MILITARY COMPLEX KHANG KHAI LAOS 1930N - 10315E (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001300060003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 2, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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1930N - 10315E
MILITARY COMPLEX
KHANG KHAI, LAOS
2 DECEMBER 1965
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD SHOWS THE STRIKE DAMAGE INFLICTED UPON THE KHANG
KHAI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS AND BARRACKS PATHET LAO FORCES.
2. REMARKS :
THIS INSTALLATION WAS FIRST SUBJECTED TO AN AIR STRIKE IN JUNE 1964
AND WAS MOST RECENTLY STRUCK ON 20 NOVEMBER 1965.
3. LOCATION:
KHANG KHAI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS AND BARRACKS PATHET LAO FORCES IS
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY TWELVE NM NORTHWEST OF XIENG KHOUANG AND ONE NM
NORTHEAST OF KHANG KHAI IN NORTH CENTRAL LAOS.
4. COLLATERAL:
COLLATERAL REPORTS "THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS CLAIM THE DESTRUCTION OF
THEIR CULTURAL DELEGATION BUILDING AND THE KHANG KHAI BRANCH OF THE NEW
CHINA NEWS AGENCY (NCNA). IN ADDITION HOUSING AND HELICOPTER LANDING
FACILITIES FOR THE LAOS ICC WERE ALSO DESTROYED ACCORDING TO THE PEIPING
downgrading and
declassification
CHARGE."'
EXISTING COLLATERAL CAN NOT CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF AN ICC FACILITY
AT THIS LOCATION.
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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5. MISSION READOUT:
PRE-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
THAT SEVERAL OF THE BUILDINGS WHICH SUSTAINED DAMAGE IN THE JUNE 1964 AIR
STRIKE HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED, AND OTHERS (INCLUDING SEVERAL THAT WERE
NOT DAMAGED) HAVE BEEN DISMANTLED. THE PATHET LAO HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
HAS BEEN PARTIALLY DISMANTLED, AND NO APPARENT REPAIR OR RECONSTRUCTION
OF COMMUNIST CHINA'S ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL MISSION IS NOTED.
POST-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF REVEALS 25X1
APPROXIMATELY SIX DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND FIVE DAMAGED BUILDINGS (NOT ALL
DEPICTED ON GRAPHIC) LOCATED WITHIN FOUR NEWLY CRATERED AREAS. THE LARGE
VEHICLE PARK LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE INSTALLATION DOES NOT
APPEAR TO BE DAMAGED. THE REPORTED LOCATION OF COMMUNIST CHINA'S ECONOMIC
AND CULTURAL MISSION BUILDING DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE DAMAGE IN THE LATEST
AIR STRIKE.
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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PREPARED BY: NPIC/CSD
DISTRIBUTION:
COPY 1 - DIRECTOR, NPIC
2 - CHIEF, REF/CSD/BB UNIT
3 - CHIEF RAS CSD
4, 5 - DIA
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8 - IAD
9 - PAG
10 - NSB/RB CSD
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 dote of issue.
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MILITARY COMPLEX
KHANG KHAI, LAOS
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