CABLE TO AIG 7840 FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000600010016-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2007
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: January 26, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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C O N F I D E N T I A L
CITE NPIC 2822
CPIR:NPIC SER:F00587 BUQ MSN:000422 17JAN68H
DAY PHOTO. CAMERA ON:OFF TIMES UNK. CAMERA F415Y PAN.
REF (A), 460 RTS SER G06970, DTG 180037Z JAN 69-
(B) 460 RTS SER G06974, DTG 181217Z JAN 68. THIS CPIR SUPPLE-
MENTS INTELLIGENCE REPORTED IN REF MESSAGES. PACOM NORTH
VIETNAM CPFL ICOD 02 JAN 68. NPIC WILL NOT DISSEMINATE A HARD
COPY MISSION SUMMARY REPORT ON THIS MISSION.
PART I. SIGNIFICANT PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS
A. TRANSIENT TACTICAL TARGETS
ZZZOI:CAMOUFLAGED PROB FAGOT/FRESCO SGM6A21G CTY:VN205340N105
ONE CAMOUFLAGED PROBABLE FAGOT/FRESCO IS LOCATED 9 NM SOUT
HA NOI/GIA LAM AIRFIELD, APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS EAST OF T
RED RIVER ON THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE OF XOM NGOAI AT UTM WJF _L
940105. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN CAMOUFLAGED WITH`TRE_Ei_!_,
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LIMBS WHILE THE TAIL SECTION IS PARTIALLY GO CEALED BY TREE
B. NEW TARGETS AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
ITM02:HA NOI SAM SITE A05-2 (158) SGM:6A 1A CTY:VN210832N 1055
RMK:THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTS ITEM 06 OF REF B.
SAM SITE 158 IS POSSIBLY OCCUPIED. AT LEAST 4 LAUNCH REVETM
AND THE GUIDANCE REVETMENT ARE OCCUPIED BY UNIDENTIFIED EQUI
ITM 03:HA NOI SAM SITE C06-2 (32) SGM:6B1AF CTY:VN211912N1061515E
nFS!STTF TS tUNOCCtUPIED.
ITM04:HA NOI/GIA LAM AIRFIELD SGM:6AIAC N 055318E
DES:NO APPARENT CHANGE IN FACILITIES SINCEI 25X1
EXCEPT FOR THE OBSERVATION OF A ROOFLESS HANGAR CONTAINING 2
CAB WINGS AND OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS. RUNWAY IS SERVICEABLE.
AOB:1 FRESCO (PROBABLY DAMAGED), 1 CRATE (PARTIALLY CAMOUFLAGED),
1 POSSIBLE CAB (HEAVILY CAMOUFLAGED), AND 1 PROBABLE CAB
ITM05:KEP PROS AMMO STGE AREA NEW SGM:6B1AF, CTY:VN212305N1061850E
DES:NEWLY IDENTIFIED PROBABLE AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA IS LOCATED
2.5 NM EAST OF KEP AIRFIELD AT UTM XJ362649. AREA CONSISTS
OF 8 ROAD-SERVED STORAGE REVETMENTS. FOUR ARE EARTH COVERED
AND CONTAIN VENTS, ONE IS CANVAS COVERED, AND ONE HAS A PERM-
ANENT ROOF BUT IS NOT EARTH COVERED. THE 2 REMAINING REVETMENTS
ARE UNCOVERED. ONE CONTAINS A RECTANGULAR OBJECT, POSSIBLY
A CRATE, AND ANOTHER CONTAN~~ FLOORING BLOCKS
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SCATTERED OVER THE EARTH FLOOR AND UNIDENTIFIED MATERIALS
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ZZZ06:DUAL-GAUGE RAIL ACTIVITY SGM:4X21A CTY:VN211252N1060557E
DUAL-GAUGE TRACK (WITH A THIRD RAIL) IS OBSERVED INTERMITTENTLY
BETWEEN DAP CAU (2112N 10605E) AND PHU LANG THUONG (2116N
10612E) ON THE HA NOI-PING HSIANG RAIL LINE. THE SEGMENTS OF
THE DUAL-GAUGE RAIL LINE OBSERVED ARE FROM 211252N 1060557E
(UTM XJ140461) TO 211329N 1060604E CXJ142472) AND FROM 211628N
1061005E (XJ211527) TO 211622N 1061053E (XJ225527). THE RAIL
LINE IS NOT DUAL GAUGE SOUTH OF DAP CAU. (MAP REF L7014,
CUttT 9,1391 TTT T11 It
ITM07:BAC GIANG TPP SGM:NONE CTY:VN211805N1061215E
RMK:POWERPLANT APPEARS TO BE OPERATIONAL WITH SMOKE RISING
FROM BOTH ABOVEGROUND FLUES. ONE CIRCUIT IS SERVICEABLE
(PROBABLY 110KV) AND LEADS TO A BURIED TRANSFORMER OUTSIDE THE
PLANT PERIMETER. A SECOND CIRCUIT, WHICH IS PROBABLY IN LATE
STAGES OF REPAIR, LEADS TO THE REVETTED TRANSFORMER WITHIN THE
PLANT AREA.
PART II. OTHER PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS - NONE
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