CABLE TO AIG 7840 FROM NPIC WASHDC

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CIA-RDP78B04549A000600010020-3
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RIPPUB
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1
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December 28, 2016
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February 9, 2007
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20
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Publication Date: 
January 25, 1968
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CABLE
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Approved For Release 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP78B04549AO00600010020-3 eclas sific ti P 2501202 JAN 68 FM NPIC WASHDC TO AIG 7840 BT 1%3 JAN 25 01 33 Z OUT 4 L /54 CONF IDENT I ALI ITENPIC 2810 CPIR: NPIC SER:FO0579 GN MSN:00T928 30DEC67H DAY PHOTO. CAMERA ON/OFF TIMES UNK. REF. NPIC MSG 0880 DTG 072151Z JUN 67 SER:F00323. AMS SERIES L7011 SHEETS 6451-I, II9 6450-I, AMS SERIES L 701v SHEETS 6551-III, 6550-IV, 1ST ED. PART I. SIGNIFICANT PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS B. NEW TARGETS AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ZZZ 01:PROB INFILTRATION ROUTE (NEW) SGM:NONE CTY:CB 13190ON 1072900E A PROBABLE TRANSSIPMENT POINT IS OBSERVED ON THE WEST BANK OF THE PREK DRANG (RIVER) AT 132145N 1072240E (UTM YV575783) AT THE TERMINOUS OF A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED HEAVILY TRAVELED UNNUMBERED ROAD (REF) WHICH ORIGINATES AT THE MILITARY STORAGE COMPLEX IN LON PRAT. A VEHICLE TURNAROUND, A PROBABLE BUILDING, AND A RAFT ARE OBSERVED UNDER THE TREES NEAR THE RIVER BANK. A HEAVILY USED TRAIL EXTENDS FROM YV576783 ON THE EAST BANK OF THE PRE DRANG IN A GENERAL ESE DIRECTION CROSSING THE COMBODIA/SOUTH VIETNAM BORDER AT 13142ON 1073455E (YV797649). AT 131750N 1073100E (YV 726712), WHERE THE TRAIL CROSSES THE PREK NAM LIEOU (RIVER), HEAVY GROUND SCARRING AND AT LEAST 5 PROBABLE BUILDINGS ARE OBSERVED UNDER THE TREES. A PROBABLE BIVOUAC A IS OBSERVED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRAIL AT 13152ON 1073345 (YV776667) AND CONSISTS OF FOXHOLES IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN WI 2 CENTERALLY LOCATED AW POSITIONS. (BB) ZZZ02:MILITARY STORAGE AREA SGM:NONE CTY:CB 132800N1071 THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PROBABLY MILITARY STORAGE AREA AT 132800N 1071800E (UTM YV500905) (REF) NEAR THE VILLAGE OF PH YONG NOW CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 7 LARGE STORAGE BUILDINGS, 1 SUPPORT BUILDING, 2 PROBABLE SHED-TYPE BUILDINGS, 2 POSSIBLE TRUCKS, AND ROW CROPS. THE AREA IS FENCE SECURED. DEFENSES INCLUDE NUMEROUS FOXHOLES AND AT LEAST 5 AW POSITIONS. THE A IS SERVED BY A ROAD WHICH JOINS THE UNNUMBERED ROAD FROM LOM PRAT. (TTEM1)_ CY Fir* __ fH f Security 1EA ZZZ03:PROB INFILTRATION ROUTE(NEW) SGM:NONE CTY:CB 13250ON1073100E A HEAVILY USED TRAIL, ORIGINATING FROM SEVERAL SMALLER TRAILS IN THE VICINITY OF 13330ON 1072800E, WINDS GENERALLY SOUTH UNTIL IT JOINS THE HEAVILY USED TRAIL (ITEMI) AT 131829N 1073035E (UTM YV719724). HERE THE 2 TRAILS JOIN AND CROSS THE SOUTH VIETNAM BORDER AT 13142ON 1073455E (YV797649). PART II. OTHER PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS - NONE GP-1 C O N F I D E N T I A L END OF MESSAGE Advance Cary S"dmd Wr*T.at