PORT AND HARBOR FACILITIES OF CAMPHA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A007900140001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 23, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 24, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material cant his Mfsawt Ian off ong the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the tranmtlssion or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY North Vietnam
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
Port and Harbor Facilities of Campha
REPORT L
DATE DISTR.
NO. PAGES
REFERENCES
L The Office of -Naval Intelligence
the following information to CA for dissemination
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eel utilised when entering the ports the channel into 25X1
Port Campha had recently!b dredged to allnue larger vessels to eater o
diagonally shaded on enclosures (A) and (D =,t' described as shoal areas, and
the lighted buoys shown on enclosure (A) were -na1rI ti aids that the ves-
the terminus of a railroad
The een line running ong the
CD
is the approximate route of this railroad The areas
STATE ARMY
NAVY AIR
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AEC
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Imo: Dissemination limited to full-time employees of CIA, ABC and FBI; and, within State and Defense, to the intelligence components, other
offi^es producing NIS elements, and higher echlons with their immediate supporting staffs. Not to be disseminated to consultants, external projects or
re personnel on short term active duty (excepting individuals who are normally full-time employees of CIA, AEC, FBI, State or Defense) unless the
permission of the originating office has been obtained through the Assi ia, t Director for Central Reference, CIA.
A indicates a small Vietnamese ?oastal t:
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4. Other Vessels
,
n+bp-r than the small Vietnamese vessel at point B of enclosure (A)
no other merchant vessels in port, nor any Soviet
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or ChiCom Naval vessels.
6. Coal Quay
(Coal Quay is about 200 meters long.
tifications or armaments in the area of Coal Quay; and
soldier, armed with a pistol, had. guarded the gangway
no for-
one
near Coal Qua. Source commented, however, that in back of Coal Quay
an unspecified number of petroleum storage tanks.
7. Search Party
Prior to departure from Port Campha a squad of three uni- 25X1
formed soldiers or police came and conducted a thorough search
for stowaways and firearms. these searchers were not inter-
ested in articles such as liquor or cigarettes, but only in arms and stowaways.
8. Fuel and Water Facilities
A - Annotated Port Plan of Campha (Upper Section)
B - Annotated Port Plan of Campha (Lower Section)
C - Annotated Vicinity Map of Campha Port
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Enclosure (B) -mnotated
Port Plan of_Campha (Lover
Section)
Scale in feet
CAM PEA Pty
S V11mAt
(lover section)
NOFORN NO DISSEM ABROAD
Enclosure (8)
LIMITED
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c) -Atat&t4d Vicinity
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:Qr cnpha Port.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY North Vietnaa
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
Port and Ubor l ilities of Campha
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. PAGES
REFERENCES
CThe Office of Naves. lntelligenc
the following information to CIA 3dissemination
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(A indicates a small Vietnamese coastal type coal vessel
was berthed
ri-, Point 1) of enclosure A is the terminus of a railroad
The een line running along the shore
is the approximate route of this railrosd The areas
diagonally shaded on enclosures (A) and (B; described, as shoal areas, and
the lighted buoys shown on enclosure (A) were navigational aids that the ves-
sel utilized when entering the port. the channel into
Port Campha had recently been dredged to a t-i larger vessels to meter.
STATE ARMY NAVY
AIR FBI AEC
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LIMITED: Dissemination limited to full-time employees of CIA, AEC and FBI; and, within State and Defense, to the intelligence components, other
offices producing NIS elements, and higher echlons with their immediate supporting staffs. Not to be disseminated to consultants, external projects or
reserve personnel on short term active duty (excepting individuals who are normally full-time employees of CIA, AEC, FBI, State or Defense) unless the
written permission of the originating office has been obtained through he Assi.,ia.tt Director for Central Reference, CIA.
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Other Vessels
,Other than the small Vietnamese vessel at point B of enclosure (A)
no other merchant vessels in port, nor any Soviet
or ChiCom Naval vessels.
6. Coal Quay
(Coal Quay is about 200 meters long.
tifications or armaments in the area of Coal Quay; and
soldier, armed with a pistol, had guarded the gangway
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no for- 25X1
one
in back of Coal Qua
an unspecified number of petroleum storage tanks.
Search Party
prior to departure from Port Campha a squad of three uni- 25X1
formed soldiers or police came and conducted a thorough search
for stowaways and firearms. hese searchers were not inter-
ested in articles such as liquor or cigarettes, but only in arms and stowaways.
8. Fuel and Water Facilities
A - Annotated Port Plan of Campha (Upper Section)
B - Annotated Port Plan of Campha (Lower Section)
C - Annotated Vicinity Map of Campha Port
NOFORN
NO DISSEM ABROAD
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Port Plan of. Campha (Tgper / / -3-
Section)
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Encl: CA)
CONFIDENTIAL
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Enclosure (B) Annotated
Port Plan of.Campha (Lower
Section)
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Scale in feet
CAM PHA PCIRT
:BONS VIM
(lover section)
NOFORN
m c1oeure M
LIMITED
NO DISSEM ABROAD
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