CABLE TO AIG 7840 FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000600010019-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2007
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: January 25, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

Approved For Release 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP78B045 A000600010019-5
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FM NPIC WASHDC
TO AIG 7840
BT
C O N F I D E NT I A L
CPIRsNPIC SERsF60581 BU MSN: Q425 06 JAN 65H
DAY PHOTO. CAMERA ON/OFF TIMES UNK. AMS SERIES L7014, SHEET 6249 I,
1ST ED.
PART I. SIGNIFICANT PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS
B. NEW TARGETS AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
ZZZOI:CABLE BRIDGE U/C, THAI BINH SGM:4X10B CTY:VN 202722NI062100E
A CABLE BRIDGE, APPROXIMATELY 700 FT LONG, IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
ON THE NW EDGE OF THAI BINH OVER THE SONG TRA LY (RIVER) AT UTM
XH407624. THE BRIDGE, IN MIDSTAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, CONSISTS OF 6
LOOSELY STRUNG CABLES PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN THE RIVER. ALL SIX
CABLES ARE IMPLANTED IN A LIGHTLY CONSTRUCTED ANCHORAGE ON THE
NORTH RIVER BANK. THE CABLES APPEAR TO BE ARRANGED IN 2 SETS OF
3 CABLES. ONE SET OF CABLES ON THE SOUTH RIVER BANK IS CONNECTED
TO A COUPLING WHICH IN TURN IS ATTACHED TO A WINCH HOUSED ADJACENT
AND WEST OF THE APPROACH. ADDITIONAL COILS OF CABLE ARE LOCATED
BEHIND THE WINCH HOUSE. THE SECOND SET OF CABLES IS ALSO CONNECTED
TO A COUPLING; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT YET ATTACHED TO AN OPEN WINCH
(PROBABLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION) LOCATED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE
APPROACH. PROBABLY BRIDGE DECK PANELS ARE LOCATED ON BOTH RIVER
BANKS. TWO PROBABLE ANCHORAGES AND 2 PROBABLE ANCHORAGES UNDER
CONSTRUCTION ARE LOCATED IN MID RIVER. THESE PROBABLE ANCHORAGES
COULD BE USED TO ANCHOR PONTOON SECTIONS USED TO SUPPORT THE
BRIDGE. THE WIDTH OF THE RIVER AND THE ABSENCE OF HEAVY DUTY
CABLE ANCHORAGES AND SUSPENSION TOWERS SUGGEST A MODIFICATION IN
THE DESIGN OF THIS BRIDGE FROM PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED CABLE BRIDGES
IN NORTH VIETNAM.
PART II. OTHER PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS - NONE
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