TRAIL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY PANHANDLE AREA LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001300110013-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: December 29, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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TROJAN HORSE
TROJAN HORSE
TRAIL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
PANHANDLE AREA, LAOS
NPIC/CSD- 653/65
29 DECEMBER 1965 .25X1
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(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARDS K-4041, K-4171, AND K-4321)
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS NEW TRAIL ACTIVITY SOUTH OF CHAVANE
AND ROUTE 165 IN THE PANHANDLE AREA OF LAOS. THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE
THE INITIAL STAGE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION SINCE IT FORMS A LOGICAL
SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO CHAVANE FROM THE
NORTH.
2. REMARKS:
ROADS COMPLETED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE LAOTIAN PANHANDLE
DURING 1965 WILL FACILITATE THE MOVEMENT OF MEN AND SUPPLIES TO SOUTH
VIETNAM AND WILL INCREASE THE ABILITY OF THE COMMUNISTS TO DEPLOY AND
SUPPORT FORCES IN SOUTHERN LAOS. THESE ROADS IN LAOS ARE ORIENTED TO
THE EAST AND SOUTH TOWARD SOUTH VIETNAM. MEN AND SUPPLIES CAN NOW BE
MOVED FROM THE PANHANDLE BY A COMBINATION OF TRUCK AND RIVER
TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE BORDER OF SOUTH VIETNAM INTO AN AREA 100 MILES
FARTHER SOUTH THAN WAS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO LATE 1964 OR EARLY 1965.
3. MISSION READOUTS:
TROJAN HORSE REVEALS NEW TRAIL CONSTRUC-
TION ACTIVITY FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CHAVANE AIRFIELD AT
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.
GROUP 1
Excluded from automatic
downgrading and
declassification
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1520N 10703E TO 1502N 10710E. THE TRAIL EXTENDS GENERALLY SOUTH
FROM CHAVANE TO THE VILLAGE OF BAN YET AT 1506N 10704E, AND THEN
GENERALLY SOUTHEAST TO ITS VISIBLE TERMINUS IN A HEAVILY FORESTED AREA.
THIS CONSTRUCTION WAS BEGUN SUBSEQUENT TO OCTOBER 1965, AS CONFIRMED
OPERATIONS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF COMPLETION AND THE WIDENING OF PREVIOUSLY
REVEALS NEW VEHICULAR TRACKS 25X1
(NOT OBSERVED ON PHOTOGRAPHY OF TROJAN HORSE
DIAGONALLY CROSSING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CHAVANE AIRFIELD AT 1520N
.10703E. ADDITIONAL TRACKS ARE OBSERVED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE AIRFIELD
ALONG LAOS ROUTE 165 (NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC).
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 or issue
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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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