MILITARY AREA BAN NA HI, LAOS 16-45N 106-08E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R000300070006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: REPORT

MILITARY AREA
BAN NA HI, LAOS
16-45N 106-08E
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MILITARY AREA
BAN NA HI, LAOS
1645N 10608E
(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD J-6068 FOR COMPARISON)
IN THE BAN NA HI AREA.
CSD/NPIC 2/65
7 JANUARY 1965
PAGE _5
REVEALED NO ACTIVITY
REVEALED THE DEVELOPMENT 25X
OF A ROAD NETWORK INTO AN AREA LOCATED 0.3 NM NORTHEAST OF
BAN NA HI ON THE EAST SIDE'OF ROUTE 91 AND 3.9 NM NORTHWEST
OF TCHEPONE AIRFIELD. SIGNS OF WHEELED TRACK ACTIVITY WITHIN
THE AREA WERE EVIDENT; HOWEVER, NO BUILDINGS WERE OBSERVED
THROUGH THE PARTIALLY-DEFOLIATED TREE COVER.
I REVEALED A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN THE TRACK ACTIVITY AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE AREA
AND ON ROUTE 91 TO THE SOUTH. AT LEAST TEN DISPERSED BARRACKS/
STORAGE BUILDINGS WERE OBSERVED THROUGH HEAVY TREE CANOPY.
4. LUCKY DRAGONF REVEALED
THE ROAD-SERVED MILITARY AREA TO CONTAIN AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE
BARRACKS/STORAGE BUILDINGS DISPERSED IN THE WOODED AREA.
A DEFENSE POSITION WAS LOCATED IN A. CLEARING ADJACENT TO THE
NORTHEAST EDGE OF,-;THE WOODED AREA AND CONSISTED OF TWO AW/AA
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EMPLACEMENTS, TRENCHING, AND PROBABLE FOXHOLES. HEAVY
FOLIAGE PRECLUDED FURTHER INTERPRETATION.
-5. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE
OF THIS AREA DURING MAY-NOVEMBER 1964 REVEALED HEAVY TRACK
ACTIVITY AT AREA'S ENTRANCE AND ON ROUTE 91. FURTHER
INTERPRETATION WAS PRECLUDED BY HEAVY TREE CANOPY.
6. LUCKY DRAGON
CSD/NPIC 2/65
7 JANUARY 1965
PAGE 6
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROBABLE TRAINING AREA, LOCATED BETWEEN
BAN NA HI MILITARY AREA AND BAN KENG KHAN MAI, CONSISTING OF
NUMEROUS AA/AW POSITIONS, FOXHOLES, AND TRENCHES SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT CLEARINGS. NUMEROUS AA/AW POSITIONS AND V-SHAPED
-TRENCHES WERE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF BAN KENG KHAN
MAI. V-SHAPED TRENCHES WERE ALSO OBSERVED ALONG THE PERIMETER
OF THE TOWN OF BAN NA HI, AND FOUR SUSPECT MILITARY AREAS
UNDER DENSE TREE CANOPY WERE NOTED AROUND THE BAN NA HI
MILITARY AREA.
7. PRE-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
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ACTIVITY AT ENTRANCE OF THE MILITARY AREA. HEAVY TREE CANOPY
PRECLUDES INTERPRETATION. (LUCKY DRAGON
REVEALED AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE DISPERSED BARRACKS/STORAGE
BUILDINGS OBSERVED THROUGH A PARTIALLY DEFOLIATED TREE CANOPY.)
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REVEALS HEAVY, WHEELED TRACK
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CSD/NPIC 2/65
7 JANUARY 1965
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THE FORTIFIED VILLAGE OF BAN KENG KHAN MAI CONTAINS A
MILITARY AREA WITH APPROXIMATELY TWENTY DISPERSED
DWELLINGS/SHEDS INTERCONNECTED BY FOOTPATHS, NUMEROUS
V-SHAPED TRENCHES, AND SEVERAL AW/AA POSITIONS.
8. POST-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
REVEALS FIVE BUILDINGS DESTROYED
(TWO ARE BURNING) IN THE MILITARY AREA AT BAN KENG KHAN MAI.
NO OTHER DAMAGE IS OBSERVED IN THE AREA.
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