Approved for Release: 2019/03/29 C00114129 -Hory eVi L.MTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGECY :\fLJ(3�r1 se Intelligence Information Cable � #_12� pRIORITY EO 13526 IN -1. 2557 3.3(h)(2) PAGE 1 OF 3 PAGES STATE/INR DIA NMCC/MC (SECDEF JCS ARMY NAVY AIR) CIA/NMCC NIC NSA s00 ONE CRS DDI EXO NPIC NP I C/11111 2 OER F1318 DCS IRS AID USIA This material contains information affecting the Nationcl Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Illepionage Laws, Title 18, ME Secs. 793 and 794, the transmisson or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law. IMO THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. 131338Z CITE DIST 13 JANUARY 195 8 COUNTRY: LAOS/NORTH VIETNAM DOI: 12 JANUARY 1968 SUBJECT: AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK ON PHOU PHA THI (SITE 85) ACQ: LAOS, VIENTIANE (13 JANUARY 1968) FIELD NO: 4111111111, SOURCE: 1.5(c) 3.4(b)(1) 1.5(c) 3.4(b)(1) 1. FOUR DARK GREEN AIRCRAFT FLYING IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION PASSED THE VICINITY OF MUONG SANG (UR 8350) AT 13 00 HOURS ON 12 JANUARY. WHEN THE FOUR AIRCRAFT REACHED BAN HOUEI SOUI (UF{ 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. MO COMMENT: 1111111,11011,AINED A PRELIMINARY 1.5(c) 3.4(b)(1) 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 ====ftairslo-129.61 APPROVED FOR RELFASE 5 AUG 1997I Approved for Release: 2019/03/29 C00114129 1.5(c) 3.4(b)(1) Approved for Release: 2019/03/29 C00114129 PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES 111111=111=1. � (classification) (dissent* controls) 13..5((c-b) 4)(1) 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 BUILDINGS, MOST OF WHICH WERE BILLETS. 3. THE FIRST AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED TiNT, HE VICINITY OF UH 606865 SHORTLY AFT ER IT HAD COMPLETED ITS BOMBING RUN A GROUND TEAM FROM PHOU PHA T HI SEARCHED THE AREA AT 1600 HOURS ON 12 JANUARY AND REPORTED NOTHING WAS SALVAGEABLE. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SM ALL ARMS FIRE ALSO HIT THE SECOND AIRCRAFT WHICH BORE TAIL NUMBER 6651 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 5789 AT 1600 HOURS ON 12 JANUARY RECOVERED TWO OF THREE BODIES IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE 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. THE TEAM. ALSO RECOVERED A SOVIET MANUFACTURED HF RAD IO AND A SET OF 71 ACCESSORY CRYSTALS AND CHARTS AND NOTEBOOKS IN VIETNAMESE ONE AERONAUTICAL CHART WAS Wainingis Approved for Release: 2019/03/29 C00114129 1.5(c) 3.4(b)(1) Approved for Release: 2019/03/29 C00114129 11111111111111=111 " (classification) (dissent controls) PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES ANNOTATED AND SHOWED THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT ROUTE DIRECT TO PHOU PHA THI: DUC THANG (XJ 0262) TO CANH MEO (WH 0274) TO SOP HAO (VH 4373), TO MUONG HAM (UH 9747) TO MUONG YUT (UH 7156) TO PHOU PHA THI. THE RETURN ROUTE WAS PLOTTED FROM PHOU PHA 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. STATE ARMY AIR USAID USIS USMACV 7TH AIR FORCE CINCPAC PACFLT PACAF ARPAC 1.5(c) 3.4(b)(1) ADVANCE COPY TRANSMITTED TO: WHITE HOUSE STATE DIA ARMY NAVY AIR JCS NIC NSA OCI. :1tr.t.eTst=1=2= Approved for Release: 2019/03/29 C00114129

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