CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B03817A000600010026-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2006
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: June 15, 1967
• Content Type: CABLE

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CITE 'NPIC X795.5:
CPIR:NPIC SERF 00336 UERT MSN 699RI 22MAY67H
DAY PHOTO. CAMERA ON/OFF TIMES UNK. REF A. NPIC
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262339Z, JAN 67. REF B NPIC MSG 91129 DTG 120324Z, NOV 66.',-
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ITM01:DUAL-GAUGE RR TRACK SGM:2B CTY:VN 211748N1055220E
AMS SERIES L7014, SHEETS 6151 I, II9 6150 I, 1ST ED.
PART I. SIGNIFICANT PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS
B. NEW TARGETS AND SIGNIFICANT CHANG."S
DES:DUAL-GAUGE TRACK IS INTERMITTENTLY OBSERVED ON THE THAI
NGUYEN/NGUYEN KHE RAIL LINE FROM 211748N 1055220E SOUTH TO THE
JUNCTION WITH THE HA NOI/LAO CAI RAIL LINE AT 210912N 1055115E.
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SGM:6J CTY:VN 2 10757N 1055239E
DES:CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE ON A 7-TRACK RAILROAD YARD AT
210757N 1055239E ON THE HA NOI/LAO CAI RAIL LINE, 3.7 NM NW OF YEN
VIEN RAILROAD CLASSIFICATION YARD. CONSTRUCTION ON THIS YARD
WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN JAN 67 (REF A).
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ITM03:HA NOT RR FERRY CROSSINGS SGM:I1AD CTY:VN 205938N1055415E
DES:CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE RAIL BY-PASS AND RAIL FERRY
CROSSINGS WHICH WILL PROVIDE A BY-PAS EAST AROUND THE HA NOT
RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER THE RED RIVER
AND WILL CONNECT THE HA NOI/HAI PHONG AND HA NOI/VINH
RAIL LINES. CONSTRUCTION ON THE BY-PASS WAS FIRST OBSERVED
IN NOV 66 (REF B).
A COMPLETED LOW WATER LEVEL RAIL FERRY SLIP AT 205939N 1055432E,
A COMPLETED MEDIUM WATER LEVEL RAIL FERRY SLIP AT 205944N 1055422E,
AND A HIGH WATER LEVEL FERRY SLIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 205952N
1055402E ARE ON THE NORTH RIVER BANK. NONE OF THESE FERRY SLIPS
IS OPERATIONAL. METER-GAUGE TRACK IS CONTINUING TO BE LAID ON
DUAL-GAUGE TIES ON THE NORTHERN APPROACHES. A PASSING TRACK,
APPROXIMATELY 760 FT IN LENGTH, IS OBSERVED ON ONE OF THE
APPROACHES AT 205950N t055420E.
ONE COMPLETED AND ONE PARTIALLY COMPLETED PROBABLE MEDIUM/HIGH
WATER LEVEL RAIL FERRY SLIPS AT 205919N 1055411E AND 205925N
1055406E, RESPECTIVELY, AND THE APPROACH TO THE SITE OF A
PROBABLE LOW WATER LEVEL FERRY SLIP AT 205916N 1055418E ARE ON
THE SOUTH RIVER BANK. AN ADDITIONAL, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED (REF
B) PROBABLE RAIL FERRY SLIP, AT 205941N i055350E, WAS NOT
COVERED BY THIS MISSION A DEAD-END, 2-TRACK RAIL SPUR TER-
MINATES AT THE SITE OF UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT
205904N '055410E- METER-GAUGE TRACK ON PROBABLE DUAL-GAUGE
TIES IS ALSO OBSERVED ON THE SOUTHERN APPROACHES. AN APPROXI-
MATELY '60 FT LONG PASSING TRACK IS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE
SOUTHERN APPROACHES AT 205916N 055352E. TWO STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
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AND 22 PIECES OF ROLLING STOCK ARE OBSERVED IN THE AREA.
PART II. OTHER PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS - NONE
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