
Chapter XII
15. cAirphotos of airfields],
from Gulf of Tonkin Area.
French Indo China, Objective
Data Annex
16. cMaps of airfields, from
French Indo-China and Sias,
Publication No. 3, Parts I
and II.
Various
Joint Intelligence Study
Publishing Board
1945
Airfields: airphotos, Acme
annotated
various;12a Allied Air Forces, SWPA Airfields: annotated air_
ca. 1:10,000 photos
ca. 1:60,000
Various South-east Asia Tranqlation Airfields: airport maps
and Interrogation Center
1944
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Airphotos of fields
vary in quality
from excellent to
poor; a few are the
only available maps
of the fields shown;
flimanytnil de.
ons
213TRICIAT
IRIS, state Call No.
910/Z3906/0
Excellent photos, LW% State, Call No.
extensive accost- CID 133132
panying descrip-
ions
JUVRICI7D
Numerous fields IRA, State, Call No.
shown: ac- 0L-2349
nanYing descrip-
tions; many of
the maps are
crude, and mac-.
curate, but a few
are the only
available maps
thefields w
RIMICSID
V. INLAND WATERWAYS MAPS
Indochina's dense network of navigable waterways normally carries much commerce, but such traf-
fic has been greatly curtailed during the last few years. Many canals have been destroyed or are
badly in need of dredging, and most other waterways are used infrequently because military con-
voys are necessary. Available maps give a good picture of the arteries that were navigable in
peacetime, but they do not indicate the current situation.
The maps listed in this section are of three types: (1) maps showing the navigability of
the inland waterways for the country as a whole, (2) more detailed maps showing the navigability
of the inland waterways for parts of the country, and (3) topographic set maps that were not
designed specifically to show navigation but indicate the relationship of the drainage pattern
to other geographic features, such as relief, roads, railroads, or towns.
Of the five maps covering all of Indochina, Map 1 is the only single-sheet map giving a
detailed classification of waterways. Information on navigability given on Map 4 supplements
that on Map 1 by showing the neads of navigation for junks. Maps 2 and 3 indicate periods of
high and low water in streams. Larger-scale coverage of the navigable waterways of Indochina
is provided by Map 10, an 18-sheet set.
Detailed coverage of the navigable waterways of Indochinais adequate. Although most of the
maps show only Tonkin or Cochinchine, they include the two important delta areas, where the
role of inland waterways is of outstanding significance. Detail on navigability is available
for a large portion of the canals of the country on the 1: 100,000 topographic sets, Maps 27 and
28. Twelve of the maps listed give details on waterways of northern Indochina only. Maps 5,
13, and 16, cover large areas and show a number of classes of waterways. To some extent, they
duplicate each other but each has unique features. Map 14 outlines clearly the principal water-
ways of Tonkin. Of the three maps of the Tonkin delta, Map 18 provides the most information
but is the least easily available and the most difficult to use; Map 8 is the most easily avail-
able; and Map 22 presents slightly more detail on stream pattern than Map 8 but in other respects
is less detailed. Map 17 covers only the Red River. Several important coastal areas are cov-
ered by Item 29, and Item 30 includes large-scale sketches of small stretches of the rivers of
Tonkin. Maps 7 and 19 present supplementary material on northern Indochina, showing the effect
of flood conditions on water transport, and the types of ships in use. Of the maps covering
Cochinchine, Map 9 is a clear and comprehensive single-sheet map. Map 25 presents more detailed
information on principal, secondary, and tertiary canals. Map 20 should be consulted only if
an exhaustive study of the area is being undertaken, since it is difficult to use and-contains
little information not available elsewhere. The two main obstacles to transport on the Mekong,
the Kemmarat Rapids and the Chutes de Khone, are shown on Maps 6 and 26, respectively. French
hydrographic charts are also available for both the lower Mekong River and parts of the Tonkin
delta (see Section VI). Maps similar to Items 5, 13, 17, 18, and 29, coveringsouthern Indochina,
appear in gilitary Topographical Study of Southern Indochina, Japanese Southern Army, General
Headquarters, August 1944. The original and an English translation are available in Foreign
Documents Branch, CIA (Doc. 158688 and Translation 148 CONFIDENTIAL).
The remaining maps, 11, 12, 15, 21, 23, 24, are topographic sets at scales of from 1:1,000,000
to 1:250,000. Topographic coverage of parts of Indochina at 1:25,000 is also available in the
Map Branch, CIA, and in the Library, Army Map Service.
TITLE
Indochina Waterways
2. Indochina, Periods of
High Water in Streams,
from Indochina,
JANIS 70, Chapter I,
Fig. 1-23
3 . Indochina, Periods of Low
Water in Streams, from
Indochina,
JANIS 70, Chapter I,
Fig. 1-24
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SCALE PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:9,000,000
INLAND WATERWAYS DATA
OSS 8103 Inland waterways:
1945 navigable up to 3 ft.
draft during low
water, navigable up
to 3 ft. draft
during high water,
other navigable
streams, rivers net
navigable or naviga-
ble only by small
craft
1:5,500,000 Joint Intelligence
Study Publishing
Board
1945
1:5.500.000
Joint Intelli-
gence Study
Publishing
Board
1945
- 23 -
OTHER DATA REMARKS
Ocean waterways:
routes
Major and minor
ports
Areas of high water in Meterorlogical
fall, areas of high stations, periods of
water in summer maximum precipitation
(months indicated for (months indicated)
both)
Detailed stream network
Areas of low water in
winter, areas of low
water in spring, areas
of low water in winter
and spring (months
indicated for each)
Detailed stream network
Meteorological stations
periods of minimum
precipitation (months
Indicated)
Only single-sheet,
Over-all picture;
insets of
Tonkin and
Cochinchine areas
(see Maps 8 and 9)
RgSfRICTED
RESITICI7D
RESITICTED
AVAILABILITY
(0...In quantity)
Q- Map Branch, CIA
LR/R, State,
CalL No.
910/23808/70
Negatives available
in Map Branch, CIA
LR/R, State,
Call No.
910/23808/70
Negatives available
in Map Branch, CIA
TITLE
4 Indochina, River Barriers,
from Indochina, JANIS
70, Chapter 1, Fig. 1-25.
Also listed in 'Section II
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PUBLISHER AND DATE
Joint Intellig-
ence Study
Publishing
Board
1945
INLAND WATERWAYS DATA
Heads of navigation
for junks
Detailed stream
network
OTHER DATA
Rivers not fordable at
low water, rivers
possibly fordable in
low water
REMARKS
RESTRICTED
AVAILABILITY
(0...In quantity)
LIVR, State
Call No.
910/Z3806/70
Negatives available in
Map Branch, CIA
5. Navigable Waterways of
Northern French Indochina,
from Nilitary Toft-
graPhical Study of
Northern French
Indochina, Documents
Branch Translation 78 and
Japanese original, Vol.
III, Map le
1:2,000.000
Japanese Southern
Army, General
Headquarters
1944
Main waterways:
navigable for boats
larger than 100
tons, navigable for
boats of 51-100 tons,
navigable for boats of
tons, navigable
for boats of 10-52
tans, navigable for
boats smaller than
10 tons
Roads: selected
No coordinates
Somewhat rough,
but legible;
annotations give
detailed des-
cription of
features shown
In Japanese, with
English trans-
lation
CONFIDENTIAL
Foreign Documents
Branch, CIA,
Dec. 158887
(original) and
Translation 78
6. Rap ides de Kemmarat,
inset on be Mekong
en 1905
1:2,000,000
No ipublisher
5ven
lJ
Navigation conditions
at low, medium, and
high water
No coordinates
In French
File copy, Map Branch,
CIA, Call No.
H501-14, saws
7. Flood Conditions During
Rainy Season in North-
ern French Indochina,
from Military Topo-
graphical Study of
Northern French Indochina.
Documents Branch
Translation 78 and
Japanese original, Vol.
III, Map 4
Also listed in Sections I
a ad II
1:1,500,000
Japanese Southern
Navigability of water-
Area flooded more
In Japanese, with
Foreign Documents
Army, General
Headquarters
ways during rainy season
than 1 m., area
flooded less than
English trans-
lation
Branch, CIA,
Dec. 1M687
1944
1 m. and more than
30 on. area flooded
less than 30 cm
specific depths in
selected lobalities
Use of highwa,ys during
rainy season
Translated over-
print on untrans-
lated base; over-
print somewhat
roughly drafted,
but legible
CONFIDENTIAL
(original) and
Translation 78
g. Indochina Waterways,
Tonkin Area, inset on
Indochina Waterways
(Map 1)
1:1,440,000
OSS 8103
1945
Inland waterways:
navigable for ocean
vessels, navigable for
steamers (all seasons),
navigable for junks and
sampans
RESTRICTED
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9. Indochina Waterways,
Cochinchine Area, inset
on Indochina Water-
ways (Map 1)
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PUBLISHER AND DATE INLAND WATERWAYS DATA
OSS 8103 Natural waterways: (a)
1945 navigable for vessels
up to 19 ft. draft,
(b) 2.5 m. deep and
40 in. wide, (6) 1.5 In.
deep and 18 - 20 In.
wide, (d) not navigable
or navigable only for
small craft
Canals: principal,
secondary
OTHER DATA REMARKS AVAILABILITY
(Q... In quantity)
- Map Branch, CIA
REMICfED Similar maps in:
a. L'Union Indo-
chinoise Francaise
QU Indochine
Orientate, A.
Agard, Hanoi,
1935, pp. 111 and
277; 10, Call No.
HC 442, .A6
b. French Indo-China,
Civil Affairs
Handbook, Sections
11 & 12, p. 46;
LR/R, State, Call
No. B 380.59 R7025
c. Indo-China, BR
510, British Admiralty
Naval Intelligence
Division, 1943,
p. 440; LR/R, State,
Call No. 3510/1410
10 . Indochina, from Atlas
de l'Indochine,
sheets 24-41
I 1 . Asia 1:1,000,000 (10
sheets)
See index map, Fig. 1
A iso listed in Sections I,
If. and III
1:1,000,000 Service Rivers navigable by steam.- Roads
G4ographique de boats, rivers navigable Railroads
l'Indochine by sampans, rivers not Numerous towns: e
1920 navigable. classes
Relief: shading,
spot heights
Province boundaries
1:1.000.000
ABS 1301
Various dates:
1942-1945
Detailed
hydrographic
pattern
Roads: 3 classes,
bridges and tunnels
Railroads, stations,
railroad bridges and tunnels
Numerous towns; 3
classes
Relief: layer tints,
contours, spot
heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural
and topographic
features
In French
Detailed;
little choice be-
tween this and
Map 12
Map Branch CIA,
Call No. fl...931
I 2. World Aeronautical Charts
(AF Regional) (11 sheets)
See index map, Fig. 2
Also listed in Sections I,
Ii. III, and IV
1:1,CCO,OCO
Aeronautical
Chart Service,
USAF
Various dates:
1943-1948
Detailed Airfields and facilities: Detailed;
hydrographic detailed classification little choice
pattern Roads: 3 classes, between this and
route numbers, road Map 11
bridges and tunnels
Railroads, railroad
bridges and tunnels
Numerous towns: 6
classes
Relief: contours or
form lines, layer tints,
spot heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural
and topographic
features
- ACS
I 3. Rivers (Waterways) of
Northern French Indo-
China, from Nilitary
Topograthical Study of
Northern French Indo-
China, Documents Branch
Translation 78 and Jap-
anese original, Vol.
III, Map 3
Japanese Southern Detailed description
Army, General of navigability of
Headquarters rivers
1944
-25-
Detailed description
of areas bordering
waterways
No coordinates
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Somewhat rough
drafting, but
legible; wean-
paving text
In Japanese, with
English transla-
tion
COYFIDEATIAL
Foreign Dooments
Branch, CIA,
Dec. 153'88'7
(original) and
Translation 78
TITLE
14. Principal Waterways of
Tonkin. from Indo-China,
Guide to the Navigation
of the Rivers of Tonkin.
Fig. 1
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1:1.000,000
PUBLISHER AND DATE
[Great Britain-'
Inter-Service
Topographical
Departnent
194
INLAND WATERWAYS DATA OTHER DATA
Principal waterways
and their names
No coordinates
REMARKS AVAILABILITY
(0...in quantity)
Very clearly Library AMS,
drawn Doc. 5D 20,072
RESTRICIID
15. AF Pilotage Charts (AF
Sectional) (24 sheets, 14
available)
See index map, Fig. 4
Also listed in Sections I,
II, III, and IV
16. Carte Schematique des
Communications de l'Indo-
chine Septentrionale
(4 sheets)
17. The Red River, from
Military ToPographical
Study of Northern French
Indochina, Documents
Branch Translation 7e
and Japanese original,
Vol. I, Map 2
I 8. Waterways in Indochina's
Red River Delta, from
Ni/itary Topographical
Study of Northern French
Indochina, Documents
Branch Translation 78
and Japanese original,
Vol. I, Map 101
1500,000 Aeronautical Detailed Airfields and Detailed Q - ACS
Chart Service, hydrograpnic facilities: detailed
USAF pattern classification
Various dates: Roads: 3 classes,
1945-1948 route numbers, road
bridges and tunnels
Railroads, railroad
bridges and tunnels
Numerous towns: 8
classes
Relief: contours,
form lines, or
hauchures; layer tints,
spot heights
Isoganic lines
Numerous other cultural
and topographic features
1:500,000 Service Ravers: navigable
Geographique de by launch, navigable
l'Indochine by launch at high
1923 water only, navigable
by s-. an, not
naviga.le
Roads, ferries In French File copy Library,
Railroads AS, Cali No. 521,
Numerous towns: 5 1-25-35001-500
classes File copy (photo-
Relief: layer tints cony), Map Branch,
Province boundaries CIA, Call No.
H501-32, 12349
1:500,000 Japanese Southern Detailed description Roads Som.what rough Foreign Documents
Army, General of navigability of Railroads drafting, but Branch, CIA,
Headquarters river No coordinates legible; Doc. 158687
1944 accompanying text (original) and
In Japanese, with Translation 78
English trans-
lation
COLPIDNIfIAL
1:500,CCO
Japanese Southern
Army, General
Headquarters
1944
-26-
Waterways: depths
of 0.80 an., 0.90 cm.,
1.80 cm., and less than
0.80 cm.at high water;
details of navigability
No coordinates
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Somewhat rough Foreign Documents
drafting, but Branch, CIA,
legible Doc. iseeer
In Japanese, with (original) and
English transla- Translation 78
tion
CONFIDEITIAL
TITLE
19. North Indochina Marine
Transportation and
Transport Ships, from
Military Topographical
Study of Northern French
Indochina, Documents
Branch Translation 78
and Japanese original,
Vol. I, map 102
A 1 so listed in Section VI
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PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:500,000 Japanese Southern
Army, General
Headquarters
1944
INLAND WATERWAYS DATA
Ships operating from
various towns
Marginal tables:
vessels in marine
transport (number,
tonnage, types):
types of river
vessels (tonnage,
length, width,
draught, speed)
OTHER DATA
No coordinates
2 0. Cochinchine, Sud-Annam, et
partie du Cambodge, Carte
Economique
,1:500?COD
Cbmplied by the
Direction,des
Affaires Eeon-
cmique; printed
by Imp;imerie
d'Extreme-Orient,
Hanoi
1927
Rivers: navigable
by small boats all
year srnali tglialP3al.tbcif
year
Canals
REMARKS
Somewhat rough
drafting, but
legible
In Japanese, with
English trans-
lation
CONFIDENTIAL
AVAILABILITY
(11..In quantity)
Foreign Documents
Branch, CIA,
Doc. 1513887
(original) and
Translation 78
Roads
Railroads
Province boundaries
Land use
Very difficult to
read; gives some
waterways detail
not available on
other maps
In French
Microfilm, Map Branch,
CIA, Reel AU-48,
item 4
21. Carte Routiere de
IrIndochine (25 sheets)
See index map, Fig. 5
Also listed in Sections I, II,
and III
1:400.000 Service
Geogrephique de
l'Indochine;
reprinted by
the Institut
Geographique
National,
[Paris], and
the Japanese
Army, -General
Staff
Various dates:
1935-1945
Detailed hydrographic
patterr, including
major and minor
canals
Roads: detailed classification,
distances, route numbers, road
bridges, ferries
Railroads, stations, railroad
bridges, tunnels
Numerous towns: 4 classes
Relief: contours, shading or
hachures, spot heights
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultural features
Coordinates in grads, longitude
based on Paris meridian
Clearly drawn,
detaiied set
The legend is in
many cases split
between adjoining
sheets; road
classification
less detailed on
ION than on Sill
set; Japanese re-
print is poor and
is mentioned only
because SGE sheets
for some of the
areas are not in
Map Branch CIA
I
In French; GN
reprint adds
English legend;
Japanese reprint
adds Japanese
legend
File copies, Map Branch,
CIA, all Nos.: Sill
set, H501-28, 2895;
ION set, H501-28,
22438; Japanese
set, uncatalogued
File copies, Library,
AMS, Call Nos.:
Sill and ION sets
Cl 3-28-35001-460:
gT2gIllger4602L
22. Principal Waterways of
Tonkin, from Indo-China.
Guide to the Navigation
of the Rivers of Tonkin,
Fig. 2
1:400,C00
[Great Britain],
Inter-Service
Topographical
Department
1945
Principal waterways
and their names
No coordinates
Very clearly drawn
RESTRICTED
Library, AMS
DD6. BD zo,672
23. Indo-China 1:253,440
(99 sheets almost all
available,)
Border sheets included
from adjoining AMS sets;
see index map, Fig. 8
Also listed in Sections I, II,
and ///
1:253.440
AMS L504
(Reprint of
HIND 1081)
Various dates:
1942-1947
-27-
Detailed hydrographic
pattern
Roads: 5 classes,
distances, colonial
route numbers, road
bridges
Railroads, tramways,
stations, railroad
bridges
Numerous towns
Relief: contours,
form lines, spot
heights
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultu-
ral and topographic
features
British military grid;
magnetic declination
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Detailed;
little choice
between this
and Map 24
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Q_ ANS
TITLE
24. AF Aeronautical Approach
Charts (70 sheets, 59
available)
Pee index map, Fig. 7
Also listed in Sections I, II,
III. and IV
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PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:2E0,000 Aeronautical
Chart Service,
USAF
Various dates:
1943-1946
INLAND WATERWAYS DATA
Detailed hydrographic
pattern
OTHER DATA
Airfields and facili-
ties: detailed
classification
Roads: 3 classes,
route numbers, road
bridges and tunnels
Railroads, railroad
bridges and tunnels
Numerous towns: 6
classes
Relief: contours,
form lines, or
hachures; layer
tints, spot heights
Isogonic lines
Numerous other cultural
and topographic features
REMARKS
Detailed;
little choice
between this and
Map 23
AVAILABILITY
(0...In quantity)
0- ACS
25. Carte de la Cochinchine
Administrative (Es pieces)
1:2C0,000
Service du
Cadastre de
Coehinchine
1931
Canals: principal,
secondary, tertiary
Roads: 3 classes,
route numbers
Railroads
Towns: several
administrative classes
Relief: hachures for
peaks only
Province, canton,
and village
boundaries
No coordinates
In French
File copy, Library,
AMS, Call No. 32L
1-25-35026-2CC
26. The Falls of the Me-Khong,
at Khon, from Indochine
du Sud, Guides Madrolle,
p. 176
1:125,0010
Societe d'Editions
Geographioues,
Maritimes et
Coloniales, Paris,
1939
Falls
Roads
Railroads
No coordinates
Shows one of the
worst obstacles
to river trans-
port on the,
Mekong
In French
Map Branch, CIA,
C-a.11 No. DS 525
27. Carte de l'Indochine (about
450 half-sheets, almost
300 available)
Also listed in Sections I, II,
and III
28. Indo-China 1:100,000 (about
450 half-sheets,
approximately 250 available)
Also listed in Sections I, II,
and III
1:100.000
Service
Geographig5e
de l'Indoc 'Jae
Various dates:
1899-1944
Almost half are 1940
or later; about one-third
are 1930-39; very few
are pre-1925
Most of the more recent
sheets are available
only at
1:100,000 HIND 1000
Various dates:
1942-1945
-28-
Detailed hydrographic
pattern, including
waterfalls, rapids, dams
Canals: navigable,
irrigation; locks
Detailed hyorographic
pattern
Canals: navigable,
irrigation
Roads: 5 classes;
several classes of
road bridges; ferries,
fords
Railroads, tramways,
stations, railroad
bridges
Nnnerous towns: 5
classes
Relief: contours or
hachures, shading,
spot heights
Province boundaries
Numerous other cultural
and topographic features
Coordinates in grads,
longitude based on
Paris meridian
Roads: 4 classes,
road bridges
Railroads, tramways,
railroad bridges
Numerous towns
Relief: contours or
hachures, spot
heights
Province boundaries
Numerous other cul-
tural and topographic
features
British military grid;
geographic coordinates in
grads, longitude based on
Paris meridian; geographic
coordinate stubs in degrees,
longitude based on
Greenwich meridian;
magnetic declination
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Basic topographic
set of Indo-
china; extremely
detailed
In French
Extremely detailed;
taken fm Map
26, but not all
detail Included;
a few sheets are
later in date than
corresponding
sheets of Map 26
but bear few
changes
File cppy, Library
AMS, Call No. 2L
3-30-30301-100
File copy, Map
Library, CIA, .
Call No. 2501-30,
500106
File copy, Library,
AMS, Crell No. 2L
23-30-83C00-103
File copy, Map Branch,
CIA, Call Nos.:
H501-00,
500107 and 24.407
TITLE
29. :Maps of landing areas, from
Military Topographical
Study of Northern French
bidochina,Pocuments Branch
Translation 78 and
Japanese original, Vol. 1
a. Mon Cay, Map 3
b. Ha Coi, Map 4
C. Tien Yen, Map 5
d. Cam Pha, Map 6
e. Hon Gay, Map 7
f. Diem Dien, Map 8
g. Pha Diem CPhu Dien?:,
Map 9
h. Sam Son, Map 10
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1:100,000
PUBLISHER AND DATE
Japanese Southern
Army, General
Headquarters
1944
INLAND WATERWAYS DATA
Detailed description
of navigability of
waterways
OTHER DATA
Detailed description
of military geography
of areas
No coordinates
REMARKS
Somewhat rough
drafting, but
legible
In Japanese, with
English trans-
lation
COIFIDNIfIlL
AVAILABILITY
(0...in quantity)
Foreign Documents
Branch, CIA,
Doc. 153067
(original) and
Translation 78
30. CSketch mapsD, from Indo?
China. Guide to the
Navigation of the Rivers
of Tonkin
Cca. 1:25,CODD CGreat Britain
Inter-Service
'Ibpographical
Department
Various dates:
1931-1935
Small sections of the
rivers of Tonkin:
channels, rocks, other
outstanding features,
bridges and their
dimensions, depths,
detailed descriptions
of navigability
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Sketchy, but infor-
mation is avail-
able nowhere
else; accompanying
text
Maps in French;
accompanying text
in English
RNSTRICITD
Library, AMS
Dec. 5D 20,072
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VI. OCEAN
Maps of ocean waterways are limited chiefly to hydrographic charts published by official
agencies. The charts for Indochina are in general reliable, and the entire coastline and the
lower reaches of the Mekong River are covered by charts at various scales. Detailed large-scale
charts have been published for important ports and bays. Like most hydrographic charts, those
for Indochina give soundings, bathymetric lines, tide and current data, navigational aids and
hazards, and coastal features. Topographic features, including important landmarks visible
from the sea, are shown for a narrow strip of land bordering the coastline. The most useful
of the nautical charts on Indochina are those published by France and by the United States.
Index maps for the charts of both series are appended. The charts are not described individ-
ually because all follow the standard pattern.
The nautical charts of the French Service Hydrographique de laMarine are the basic charts
on Indochina. They offer the mqst detailed coverage (see index map, Fig. 9), and are the prin-
cipal source of data for hydrographic charts produced by other countries. Although some are
dated as early as 1867, over half of the French charts have been published since 1925. About
15 percent were published before 1900, and about 20 percent since 1940. A complete file of
WATERWAYS MAPS
the French charts is maintained in the Division of Maritime Security, U.S. Hydrographic Office.
The titles, dates, and scales of the charts are listed in Catalogue des Cartes, Plans et Ouvrages
(Service Hydrograpnique de la Marine, Paris, 1945), which is available in the Map Library, CIA,
as well as at the U.S. Hydrographic Office.
The U.S. Hydrographic Office has constructed
charts on Indochina. For coverages, scales, and
on the French surveys, most of the USHO charts
notices and intelligence reports.
its own editions of about half of the French
dates, see index map, Fig. 8. Although based
have been brought up-to-date from mariners'
The few single-sheet maps listed below include a variety of general information on ports,
routes, distances, and types of ships in operation, as well as some details on tidal currents
and port facilities. Additional material on harbors and port facilities appears in gtiztary
Topographical Study of Southern Indochina, Japanese Southern Army, General Headquarters, August
1944. The original and an English translation are available in toe Foreign Documents Brancn,
CIA (Doc. 158688 and Translation 149 COYFIDENTIAL).
TITLE COVERAGE
I . The Ports of Indo-China,
from Indo-China, BR 510,
Fig. 121, p. 37
SCALE PUBLISHER AND DATE
1:10,000,000
[British Admiralty Naval
Intelligence Division
1943 (information as of
1938)
OCEAN WATERWAYS DATA OTHER DATA REMARKS AVAILABILITY
Major and minor ports
LR/R, State Call No.
RgSfRICT&D B910/I41G
2. Indochina, Ports and
Landings, from Indochina,
JANIS 70, Chapter I, Fig.
3 Burma, Malaya, and
Indo-China
A / so listed on Section I
4. Harbors of Northern
French Indochina from
Military Topographical
Study of Northern French
Indochina, Documents
Branch Translation
78 and Japanese original,
Vol. III, Map 7
1:5,500,000 Joint Intelligence Study
Publishing Board
1945
Primary ports, secondary
LR/R, State, Call No.
ports, other landing points J1ZSfPICTVD 910/Z380C/7C
Negatives available
at Map Library, CIA
1:4,000,000
1:1,500,000
The Edinburgh
Geographical
Institute; John
Bartholomew &
Son
1942
Japanese South-
ern Army, General Head-
quarters
1944
- 30 -
Ocean waterways: routes
and distances
Harbors; descriptive
details given Tor some
Rods-
Railroads e copy, No. Map Branch
Numerous towns CIA, Call N501-23, 22627
Relief: layer tints
Roads
Railroads
No coordinates
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Somewhat rough
drafting, but
legible
In Japanese,
with -English
translation
COIFIDIUTIAL
Foreign Documents
Branch, CIA,
Soc. 158687
(original) and
Translation 78
TITLE
5. North Indochina Marine Trans-
portation and Transport Ships,
from Military Topographical
Study of Northern French
Indochina, Documents Branch
Translation 78 and Japanese
original, Vol. I, Map 102
Also listed in Section V
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SCALE PUBLISHER AND DATE OCEAN WATERWAYS DATA OTHER DATA REMARKS AVAILABILITY
1:500,000 Japanese Southern Army, Ships operating from various
General Headquarters towns
1944 marginal tables: vessels
in marine transport (number,
tonnage, types) types of
river vessels (tonnage,
length, width, draught,
speed)
No coordinates
Somewhat rough
drafting, but
legible
In Japanese, with
English trans-
lation
COIIIDEITIAL
Foreign Documents
Branch, CIA, Doc.
158867 (original) and
Translation 78
G. Maps of port facilities, from
French Indo-China, Port and
Terminal Facilities,
Strategic Engineering Study
78, Vol. 5, Sec. I
7. Tidal Currents, from Indochina.
JANIS 70, Chapter III
a. Southwest and Southeast
Coasts of Indochina, Fig.
III-10
b. Northeast Coast of Indochina,
Fig. III-11
c. Approaches to Haiphong,
Fig. 111-12
d. Archipel des Fai Tsi Long,
Fig. 111-13
e. Ile de Re Bao to Ile Du
Rersaint, Fig. 111-14
Various:
1:5,000 -
Military Intelligence Section,
? Office, Chief of Engineers
Port facilities: lighthouses,
docks, depths, bridges, etc.
Accompanying text,
=graphs, dia.
Library, AM$, Doc.
3952
1:400.000
1943
RESTRICTED
a. 1:3,700.000
Joint Intelligenge Study
Details on tidal currents of --
Data given by
,LR/R, State, Call No.
b. 1:6,250.000
Publishing Board
important areas
tables keyed to
910/13806/70
c. 1:260,000
1945
locational symbols
d. 1:345,000
on outline maps
e. 1:590.000
RESTRICTED
8. [Maps and photographs of port
facilities3 from Indochina.
JANIS 70, Chapter VI
Various
Joint Intelligence Study
Publishing Board
1945
-31-
Port facilities: numerous
detailed maps and photos
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Major ports covered; LR/R, State, Call No.
accompanying text 910/13806/70
RESTRICTED
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ACS Aeronautical Chart Service
AMS Army Map Service
BR Book of Reference [Great Britain]
CIA Central Intelligence Agency C?
CD
FEA Foreign Economic Administration CD
CD
Co
GSGS Geographic Section, General Staff [Great Britain] CD
CD
CD
HIND Directorate of Military Survey, India [Great Britain] CD
CD
CD
HO Hydrographic Office 4(
ID4 Inf. Div. Meaning unknown C4
CD
CD
C;
IGN Institut Geographique National [France:
0-
ISTD Inter-Service Topographical Department, [Great Britain] C)
OC
ckLC Library of Congress
(.)
LR/R, State Division of Libraries and Reference Services, Reference,
Department of of State CD
Mov. & Tn. Div. meaning unknown 04
CD
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OSS Office of Strategic Services 04
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T-
PID Photo Intelligence Detachment
SACSEA Supreme Allied Command, Southeast Asia
75
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SWPA Southwest Pacific Area UL
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