INCREASED VEHICULAR ACTIVITY PANHANDLE AREA NORTH VIETNAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 8, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 6, 1973
• Content Type: MISC

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REFERENCE TO: GS-680 INCREASED VEHICULAR ACTIVITY
PANHANDLE AREA
NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE: INCREASED VEHICULAR ACTIVITY IN PANHANDLE AREA OF
NORTH VIETNAM FROM VINH SOUTH TO DMZ FOLLOWING THE
ANNOUNCED CEASE-FIRE SETTLEMENT AND BOMBING HALT.
2. LOCATION: SONG CA FERRY CROSSING AT VINH IS AT 18-38-56N
105-42-24E; ANTI AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY (AAA) CONVOY
MOVING SOUTH AT 17-19-40N 106-38-OOE; FIELD ARTILLERY
(FA) CONVOY MOVING SOUTH AT 17-46-12N 106-26-41.
3. REMARKS: PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE THE BOMBING HALT OF 15 JANUARY 1973
HAS SHOWN INCREASED VEHICULAR, DAYTIME TRAFFIC ON
ROUTES IN THE PANHANDLE AREA. ONE GIANT SCALE MISSION
OF 22 JANUARY REVEALED 568 TRUCKS MOVING ON ROUTE 1A
AND ADJACENT ROUTES BETWEEN VINH AND THE DMZ. AN
ADDITIONAL COUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 100 VEHICLES WERE
PARKED NEAR THE ROUTES. SUPPLIES WERE STOCKPILED AT
TRANSSHIPMENT POINTS AND IN SMALL STORAGE AREAS ALONG
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 boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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3. REMARKS:
(CONT'D)
ROUTES. FA AND AAA WERE OBSERVED BEING MOVED SOUTH.
SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC WAS APPARENTLY BEING GIVEN
PRIORITY OVER NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC -- ESPECIALLY AT
ONE WAY BRIDGES AND OTHER RIVER CROSSINGS.
4. MISSION READOUT: A TRAFFIC BACK-UP OF 64 SOUTHBOUND CARGO TRUCKS WAS
OBSERVED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SONG CA FERRY CROSSING ON ROUTE 1A AT
VINH. THE VEHICLES WERE IN TWO GROUPS -- NINE VEHICLES CLOSE TO THE FERRY
LANDING AND 55 VEHICLES FURTHER NORTH. ON THE SOUTH BANK, 38 NORTHBOUND
VEHICLES WERE WAITING TO CROSS. ELEVEN OTHER VEHICLES WERE CONTINUING
SOUTHBOUND ON ROUTE 1A. THERE WERE THREE FERRIES ACTIVE AT THE CROSSING.
ONE NEAR THE NORTH BANK WITH SIX VEHICLES, PROBABLY NORTHBOUND. THE TWO-
FERRIES NEAR THE SOUTH BANK WERE APPARENTLY LOADING VEHICLES NORTHBOUND.
THE MAJORITY OF THE SOUTHBOUND CARGO TRUCKS WERE CANVAS COVERED OR OPEN
AND LOADED WITH UNIDENTIFIED SUPPLIES. NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC WAS PRIMARILY
EMPTY CARGO TRUCKS (FIGURE 1). NOTE: ONLY TRAFFIC ON NORTH BANK SHOWN.
THERE WERE 14 MEDIUM FA PIECES BEING TOWED SOUTHBOUND ON ROUTE 1A JUST
NORTHEAST OF DONG HOI. TEN ADDITIONAL CARGO TRUCKS WERE SOUTHBOUND ON
THIS ROUTE SEGMENT AND 29 CARGO TRUCKS WERE NORTHBOUND. TEN OTHER VEHICLES
WERE PARKED IN FIELDS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROUTE (FIGURE 2). NOTE: ALL
EQUIPMENT 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 boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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4. MISSION READOUT: (CONT'D)
ELEVEN AAA PIECES IN TOW WERE OBSERVED IN SOUTHBOUND CONVOY OF 33 VEHICLES
10 NM SOUTH OF DONG HOI. THE CONVOY WAS APPROACHING A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED
PONTOON BRIDGE OVER THE DAI GIANG (RIVER) ON ROUTE 101. THREE VEHICLES
ARE ON THE BRIDGE (FIGURE 3).
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 boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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