DECREASED ACTIVITY COASTAL TRANSSHIPMENT POINTS NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300510002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 21, 1969
• Content Type: PHOTO

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NATIONAL PINIT06RAPHIC mERPRETATmN CENTER
DECREASED ACTIVITY
COASTAL TRANSSHIPMENT POINTS
NORTH VIETNAM
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
DECREASED ACTIVITY
COASTAL TRANSSHIPMENT POINTS
North Vietnam
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE REDUCTION OF STORAGE
AND TRANSSHIPPING ACTIVITY AT THE MAJOR COASTAL TRANSSHIPMENT POINTS IN
NORTH VIETNAM.
2. LOCATION: QUANG KHE COASTAL TRANSSHIPMENT POINT (17 42N-106 28E,
AND DONG HOI COASTAL TRANSSHIPMENT POINT (17 27N-106 37E,
3. BACKGROUND: QUANG KFJE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN THE SITE OF CONSIDERABLE
ACTIVITY, ASSOCIATED WITH RESUPPLY ACTIVITY TO THE SOUTH. DURING THE
1967 TET TRUCE, NUMEROUS WATERBORNE LOGISTICS CRAFT (WBLC), INCLUDING
SL-1S, WERE OBSERVED. THEY ACCOUNTED FOR A MAJOR PORTION OF THE
LOGISTICS EFFORT. HOWEVER, NO LARGE WBLC WERE OBSERVED AT QUANG KHE
DURING THE 1967-1968 HOLIDAY TRUCE PERIOD. QUANG KHE WAS REACTIVATED AS
A TRANSSHIPMENT POINT (TSP) AFTER THE 1 NOVEMBER 1968 BOMBING HALT, AND
HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH A CONTINUOUS HIGH LEVEL OF ACTIVITY THROUGH EARLY
WHEN, AMONG
NUMEROUS OTHER LOGISTICS VESSELS, TWENTY-ONE SL-1 CRAFT WERE OBSERVED.
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.
GROUPI EXCLUDED FROM
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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BACKGROUND: (CONT.)
DONG HOI WAS SUBJECTED TO REPEATED AIRSTRIKES, LIMITING ACTIVITY
THERE TO A MINIMUM. HOWEVER, PHOTOGRAPHY AFTER THE BOMBING HALT REVEALED
THAT DONG HOI HAD EMERGED AS A MAJOR TRANSSHIPMENT POINT.
4. READOUT:
QUANG KHE REVEALED HEAVY ACTIVITY AT
THE QUANG KHE TRANSSHIPMENT POINT. THE NORTH VIETNAMESE FREIGHTER "THONG
NHAT" WAS BEING OFFLOADED USING LCMS AND BARGES IN A LIGHTERING PROCEDURE,
AND A LARGE POL BARGE WAS ALSO PRESENT. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE WATERBORNE
ACTIVITY WERE 3 BARGES, 3 LCMS, 2 WUHU YAKS, 6 SL-1S, 2 SL-3/4S, AND
NUMEROUS SMALLER WBLC. EXTENSIVE SUPPLIES WERE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE
AREA.
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REVEALS A MARKED DECREASE IN ACTIVITY AT
THE QUANG KHE TSP. ONLY FIVE SAMPANS, 1 FERRY WITH A MOTOR LAUNCH, 1
DAMAGED LCM, 1 CARGO BARGE AND 1 TRUCK ARE OBSERVED. ALSO PRESENT ARE
LIMITED SUPPLIES.
DONG HOI
STRUCTED T-HEAD PIERS AT THE DONG HOI TSP. TWO LCMS AND 6 SAMPANS WERE
OBSERVED AT ANCHOR AND ONE SAMPAN WAS MOORED AT ONE OF THE PIERS. NUMEROUS
PERSONNEL AND STACKS OF MATERIAL IN OPEN STORAGE WERE PRESENT AT THAT TIME.
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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BACKGROUND: (CONT.)
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REVEALS A SIGNIFICANT 25X1
DECREASE IN ACTIVITY AT THE DONG HOI TRANSSHIPMENT POINT. ONLY 4 SAMPANS
ARE OBSERVED AT ONE OF THE T-HEAD PIERS, AND ONE TRUCK IS OBSERVED OPPOSITE
THE SAME PIER. THE OTHER PIER IS TOTALLY VACANT. LIMITED SUPPLIES ARE
OBSERVED.
5. REMARKS: THIS DECREASE IN ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED SINCE JANUARY
1969. IN ADDITION, NORTH VIETNAMESE MERCHANT SHIPS HAVE NOT BEEN OBSERVED
AT THE HONLA ISLAND ANCHORAGE WHERE BARGES LIGHTERED CARGO TO QUANG KHE
DURING NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1968.
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.
CONFIDENTIAL
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