CABLE TO AIG 7840 FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000600020028-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: February 24, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

Approved F elease 2007/03101 :QIA,RDP78BO4549A000600020028-4
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P 242043Z FEB 68
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO AIG 7840
BT
C O N F I D E N T I A L
CITE NPIC 3096.
192 FE 24 20 55 Z
REF NPIC MSG 2867, DTG 310032Z, F00595, JANUARY 1968
INITIAL N BY NPIC OF GIANT DRAGON MISSION T961/T704 25X1
REVEALS UTILIZATION OF THE SE PONE RIVER BY PT- 25X1
AMPHIBIOUS TANKS TO REACH THE LANG VEI ALLIED MILITARY COMPOUND:
1. THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION FROM ROUTE
92 AT 16 29 52N-106 29 31E (UTM XD591244) IS NOW SERVICEABLE PAST
THE PREVIOUS TERMINUS AT UTM XD721244 TO THE LAOS/SOUTH VIETNAM
BORDER ON THE WEST BANK OF THE SE PONE RIVER AT 16 29 22N-106 39 48E
(XD775236). NO EVIDENCE OF A RIVER CROSSING AT THIS POINT WAS
NOTED. TRACKAGE INDICATED THAT VEHICLES NAVIGATED THE RIVER NORTH
TO XD778253 WHERE THEY LEFT THE RIVER AND FOLLOWED THE ALIGNMENT
OF A PREVIOUSLY EXISTING TRAIL TO RE-ENTER THE RIVER AT XD778308;
PAST XD779324, WHERE A PT-76 IS OBSERVED IN THE WATER: THEN.O N-
TO THE NORTH BANK OF THE RIVER AT 16 34 58N-106 40 12E (XD781340).
THIS POINT ON THE RIVER IS CONNECTED TO THE LANG VEI COMPOUND BY
A ONE NM PREVIOUSLY EXISTING, HEAVILY USED, SERVICE ROAD. OBSERVED
ON THIS SERVICE ROAD AT XD785353 IS A DAMAGED/DESTROYED PT-76
TANK AND A UNIDENTIFIED PROBABLY DISABLED TANK (THE CHASSIS APPEARS
TO HAVE A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION THAN A PT-76, HOWEVER, QUALITY
OF PHOTOGRAPHY PRECLUDES A DEFINITE IDENTIFICATION). ONE DAMAGED/
DESTROYED PT-76 IS ALSO OBSERVED WITHIN THE COMPOUND.
GFW: 3 PT-76 AMPHIBIOUS TANKS (2 DAMAGED/DESTROYED) AND ONE
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MAP REF: AMS SERIES L7015, SHEET 6341 IV, 1ST ED. , AMS SERIS
L7014, 6342 III, 3RD ED.
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
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