IMPROVED LOGISTICS NETWORK DMZ AREA, NORTH VIETNAM -- LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300440002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 7, 1969
• Content Type: PHOTO

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
IMPROVED LOGISTICS NETWORK 25X1
-DMZ AREA, NORTH VIETNAM - LAOS
16-55N 106-31E,
RT. 1036
TRAIL FROM RT. 103
HOUAY KAPAY STREAM
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TCHEPONE 19 NM
----- TRAIL
NAVIGABLE STREAM
IPIROGUESI
----- ROAD U/C
ROAD
NAMXE STREAM
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IMPROVED LOGISTICS NETWORK
DMZ AREA, NORTH VIETNAM -- LAOS
1655N 10631E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS CONTINUING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NORTH VIETNAMESE
LAOTIAN LOGISTICS NETWORK INCLUDING ROAD CONSTRUCTION (RT. 1036), CHANNELING
STREAMS AND THE TRELLISING OF A TRAIL IN THE DMZ AREA FOR THE INFILTRATION OF
SUPPLIES TO THE SOUTH.
2. LOCATION:
EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE DMZ AND AN ADJOINING AREA IN LAOS.
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3. MISSION READOUT:
PHOTOGRAPHY OF REVEALS CHANNELING IN THE HOUAY KAPAY 25X1
STREAM PROVIDING A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY SOUTH TO HOUAY NAMXE STREAM WHICH RUNS
EAST AND WEST THROUGH THE DMZ. AT LEAST 5.6 NM OF CHANNELING IN THE HOUAY NAMXE
STREAM WAS OBSERVED ON EXTENDING WESTWARD FROM THE LAOS/VIETNAM 25X1
BORDER.
THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ALSO REVEALS TRELLIS WORK OVER A TRAIL 25X1
WHICH FOLLOWS THE GENERAL ALIGNMENT OF THE HOUAY KAPAY STREAM IN LAOS JUST WEST
OF THE DNPL. THE TRELLIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL ACTIVITY WHICH MAY BE SUBJECTED TO
AIR STRIKES.
PHOTOGRAPHY OF REVEALS CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION OF ROUTE 10,25X1
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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EXTENDING SSW FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.5 NM. THE TERMINUS OF THIS CONSTRUCTION,
WHICH IS IN LAOS, IS 0.9 NM WEST OF THE DMZ AND APPROXIMATELY 6.0 NM NORTH OF
THE TERMINUS OF A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED NEW ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
4. REMARKS:
THIS NETWORK IS ONE OF FOUR ENTRY POINTS INTO LAOS FROM NORTH VIETNAM
AND IS THE SHORTEST SUCH ROUTE LEADING TO THE SOUTH.
THE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS WILL ALLOW POL DRUMS TO BE FREE-FLOATED DOWN-
STREAM, AND WILL ALLOW FOR THE PASSAGE OF LARGE PIROGUES CAPABLE OF CARRYING UP
TO ONE TON OF MATERIEL. THESE STREAMS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONSIDERED NAVAGABLE ONLY
DURING HIGH WATER IN JULY THROUGH OCTOBER.
THE EXTENSION OF ROUTE 1036 APPEARS TO BE DIRECTED TOWARD A CONNECTION WITH
A BRANCH FROM LAOS ROUTE 925, WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN RECENTLY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
MAP REF: L7014 6342 IV 2nd ED; L7015 6242 1 1ST ED
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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