AMMUNITION DEPOT XOM BANG, NORTH VIETNAM 17-07N 106-45E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R000300040007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 7
• Content Type: REPORT

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DEPOT
XOM BANG, NORTH VIETNAM
11.01N 106-45E
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Approved For Release 2007/05/08: CIA-RDP80T014 1 Rnoo:jnnnAnnn7-a
AMMUN
 NORTHWEST OF XOM BANG, EIGHTEEN NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF
DONG HOI, AND THIRTEEN NM NORTH OF THE 1954 PROVISIONAL
LINE OF DEMARCATION. DEPOT AREA CONTAINS NINE REVETTED
STORAGE BUILDINGS, ONE UNREVETTED STORAGE BUILDING, AND
THREE SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
J-6970
LUCKY DRAGON
AMMUNITION DEPOT
XOM BANG, NORTH VIETNAM
1707N 10645E
AMMUNITION DEPOT:
BUILDINGS
9 REVETTED STORAGE
REVEALS AN AMMUNITION DEPOT LOCATED ONE NM
1 UNREVETTED STORAGE
3 SMALL SUPPORT
NUMEROUS RUBBER TIRES ARE
DAMi\GI ASSESSMENT
6 DESTROYED
3 HEAVILY DAMAGED
1 DESTROYED
3 DESTROYED
OBSERVED AMONG THE DEBRIS OF
ONE STORAGE BUILDING. EXTENSIVE BOMB AND ROCKET CRATERING
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11 APRIL 1965
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1. PkE?-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF LUCKY DRAGON
2. POST-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
3. COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT ON 2 MARCH 1965 SEVENTY-
TWO USAF PLANES ATTACKED XOM BANG AMMUNITION DEPOT. T
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
OAOUP 1
Excluded from automatic
downgrading and
declassllication
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DEPOT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE HAD A CAPACITY OF 5,000 METRIC
TONS -- ABOUT FIVE PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY'S STORED AMMUNITION.
IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING THE 32STI-I INFANTRY DIVISION AND
THE 270TH INDEPENDENT INFANTRY REGIMENT, THE DEPOT
SERVICES VIET CONG ELEMENTS, AND POSSIBLY COMMUNIST FORCES
IN LAOS.
4. AREA HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY COLD TALE,
LAZY DAISY, LUCKY DRAGON, AND TROJAN HORSE PHOTOGRAPHY.-
PREPARED BY: CSD/NPIC
DISTRIBUTION:
COPY 1 = DIRECTOR, NPIC
2 = CHIEF, REF/CSD
3 - CHIEF, RAS CSD
9 - PAG (AT4
10---- NSB/RB/CSD
7,8 .- PID
4 - DIA (CO
5 - TCO/ARMY
6 - TCO/NA
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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