ROAD AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITY ROUTE 8, LAOS

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 14, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

ROUTE 8, LAOS
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
ROAD AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITY
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ROAD AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITY
ROUTE 8, LAOS
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THE REOPENING OF ROUTE 8 AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TELECOMMUNICATION
LINE PROVIDE THE NORTH VIETNAMESE WITH ANOTHER LOGISTICAL AND TELECOMMUNICATION
ROUTE INTO THE LAOTIAN PANHANDLE.
2. LOCATION:
ROUTE 8 EXTENDS THROUGH BAN NAPE TO LAK SAO, THEN SOUTH TO JOIN
WITH ROUTE 12, WHICH CONNECTS THE THAKHEK/MAHAXY AREA WITH MU GIA PASS.
3. BACKGROUND:
ROUTE 8, IN THE BAN NAPE AREA BETWEEN THE BORDER AND THE JUNCTION
WITH ROUTE 81 AT LAK SAO, HAS BEEN OPENED FOR LIGHT VEHICLE TRAFFIC FOLLOWING
THE END OF EACH SOUTHWEST MONSOON, HOWEVER, THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT BETWEEN
LAK SAO AND BAN NHOMMARATH KEO, WAS ABANDONED IN 1964 AND HAS NOT BEEN
REOPENED UNTIL NOW.
4. MISSION READOUT:
ROUTE 8 HAS BEEN REACTIVATED TO THE SOUTH FROM THE LAOS/NORTH VIETNAM
BORDER TO JOIN ROUTE 12 NEAR BAN NHOMMARATH KEO. FROM THIS POINT, VEHICLES
UTILIZE PORTIONS OF ROUTE 12 TOGETHER WITH ROUTES 128 AND 1281 TO JOIN THE
HEAVILY USED INFILTRATION CORRIDER SOUTH OF MU GIA PASS. ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY
ALONG THE ROUTE INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF BY-PASSES AT TWO RIVER CROSSINGS
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.
GROUP I: EXCLUDED FROM
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AND NUMEROUS AW AND AA POSITIONS.
A NEWLY OBSERVED TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRACE EXTENDS SW FROM THE LIMITS OF
INTERPRETABLE PHOTOGRAPHY AT 182035N 1050825E, 3 NM SW OF THE BORDER AND
GENERALLY PARALLELS ROUTE 8 TO 1814o8N 1045943E, A DISTANCE OF 12 NM.
AN ADDITIONAL 4 NM SEGMENT EXTENDS FROM 18072ON 1050140E SOUTH TO
180345N 1050300F, A POINT 8.2 NM SOUTH OF LAK SAO.
INSET 1 DEPICTS A ROUTE 8 FERRY CROSSING OVER THE NAM THEUN AT
175o46N 1050310E.
INSET 2 DEPICTS A SEGMENT OF THE NEWLY OBSERVED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
WHERE IT CROSSES ROUTE 8 AT 181536N 1050212E.
MISSION:
MAP REFERENCES: JOB'S NE 48-6, 7, 10, 11
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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