PROBABLE VC/NVA ACTIVITY PARROT'S BEAK PH BAVET (1) CAMBODIA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 14, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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PROBABLE VC/NVA ACTIVITY PARROT'S BEAK
PH BAVET (1) CAMBODIA
11-06N 106-04E
SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BOARD EXEMPLIFIES THE CONCENTRATIONS OF PROBABLE VC/NVA ACTIVITY
WHICH ARE NOTED ON THE CAMBODIA/SOUTH VIETNAM BORDER.
2. LOCATION:
12 NM SSW OF TAY NINH CITY, 41 NM WNW OF SAIGON, 4.5 NM NW OF PH BAVET (1).
BACKGROUND:
AND GIANT DRAGON COVERAGE OF THIS AREA IN THE PAST YEAR HAS 25X1
RESULTED IN NUMEROUS. INTELLIGENCE REPORTS INDICATING EXTENSIVE PROBABLE VC/NVA
.ACTIVITY, INCLUDING CAMPS, TRANSSHIPMENT. POINTS,' STORAGE,AND BIVOUAC AREAS.'
4. MISSION READOUT:
AND GIANT DRAGON IMAGERY COVERING THIS AREA HAS REVEALED AT 25X1
LEAST EIGHT AREAS OF CONCENTRATED PROBABLE VC/NVA ACTIVITY TOTALING OVER FIVE
HUNDRED (500) BUILDINGS.
THESE AREAS EXTEND INTO CAMBODIA TO A DEPTH OF 2.6.NM AND ARE DISPERSED ALONG
THE BORDER FROM 11-04N 106-05E TO 11-11N 105-58E. THEY.CONTAIN NUMEROUS FOXHOLES,
AUTOMATIC WEAPON POSITIONS, ROW CROPS, AND A PROBABLE TRAINING SITE.
PHOTO 1 DEPICTS A. PROBABLE VC/NVA AREA WHICH CONTAINS OVER 125 PARTIALLY
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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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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CONCEALED/CAMOUFLAGED BUILDINGS, ROW CROPS, AND SEVERAL STORAGE PITS WITH A
PERIMETER DEFENSE OF FOXHOLES AND AUTOMATIC WEAPON POSITIONS. HEAVY GROUND
SCARRING, NUMEROUS TRAILS WHICH CRISS-CROSS THE BORDER AND APPROXIMATELY 55
PERSONNEL ARE ALSO OBSERVED.
PHOTO 2 ILLUSTRATES PARTIALLY CONCEALED/CAMOUFLAGED PROBABLE VC/NVA
ACTIVITY IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF PHO SAM VILLAGE. AT LEAST 70 BUILDINGS, ROW
CROPS AND SEVERAL FOXHOLES ARE DISCERNABLE WITHIN A WOODED AREA.
MAP REF: 50 AMS L7014 6231,'111 1st ED
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