RECENT ACTIVITIES IN NORTH VIETNAM SOUTH OF THE 20TH PARALLEL (28 OCTOBER - 3 NOVEMBER 1968)

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• Publication Date: November 1, 1968
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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence Memorandum
RECENT ACTIVITIES IN NORTH VIETNAM SOUTH OF THE 20TH
PARALLEL (28 OCTOBER - 3 NOVEMBER 1968)
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
5 November 1968
Recent Activities in North Vietnam
South of the 20th Parallel
(28 October-3 November)
Summary
Enemy logistics activities up to the bombing
halt continued at about the same levels of the
past few weeks. Limited opportunities for obser-
vation showed truck traffic to be well below the
averaqe levels noted since 1 April. Maritime
activity was at about average levels, and supply
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tinued at their recent high levels.
Preliminary and limited data do not show any
unusual changes in logistics activity since the
bombing halt.
re a lve y high levels o
traffic moving into aos. The North Vietnamese
have been quick to carry out road repair activities
in Route Package I.
antiaircraft guns apparently are
being deployed to Laos, but it is not possible at
this time to judge the magnitude of this deployment.
lb ruck traffic in Route Package I and in
Note: This memorandum was produced solely by CIA.
It was prepared jointly by the office of Economic
Research and the Office of Current Intelligence
and was coordinated with the Director's Special
Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs.
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logistics activity.
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POL Pipeline
1. The North Vietnamese have added 2z more
miles to a branch of the POL pipeline south of the
key Linh Cam ferry. This new extension parallels
Route 15 and will apparently terminate at a large
dispersed POL storage area at the junction of
Route 15 and 152, a distance of about 10 miles.
2. Truck sightings continued
to be well below the wee y average noted since
1 April, and most sightings consisted of only one
or two trucks. Poor weather again hampered aerial
observation, however, and unquantifiable pilot
reports of truck sightings suggest that truck
activity may have been greater than that reflected
in the tabulation below.
This week b/
(28 Oct-
1 Nov --
5 days)
De- Effective
Sighted stroyed Damaged Losses a/
Last week
(21-27 Oct --
7 days) 178 35 17 30
Weekly
average
(since
1 Apr)
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reporting a indicates a continued hiqft level
truck traffic into Laos.
indicates that the North Vietnamese have been quic
to take the measures necessary to repair the major
lines of communication in Route Package I that lead
into the Laotian Panhandle.
bowed that four trucks pulling 37/57-mm
antiaircraft guns were headed south toward Laos.
It is not possible at this time to judge if this
portends a major strengthening of antiaircraft
defenses in Laos.
5. continued
slightly below the weekly average noted since
1 April, although significant watercraft activity
was of two important
water routes near an oa -- on the Song Ma from
the mouth of the river to the Song Mai Canal and
on the Song Mai Canal itself. About 200 watercraft
were detected on these two routes, including several
large steel-hull barges and five LCM's.
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Air Operations
11. There were no indications of enemy air
activity south of the 20th Parallel during the
past week.
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ACTIVITIES IN NORTH VIETNAM SOUTH OF THE 20th PARALLEL
(28 October - 3 November 1968)
Gta Lam
HANOI (dY
New
extension
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Significant watercraft activity
Bai- i thom
NORTH
Dong Hbi
Gia,Linh
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