ROUTE 9 BY-PASS MUONG PHINE AREA, LAOS 1634N 10554E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R000100040001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 8, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 25, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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"ROUTE 9 BY-PASS
MUONG PINE AREA, LAOS
1634N 10554E
(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD J-5144 FOR COMPARISON)
CSD/NPIC 349/64
25 November 1964
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ON ROUTE 9 OVER THE SE TA MOK (STREAM) 8 NM NORTHWEST OF MUONG PIPE.
THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BRIDGE HAD COLLAPSED AND BRIDGE WAS
IMPASSABLE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. TWO BOMB CRATERS WERE OBSERVED
Y 100 YARDS EAST OF THE BRIDGE.
2. THIS MISSION
FOOTBRIDGE AND TWO VEHICLE FORDS (ONE OF WHICH IS COMPOSED OF
SURGED TAGS) ACROSS THE SE TA MOK SOUTH OF THE DAMAGED BRIDGE. A
BY-PASS ROAD LINKING THE VEHICLE FORDS WITH ROUTE 9 IS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY 450 YARDS WEST OF THE BRIDGE.
3. AN APPARENTLY NEW UNOCCUPIED 4-GUN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS SITE
(EACH POSITION HAS A PROBABLE AMMUNITION STORAGE BUNKER ADJACENT TO IT)
WITH TWO ADDITIONAL AW POSITIONS IN CENTER OF SITE IS OBSERVED 500
YARDS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE BRIDGE.
4. FIVE ADDITIONAL BOMB CRATERS ARE OBSERVED SINCE PHOTOGRAPHY
FORD, ONE IS OBSERVED NEAR SHORELINE, AND THE FIFTH IS LOCATED JUST
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 5. AREA HAS BEET PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY COLD TALE, LAZY DAISY,
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 ROUTE 9 BY-PASS
MUONG PHINE AREA, LAOS
16-34N 105-54E
UNOCCUPIED AUTOMATIC WEAPONS SITE
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2.5X ENLARGEMENT
VEHICLE FORD
7X ENLARGEMENT
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