SUSPECT INSURGENT ACTIVITY PHU PHAN AREA, THAILAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000700020006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 14, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUSPECT INSURGENT ACTIVITY
PHU PHAN AREA, THAILAND
1645N 10421E
(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD L-2625)
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS AN AREA CONTAINING TWO
SUSPECT INSURGENT CAMPS AND A SUSPECT INSURGENT
COMMUNICATIONS SITE.
2. LOCATION:
THIS SUSPECT INSURGENT ACTIVITY IS LOCATED IN THE
PHU PHAN AREA OF NORTHEAST THAILAND.
3. COLLATERAL:
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 board(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, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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A BASIC TERRORIST TEAM CONSISTS OF ABOUT TEN MEN,
BUT SOMETIMES ARE LARGER. FOR SECURITY, SUCH LARGER
GROUPS OFTEN POST SMALL SUB-GROUPS AS PERIMETER GUARDS
AND SOMETIMES DIG TRENCHES OR PLACE FALLEN TREES AS
DEFENSE AGAINST A GOVERNMENT ATTACK.
SEVERAL WELL PLANNED SUBVERSIVE CAMPS HAVE BEEN
LOCATED BY POLICE AND CACHES OF ARMS AND PROPAGANDA
MATERIALS HAVE BEEN FOUND. ONE CAMP IN NONG KHAI PROVINCE
HAD TRIANGULAR-SHAPED FORTIFICATIONS WITH TRENCHES, FOX-
HOLES, PREDETERMINED FIELDS OF FIRE, AND A FORWARD PERI-
METER DEFENSE LINE. A LOCATION IN SAKON NAKHON PROVINCE
HAD TWO ADJACENT CAMPS CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIRTY MEN EACH.
THERE WERE FOXHOLES, CONNECTING TRENCHES, AND AT LEAST TEN
DEAD-END TRAILS OR TRAILS WHICH CIRCLED BACK INTO CAMP.
ALTHOUGH THE TWO CAMPS WERE ONLY THIRTY YARDS APART, THEY
WERE CONNECTED BY A WINDING TRAIL 150 YARDS IN LENGTH.
THE PRESENT INSURGENT ACTIVITY IN THAILAND IS SIMILAR
TO THE INSURGENCY ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH VIETNAM IN 1956 AND
1957, WHEN THERE WAS ONLY A SMALL FORCE OF ARMED DISSIDENTS
THAT CAUSED INFREQUENT INCIDENTS. THAILAND POSSESSES TO
SOME DEGREE MANY OF THE CONDITIONS THAT TEND TO ENCOURAGE
INSURGENCY, INCLUDING A SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY, ETHNIC
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 board(s) they were prepared for and must he considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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RIVALRY, INACCESSIBLE REDOUBTS, POORLY DISTRIBUTED LAND
AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES, AND A GENERAL INABILITY TO PROVIDE
SECURITY TO OUTLYING DISTRICTS.
4. MISSION READOUT:
IN A POSSIBLE ABANDONED VILLAGE AT UTM VD319527. FOUR
HUTS ARE VISIBLE THROUGH HEAVY VEGETATION WHICH HAS
RECLAIMED THE VILLAGE SITE; HOWEVER, WHAT APPEARS TO BE
FRESH TRACK ACTIVITY INDICATES THAT THE AREA IS STILL IN
USE. TWO FOOTBRIDGES ARE OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY AND
TRAIL ACTIVITY IS ALSO DISCERNIBLE.
THE SECOND SUSPECT INSURGENT CAMP IS LOCATED ACROSS
A STREAM 0.2 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE FIRST CAMP AT UTM
VD320531. THIS SUSPECT CAMP CONTAINS ONE WELL-CONCEALED
HUT (VISIBLE ONLY IN STEREO) AND AN AREA OF UNIDENTIFIED
ACTIVITY 114 A NEARBY CLEARING. THE UNIDENTIFIED ACTIVITY
APPEARS TO BE CUT LOGS ARRANGED IN AN OPEN SQUARE AND MAY
POSSIBLY BE A LOG BARRICADE OR WEAPONS EMPLACEMENT.
THE THIRD AREA OF SUSPECT INSURGENT ACTIVITY CONSISTS
OF TWO TALL POLES SPACED APPROXIMATELY 115 FEET APART,
AND LOCATED AT UTM VD318531. THE LOCATION OF THE POLES
I 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 board(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, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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IN THIS AREA, THEIR SPACING AND THEIR ALIGNMENT ON AN
EAST - WEST AXIS SUGGESTS A SUSPECT COMMUNICATIONS SITE;
HOWEVER, NO ANTENNAE ARE VISIBLE.
ALL UTM COORDINATES ARE TAKEN FROM AMS SERIES
L708, SHEET 5861 II.
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