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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000500050076-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: February 4, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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COVFRP.CE IS LIt1ITED TO TN,1; ARrA OF St'? CHINA 0~
4 PASSES OF SI~"!ALL SCALE P;-iOTOCRAPHY OF FAjR-TO-GOOD I~ITERPRETA-
3ILITY. EXCJPT FOR THE APE'AS C011TICUOUS TO T1-{~; i~?ORTN VIrTi~lAf~l
JORD ~P, ALL A?EAS -^?~' rEj~tE't~ALLY GLO!17 FPEE.
~i~10 ~'AVAL I~iSTALLATIO1:lS Il? SOUTH CHI~'A ^i?E IC~P.C'Ei~ 011 THIS
r~1ISSI0N. EYCF'PT FOR i~ INC-~~1INC AIPFIET,'~, ALL PRIORITY AIRFI~'L DS
ARF I~?AGEtJ Antra _nI_F,CRAFT COUNTS !~PPEAi? TO 3E AT t~10R~~?AL LEVELS.
AP't~ROYIP~IATELY 50 POSSIBLE AAA PIECrS AP~TJ A11 U11DE'TEr'if Ii~1ED
idUi7BEP, OF Vr1-IICLES ARE OBSERVED !~T I-LIAPIC B;~:RRP.CKS `~10?T1! t?5-C~Oi~1
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H~'~'EVER, 40 POSSIBLE AAA PIEC~"S A~'D AN UiIDETE:~i'~I>LLD 25X1
Nt1~1BER L, LES AND ECJUIP"IENT ARE' NO?~l SIG~ITED 4T I-LIANG ARP~Y
BARRACKS SOUTH C24-511?! 103-~?3E> t~1HICH k!AC CLOUD COVERED 0?~I f?1ISSION
OARS l'?HER~ NO E'~UIPi~IENT HAS BEEN REPORTED Oi~J PREVIOUS i~:ISSIO~?S.
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PROVIDES NO SI6~JIFICAI`!T CHANGES TO PREVIOUS LEVELS OF ACTIVITY.
NORTH VIETNAN IS COVERED ON 3 PASSES OF PHOTORAPHY tJHICH ARE
SERIOUSLY DEGRADE!0 BY Hi;AVY CLOUDS AND HAZE. TIDE ^;;EA OF THE DMZ
IS CLOUD FREE, EUT ShIALL SCALE PRECLUDES THr ID3NTIFICATION OF
GROUND FORCE ACTIVITY. THE REfiAI1~!DER OF NORTH VIETIJP.I'7 IS APPROX-
Ii11ATh LY SO PER CE~?T CLOUD COVERED A~TD 1~!0 GR OU:~ID FORCES -JOP, NAVAL
^-,CTIVITY IS !JISCERi~IIBL'.. Tri;~F_ FRLIG;-iTERS A,~E 05SERV''D I!V CLOUD-
FREE !AREAS AT HP.I P!-LONG PORT AND ^I~I ADDITIONAL 3 FREIGHTERS ARE
03SL'VED I~! THE APPl~0AC1-(ES TO THE PORT.
ALL AI1?FIE'LDS ARE CLOUD COVERE?J vYCLPT OF PHUC Yl'.i~~, H4I
PHOidC/'{IEN AN, A?1D ~'^I P;-10~!C/CAT BI AIRFIELDS, IiHICH ARE P!?r~TIALLY
CLOUD FREE. THREE POSSIBLE Sf?ALL AIRCRAFT ARE OBSERVED AT HAI
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