TRANSPORT OF TWO HUNDRED 122MM ROCKETS BY INFILTRATION GROUP 140

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: INFILTRATION GROUP 140
• Keywords: INTERROGATION REPORTS
• Keywords: NORTH VIETNAM
• Keywords: NVN
• Keywords: SOUTH VIETNAM
• Keywords: SOUTHEAST ASIA
• Keywords: SVN
• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00758699
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: April 27, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: February 9, 1968

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THIS REPORT IS THE RESULT OF THE, INTERROGATION ACTIVITY CONDUCTED
SY THE NATIONAL INTERROGATION CENTER (Nb) UNDER THE JOINT AUSPICES
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DATE OF INFO:
DATE AND PLACE
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Transport of Two Hundred 122mm
Rockets by Infiltration Group 140
December 1967
14 January 1968 ( I
S DANANG, QUANG NAM
NIC REPORT NO : 108/68
NIC CASE NO : FET
DATE OF REPORT 9/02/68
NO. OP P4GES 2
REF : NIC Report 097/68 (FIR)
This report was c011ected by a NIC Field Exploitation Team on 14 January 1968.
in DANING Municipality, SVN. Source is not available at the NIC for further
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On 5 December 1967 Infiltration-Group"146wavordered to transport two hundred
.122mm rockets which were obtained froM a supply point in QUANG NAM Province.
The rockets were turned over to an unidentified unit on 20 December 1967. Each
rocket was in two parts, plus a detonator. The explosive rocket heads, which
were formerly packaged in a canvas bag, now, had only plastic caps at both ends
to protect them.
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On 5 December 1967, Infiltration Group 140 was ordered to transport two '
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hundre022mm rockets. The rocket were obtained at a place located about a
four hour walk from commo-liaison Station 2, near the A VUONG River, TAY GIANG
District, QUANG NAM Province, SVN. Infiltration Group 140 was divided into
four groups, each group was to carry the rockets for one day. The rockets
were finally turned over to an unidentified unit on approximately 20
December 1967.
� Each 122mm rocket was divided into two parts: the body of the rocket which'
was approximately 1.2 meters long and weighed 34 kilos, and the explosive
head which was approximately.6 meter long and weighed 20 kilos. The rocket
detonators were packed in wooden boxes, about 16 detonators to a box which
weighed about 10 kilos each (700 grans per detonator). The body of the
rocket was kept in tin tubes to protect it from damage and the weather. The
explosive rocket head had formerly been kept in canvas bags, but these
rockets had only plastic caps at both ends to protect them.
(NIC COMMENT:
detonator b
were broken:
The canvas bags meviously used for the explosive heads had
eon seen lying around
the term "200 rockets"
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