INCREASED LOGISTICS ACTIVITY QUANG KHE COASTAL TRANSSHIPMENT POINT, NORTH VIETNAM

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 18, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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INCREASED LOGISTICS ACTIVITY
QUANG KHE COASTAL TRANSSHIPMENT POINT, NORTH VIETNAM
17-42N 106-29E
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. LOCATION:
IS AT 17-42-OON 106-29-OOE ON THE NORTH AND,vSOUTH
BANKS OF THE SONG GIANG (RIVER) AT QUANG KHE, 17 NM
NORTHWEST OF DONG HOI.
3. BACKGROUND:
WARNING NOTICE
Sensitive Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved.
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INCREASED LOGISTICS ACTIVITY
QUANG KHE COASTAL TRANSSHIPMENT POINT
NORTH VIETNAM
THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ANTICIPATED THE SHORT CHRISTMAS
DAY BOMBING HALT/REDUCTION AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT
TO MOVE SUPPLIES SOUTHWARD.
THE QUANG KHE COASTAL TRANSSHIPMENT POINT
SINCE 1965 THE DEGREE OF LOGISTIC ACTIVITY AT THE
QUANG KHE TRANSSHIPMENT POINT HAS BEEN IN PROPORTION
TO THE US BOMBING POLICY OVER NORTH VIETNAM. DURING
PERIODS OF DIMINISHED ATTACKS OR HALTS IN THE
BOMBING, QUANG KHE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE LINK IN THE
PANHANDLE LOGISTIC NET.
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: ONLY SLIGHT LOGISTIC ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED ON
FOUR EMPTY WATERBORNE
LOGISTIC CRAFT (WBLC) WERE NEAR THE ROUTE 1A CROSSING POINT ON THE NORTH
BANK OF THE RIVER. A SMALL STACK OF SUPPLIES WAS IN THE SOUTH BANK AREA
OF THE TRANSSHIPMENT POINT.
LOW-ALTITUDE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
FINGER PIERS HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON THE SOUTH BANK, AND THAT LARGE
STACKS OF SUPPLIES WERE ON THE BANK ADJACENT TO THE PIERS. THREE EMPTY
WBLC AND TWO SUPPLY LADEN WBLC WERE IN THE VICINITY OF THE PIERS.
PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE AREA SHOWED EIGHT CARGO
TRUCKS AND 14 WBLC AT THE NORTH BANK OF THE RIVER TRANSFERRING SUPPLIES
AT THE ROUTE 1A CROSSING. ON THE SOUTH BANK AT LEAST 23 CARGO TRUCKS,
12 WBLC AND DWINDLING STACKS OF SUPPLIES (AS COMPARED TO SUPPLY STACKS
WERE OBSERVED. SIX WBLC WERE IN THE RIVER BETWEEN THE 25X1
TWO POINTS OF ACTIVITY. TWENTY-FOUR CARGO TRUCKS WERE OBSERVED ON ROUTE
1A WITHIN 3 NM NORTH OF THE TRANSSHIPMENT POINT -- EMPTY TRUCKS HEADED
NORTH AND LOADED TRUCKS SOUTH. TWENTY-FIVE CARGO TRUCKS WERE OBSERVED
WITHIN 5 NM OF THE TRANSSHIPMENT POINT ON ROUTE 1A SOUTH OF QUANG KHE..
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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