NEWLY IDENTIFIED POL STORAGE AREAS NORTH VIETNAM

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 25, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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25 MARCH 1966
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NEWLY IDENTIFIED POL STORAGE AREAS
NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THREE NEWLY IDENTIFIED AREAS OF POL
STORAGE IN NORTH VIETNAM IN THE VINH, BAI THUONG, AND SON CHAU AREAS.
2. REMARKS:
COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT NINETY-SIX PERCENT OF NORTH VIETNAM'S
BULK POL STORAGE CAPACITY IS LOCATED AT ELEVEN KNOWN BULK STORAGE
FACILITIES OF SIGNIFICANT SIZE. THE REMAINING FOUR PERCENT OF STORAGE
CAPACITY IS IN A NUMBER OF VERY SMALL FACILITIES, INCLUDING SOME OF
RECENT CONSTRUCTION. THESE NEWER FACILITIES ARE APPARENTLY A RESPONSE
TO U.S. AIR STRIKES, AND GENERALLY CONSIST OF A NUMBER OF SMALL
HORIZONTAL TANKS PLACED IN INDIVIDUAL SHALLOW EXCAVATIONS AND MOUNDED
OVER WITH EARTH.
3. MISSION READOUT:
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A. REVEALS AN AREA OF BURIED POL STORAGE 25X1
LOCATED IN TWO CLEARINGS WITHIN A WOODED AREA 4.2 NM SOUTH OF BAI THUONG
AIRFIELD AT 1951N 10525E (uTM WG436952). POL BURIAL EXCAVATIONS ARE
LOCATED ALONG SEVERAL CIRCULAR LOOP ROADS. APPROXIMATELY THIRTY-FIVE
TO FORTY POL BURIAL MOUNDS, EIGHTEEN OPEN EXCAVATIONS, AND AT LEAST
TWENTY POL TANKS ARE OBSERVED IN THE AREA.
GROUP 9 These notes hove been preparbd for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
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(REVEALS FOURTEEN POL BURIAL MOUNDS 25X1
(EIGHT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC) AND ONE EMPTY POL BURIAL EXCAVATION LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY 4.5 NM NORTH OF VINH AT 1844N 10541E. THE MOUNDS ARE
OBSERVED TO BE WITHIN THE TREE LINES ON EITHER SIDE OF. SEVERAL SECONDARY
ROADS JUST EAST OF VINH AIRFIELD. FIVE VEHICLES ARE ALSO OBSERVED.
C. REVEALS A POL STORAGE AND TRANS-
SHIPMENT AREA 0.7 NM SOUTH OF SON CHAU AT 1918N 10543E. THE AREA IS
SERVICED BY THE VINH-THANH HOA RAILROAD AND ROUTE IA. THIRTY-TWO
BURIED POL STORAGE BUNKERS, TWO OPEN POL BURIAL EXCAVATIONS, AND FIVE
POSSIBLE POL TANKS ARE LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE RAIL LINE AT THE BASE
OF A KARST HILL (uTM wG761351). APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED POL DRUMS,
EIGHT POL TANKS, AND SEVEN COVERED STACKS (PROBABLE SUPPLY MATERIAL)
ARE LOCATED ON A RAIL SIDING BETWEEN THE RAIL LINE AND ROUTE IA AT
UTM WG762352. TWO RAILROAD CARS ARE OBSERVED ON THE RAIL SIDING AND
SEVERAL STACKS OF RAILS ARE NOTED BETWEEN THE MAIN RAIL LINE AND THE
RAIL SIDING.
FIVE ADDITIONAL POL TANKS ARE OBSERVED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF
ROUTE IA, BETWEEN THE ROUTE AND A KARST HILL (UTM WG763352).
ALL UTM COORDINATES TAKEN FROM SERIES L701 SHEETS 60701, 6167111, 6168iv.
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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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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