VEHICLE STORAGE AN KHE ARMY BARRACKS, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300620002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 27, 1969
• Content Type: PHOTO

AN KHE ARMY BARRACT~ -'
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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
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REFERENCE: BOQ 095
VEHICLE STORAGE
AN KHE ARMY BARRACKS, NORTH VIETNAM
2049N 10642E
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27 MAY 1869
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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