CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

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CREST [1]

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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]

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CIA-RDP78B04558A001600020036-4

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December 28, 2016

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March 10, 2008

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October 4, 1966

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CABLE

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OUTS9986' P 040108Z OCT 66 1966 OCT 4 01 32Z FM TO NPIC WASH DC AIG NINE SEVEN SIX 4 O(1 1966 RUEKDA/DIA PRODCEN RUEKDA/NIC BT CONF IDENT I AL CITENPIC 8649. REF A NPIC 8232, DTG 242353Z, AUG 1966 B NPIC 8140, DTG 180235Z, JUL 1966 C NPIC 8444, DTG 122139Z, SEPT 1966 INITIAL SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION REVEALS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE VINH/DONG HOI RAIL LINE IN NORTH VIETNAM: f'o. I C: r: Action 1 _ A TIIRNTNG WYF TS LOCATED AT 1754N 1016010E (IITM XE063807) 0.2 NM NW OF THE DESTROYED THUONG PHONG TRANG RAILROAD BRIDGE (BE -1 Approved For Release 2008/03/10: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600020036-4 A SMALL GAUGE RAIL TRACK EXTENDS FROM THE VICINITY OF 1anf,;. 0y25X1 A THE WYE TRACK SW TO A PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED BUT UNREPORTED CABLE TRAMWAY CROSSING UNDER CONSTRUCTION OVER THE RAO NAY (RIVER) AT UTM XE061805. THE TRAMWAY CROSSING CONSIST OF A SINGLE CABLE ANCHORAGE ON THE NE BANK OF THE RIVER AND TWO CABLE ANCHORAGES ON THE SW BANK. SIMILAR TRAMWAY CROSSINGS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ADJACENT TO THE DESTROYED XOM KHE RAILROAD BRIDGE AT 1758N 10555E (REF A) AND ADJACENT TO THE DESTROYED THUONG PRONG TRANG RAILROAD BRIDGE (REF B). THESE CABLE TRAMWAYS UTILIZE TWO SEPARATE CABLES WHICH WOULD PROBABLY PERMIT THE UTILIZATION OF TWO TRAMWAY CARS; THUS A TRAMWAY CAR COULD BE LOCATED ON EACH RIVER BANK DURING THE TRANSLOADING OPERATION. BOTH CARS WOULD BE SHUTTLED BY ONE DRIVE MECHANISM. GIG Ni-Ib.~1 d i ~',L Approved For Release 2008/03/10: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600020036-4 Approved For Release 2008/03/10: CIA-RDP78B04558A001600020036-4 0 t_ -i,7, J I 2. THE PRESENT RAILHEAD IS LOCATED AT 1752N 10601E (UTM XE090770) 0.6 NM SOUTHEAST OF ITS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TERMINUS (REF C). 3. HEAVY VEHICULAR TRACK ACTIVITY EXTENDS GENERALLY SSW FROM THE SOUTHWEST BANK OF THE RAO NAY (RIVER) AT THE SITE OF THE TRAMWAY (REF A) ADJACENT TO THE DESTROYED THUONG PHONG TRANG RAILROAD BRIDGE AT UTM XE063903 TO THEIR JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 110 AT UTM XE075773. MAP REF: AMS SERIES L701 SHEET 6264 IV USATC SERIES 200 SHEET 0617-14 HL GP-1 C O N F I D E N T A A L --END OF MESSAGE-- S/C NOTE: ALSO PASSED PRIORITY SAIGON INFO DIRECTOR, VIENTIANE, UDORN CITE NPIC 8649. Approved For Release 2008/03/10: CIA-RDP78B04558A001600020036-4