Approved for Release: 2019/04/04 C00012510 ..LBj LIBRARY trlandatory Rev* NTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGE. CaSe # Ntj � g Intelligence Information Cable octunent fir � PkIORITY. IN 2E57 PAGE I OF 3 PAGES STATE/INR DIA NMCC/MC (SECDEF JCS ARMY NAVY AIR) CIAMMCC NIC NSA SDO ONE CRS DDI EXO 'TIC NPIi.111111 2 OER FSIS DCS IRS AID USIA This material contains information affecting the Nations). Defense of the Milted States within the meaning of the repionage law. Titiag Secs. 793 and 794, the transznimon or revelation of which in any manner to an =authorised Pen= is prohibited 127 law. THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. 131338Z CITE COUNTRY: LAOS/NORTH VIETNAM DCI: 12 JANUARY 1968 SUBJECT: AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK ON PHOU PHA THI (SITE 85) � 1.3(a)(4; DIST 1.3 4,:INNUPRY, 1968 ACQ: SOURCE: LAOS, VIENTIANE (13 JANUARY 1968) FIELD NO: 1.3(0 1.3(04 I. FOUR DARK GREEN AIRCRAFT FLYING IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION PASSED THE VICINITY OF MUONG SANG (UH 8350) AT 1300 HOURS ON 12 JANUARY. WHEN THE FOUR AIRCRAFT REACHED BAN HOUEI SOUI (UR 7852), TWO OF THE AIRCRAFT, BROKE FROM FORMATION AND ORBITED IN THE HOUEI SOUK AREA, WHILE THE SECOND TWO AIRCRAFT, WHICH WERE AN-2 COLTS, CONTINUED TO PHOU PHA THI (UH 6860) AND COMMENCED BOMBING RUNS WHILE FLYING. ON AN APPROXIMATE HEADING OF 304 DEGREES. 1111111. COMMENT ,CONTAINED A PRELIMINARY 1.3(ay4; ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK ON PHOU PHA THI.) 2. EACH OF THE TWO ATTACKING AIRCRAFT MADE ONE BOMBING AND STRAFFING RUN AT 1310 HOURS. TWO WOMEN CIVILIANS AND TWO GUERRILLA I.3(a)(4) APPROVED FOR RELEASE 7 AUG 1992 Approved for Release: 2019/04/04 C00012510 Approved for Release: 2019/04/04 C00012510 � "" Z.Oal PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES 1.3(a)(4) ' 1.3(04) SOLDIERS WERE KILLED AND TWO- WOUNDED BY BOMBS. ONE MAN WAS WOUNDED BY FLYING DEBRIS. THE BOMBS, WHICH ALL APPEARED TO. HAVE BEEN 250 POUNDS, INFLICTED SLIGHT DAMAGE TO SOME BUILbINGS, MOST OF WHICH WERE BILLETS. 3. THE FIRST AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED IN THE VICINITY � OF UH 606865 SHORTLY AFTER IT HAD COMPLETED ITS.BOMBING RUN. A GROUND TEAM FROM PHOU PHA THI SEARCHED THE AREA AT 1600 HOURS ON 12 JANUARY AND 'REPORTED NOTHING WAS SALVAGEABLE. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SMALL ARMS FIRE ALSO HIT THE SECOND AIRCRAFT WHICH BORE TAIL NUMBER 665, AS IT MADE ITS BOMBING RUN. IT CRASHED IN THE VICINITY OF UH 570895. 4. A GROUND TEAM THAT REACHED THE CRASH SITE AT UH 5 789 AT 1600 HOURS ON 12 JANUARY RECOVERED TWO OF 'THREE BODIES IN THE AIRCRAFT. TRE TEAM COULD NOT REMOVE A THIRD BODY WHICH WAS WEDGED IN THE WRECKAGE. THE TEAM REPORTED ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE' VIETNAMESE. THg TEAM ALSO RECOVERED A SOVIET MANUFACTURED HF RADIO AND A SET OF 71 ACCESSORY CRYSTALS AND. CHARTS AND NOTEBOOKS IN VIETNAMESE. ONE AERONAUTICAL CHART WAS 1.3(a)(4) Approved for Release: 2019/04/04 C00012510 �� Approved for Release: 2019/04/04 C00012510 �' 257 PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES 111111�11111111111111.111M 111MMINM 1.3(a)(4 elassontrotasein Zs ANNOTATED AND SHOWED THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT ROUTE DIRECT TO PHOU PHA THI: DUC THANG (XJ 0262) TO CANH ME0 (WH 0274) TO SOP MAO (VH 4373), TO MUONG HAM (UH 9747) TO MUONG �YUT (UH 7156) TO PHOU PHA THI. THE RETURN ROUTE WAS PLOTTED FROM PHOU FHA THI TO MUONG HET (UJ 9702) TO YEN CHAU (VJ 3926) TO VAN YEN (VJ 7129) TO SON TAY (WJ 5338) TO DUC THANG. 5. DISSEM: STATE ARMY AIR USAID USIS USMACV 7TH AIR FORCE CINCPAC PACFLT PACAF ARPAC _11.11111111111111111111111111111111111111111.1111111111111111111. ADVANCE COPY TRANSMITTEL TO: WHITE HOUSE STATE DIA ARMY NAVY AIR JCS NIC NSA CCI. 1111111�1111111111111111111111111111111 Approved for Release: 2019/04/04 C00012510 1.3(a)(41 1-3(a)(4)

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AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK ON PHOU PHA THI (SITE 85)