VEHICLE STORAGE AN KHE ARMY BARRACKS, NORTH VIETNAM

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CIA-RDP83-01074R000300620002-8
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RIPPUB
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5
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December 28, 2016
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September 14, 2011
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2
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May 27, 1969
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PHOTO
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AN KHE ARMY BARRACT~ -' ..~..~..~......~...~....~ ............~..... __..._.. 25X1 VEHICLE STORAGE , -~ NORTH VIETNAM 20-49 N 106-42 E .HEAVY CONSERUCTION EOUIPMENE INOT SHOWN ON 6RAP ICIH25X1 10 E-302 WHEELED CRANE SHOVELS 5 D~3516 MOTORIZED SCRAPERS 4 PROBABLE OT~54/55 BULLDOZERS 4 PROBABLE TRUCA~MOUNEED MOBILE DRILL RIGS ~~ ~ 25X1 2 POLISH I~CN CRUSHERS 2 USSR GENERATORS Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP83-010748000300620002-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP83-010748000300620002-8 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER REFERENCE: BOQ 095 VEHICLE STORAGE AN KHE ARMY BARRACKS, NORTH VIETNAM 2049N 10642E ATTACHMENT TO M-6636 27 MAY 1869 PAGE 1 1. SIGNIFICANCE: THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF RECENTLY RECEIVED VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT STORED IlV A DESTROYED ARMY BARRACKS AREA. 2. LOCATION: 2.1 NM SOUTHEAST OF HAIPHONG AND 1.4 NM NORTHWEST OF HAIPHONG~ 3. BACKGROUND: THE DESTROYED AN KHE ARMY BARRACKS HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST FOR STORAGE OF SUPPLIES AND SOME VEHICLES. HOWEVER, THIS IS THE FIRST T II~IE THIS MANY VEHICLES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THE AREA OR ANY OTHER LOCATION IlV NORTH VIETNAM. 4. MISSION READOUT: MISSION BOQ 095, 14 MAY lg6g, REVEALS OVER 900 VEHICLES AND PIECES OF EQUIPMENT PARKED IlV THE AN KHE ARMY BARRACKS. THE VEHICLES ARE OF ALL TYPES INCLUDING CARGO TRUCKS, TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANES, DUMP TRUCKS, TRACTORS, BUSES, POL TRUCKS, VAN TRUCKS, TRAILERS, AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. 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. GROUP 1: EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING ANO DECLASSIFICATION SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP83-010748000300620002-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP83-010748000300620002-8 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER REFERENCE: BOQ 095 ATTACHMENT TO M-6636 27 MAY lg6g PAGE 2 MERCHANT SHIP, "VYSOKOGORSK", TRANSIT IlVG THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WITH A DECK CARGO OF 17 DUMP TRUCKS, 27 CARGO TRUCKS, AND 6 BUSES. THESE BUSES ARE NOW OBSERVED AT AN KHE AND IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE DUMP TRUCKS AND CARGO TRUCKS ARE ALSO PART OF THE VEHICLES OBSERVED IlV THE AREA. THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT OBSERVED AT AN KHE BARRACKS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 160 - ZIL-130 CARGO TRUCKS 149 - W-50-L CARGO TRUCKS 99 - SR-132 CARGO TRUCKS ~0 - ZIL-157 CARGO TRUCKS 42 - ZIL-MMZ-555 DUMP TRUCKS 16 - SR-113 POL TRUCKS 15 - STAR-3 TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANES 10 - BUSES 7 - TATRA-AJ6 TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANES 7 - LAZ-690 TRUCKS-MOUNTED CRANES 5 - ZIL-130A CARGO TRUCK WITH CRANE 5 - ZIL-130 POL TRUCKS 2 - K-64 TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANES 150 - TRAILERS HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT (NOT S?iOWN ON GRAPHIC) 10 - E-302 WHEELED CRANE SHOVELS 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. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP83-010748000300620002-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP83-010748000300620002-8 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER REFERENCE: BOQ 095 7 -POSSIBLE DRILLIlVG ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT 5 - D-357G MOTORIZED SCRAPERS 4 - PROBABLE DT-5)+55 BULLDOZERS 4 -PROBABLE TRUCK-MOUNTED MOBILE DRILL RIGS 2 -POLISH ROCK CRUSHERS 2 -USSR GENERATORS ATTACHMENT TO M-6636 27 MAY 1869 PAGE 3 5. REMARKS: THE VEHICLES AT THE AN KHE BARRACKS AREA FOR THE MOST PART ARE NEW AND IN A GREAT PNMBER OF CASES WERE OBSERVED BEING UNLOADED FROM MERCHANT SHIPS IN HAIPHONG (SEE COLLATERAL PHOTOGRAPHY). COLLATERAL REPORTS INnICATE AN IlVCREASE IN VEHICLE SHIPMENTS TO NORTH VIETNAM SINCE JANUARY 1969 WHEN THE SOVIET MERCHANT SHIP, "VITIM", ARRIVED AT HAIPHONG FROM VLADIVOSTOK WITH 192 VEHICLES ON BOARD. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE NORTH VIETNAMESE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING VEHICLES REGULARLY IN THE PAST BUT ONLY IN SMALL NUMBERS AND USUALLY AS DECK CARGO. NORMALLY THESE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY POLISH MERCHANT SHIPS, ALTHOUGH SOME HAVE COME ON SOVIET SHIPS. HOWEVER, SINCE JANUARY OF 1969, SHIPS HAVE BEEN ARRIVIlVG REGULARLY AT HAIPHONG CARRYIlVG VEHICLES AS THE MAJOR ITEM OF CARGO. SEVERAL OF THESE SOVIET SHIPS HAVE COME FROM VLADIVOSTOK WHICH HAS NOT NORMALLY BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH VEHICLE SHIPMENTS TO NORTH VIETNAM. AT THE 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 Chiet, Imagery Exploitation Group NPIC. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP83-010748000300620002-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP83-010748000300620002-8 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER REFERENCE: BOQ 095 ATTACHMENT TO M-6636 27 MAY ig6g PAGE 4 PRESENT TIME THERE ARE AT LEAST ANOTHER 400-500 VEHICLES SCHEDULED OR ENROUTE TO NORTH VIETNAM AS MERCHANT SHIP CARGO. MAP REFERENCE: AMS MAP SERIES L7014, SHEET 6350 IV, SCALE 1:50,000 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. SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP83-010748000300620002-8