CABLE TO AIG 7840 FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000600020054-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: February 17, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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P 170144Z FEB 68
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO AIG 7840
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N F I D E N T I A LI
CITE NPIC 3043.
? SER?F00626 GN MSN:TO0942 17JAN68H
1%8 FEB 17 02 11 Z
DAY PHOTO. CAMERA ON/OFF TIMES UNK. AMS SERIES L7015, SHEETS
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IV, 6242-III, 6340-I, II, AND 6341-III, 1ST ED.
PART I. SIGNIFICANT PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS
B. NEW TARGETS AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
ZZZ 01:VEHICLE ACTIVITY RT 23 SGM:NONE CTY:LA 163152N10
FRESH VEHICLE TRACKS EXTEND SOUTHWARD FROM ROUTE 9 NEAR MUAN
PHINE AT 163152N 1060106E (UTM XD086278) AND GENERALLY PARAL
ROUTE 23 TO 162858N 1060159E (XD 102225). FROM THIS POINT TH
TRACKS CONTINUE SOUTH UNDER A HEAVY TREE CANOPY PASSING THRO
THE VILLAGE OF BAN ALAO AT 162422N 1060422E (SD 144140) TO A
PROBABLE FERRY CROSSING OVER THE SE BANG HIANG (RIVER) AT
161928N 1060300E (XD121049). THE TRACKS CONTINUE SSW TO 161
1055945E (XC063953) WHERE THEY REJOIN ROUTE 23. THE VEHICLE
TRACKS CONTINUE SSE AGAIN FOLLOWING THE ALIGNMENT OF ROUTE 2
TO THEIR VISIBLE TERMINUS AT 160842N 1060255E (XD120851) , 33
NW OF SARAVAN. WELL USED TRAILS EXTEND SE FROM THE PRESENT
TERMINUS OF THESE VEHICLE TRACKS TOWARD THE SARAVAN AREA.
VEHICLE TRACKS ALSO EXTEND NW FROM THE SARAVAN AREA FOLLOWING
THE GENERAL ALIGNMENT OF ROUTE 23 TO BAN DON BOUNG AIRFIELD AT
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AND CROSS THE NAM PHAO (RIVER) AT A CONSTRUCTED FORD Al WFOS22 ,
TO 181232N 1045912E (VF986131). FROM HERE THE VEHICLE
TRACKS EXTEND NW TO VF973145, WHERE THEY BIFURCATE WITH ONE
BRANCH TERMINATING IN THE VICINITY OF 181418N 1045718E
ZZZ02:VEHICLE ACTIVITY ROUTE 8 SGM:NONE CTY:LA 181920N1050541E
NEWLY OBSERVED VEHICLE TRACKS EXTEND SW OF ROUTE 8 FROM THE LIMIT
OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE NEAR NAPE AT 18182ON 1050541E WFO929239)
(VF956164), AND THE OTHER EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO JUNCTION
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WITH ROUTE 81 AT 191195N 1045915E (VU
ZZZ03:VEHICLE ACTIVITY ROUTE 81 SGM:NONE CTY:LA 191125N1045815E
VEHICLE TRACKS EXTEND WNW ON ROUTE 81 FROM 181125N 1045815E
(UTM VF969111) (ITEM 02) TO THE LIMIT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
AT 18 3 N 1044 3 E VF780 48)
ZZZ04 :BY-PASS ROAD U/C (NEW) SGM:NONE CTY:LA 16084ON 1064152E
A BY-PASS ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION EXTENDS SW FROM ROUTE 92
AT 16084ON 1064152E (UTM SC815855) TO, XC766779. HERE ROAD
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ZZZ05:TRUCK PARK COMPLEX (NEW) SON-NONE CTY:LA 160727N1064050E
AN EXTENSIVE TRUCK PARK COMPLEX IS LOCATED 1.2 NM WEST OF ROUTE
92 AT 160727N 1064050E (UTM X 32). THE TRUCK PARK, CONSISTING
OF 5 LOOP ROADS AND SEVERAL LI SERVICE ROADS, IS LOCATED NW OF
AND ADJACENT TO THE NEW BY-PASS ROAD (DESCRIBED IN ITEM 01). A
THE MAIN COMPLEX AT
SMALL TRUCK PARK IS LOCATED 0.9 NM NE BF
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ZZZ06:TRUCK PARK (NEW) SGM:NONE CTY:LA 161321N1064148E
A TRUCK PARK CONSISTING OF A LOOP ROAD AND 2 SHORT LINK SERVICE
ROADS IS LOCATED 0.5 NM EAST OF ROUTE 92 AT 161321N 1064148E
(UTM XC812942). AN ACCESS ROAD CONNECTS THE TRUCK PARK TO ROUTE
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ZZZ 07:TRANSSHIPMENT PIS 9 SE KONG SGM:NONE CTY:LA 154640N 1064608E
VEHICLE TRACKS EXTEND SOUTHWARD OF BAN BAC ON RT 92 AND TERMINATE
AT A TRANSSHIPMENT POINT AT 154640N 1064608E (UTM XC894450). THE
TRANSSHIPMENT FACILITY CONSISTS OF A VEHICLE TURNING LOOP ADJACENT
TO THE EAST BANK OF THE SE KONG RIVER. VEHICLE TRACKS EXTEND TO
THE END OF ROUTE 964 TO A TRANSSHIPMENT POINT ON THE EAST BANK OF
THE SE KONG AT 153022W 1064818E (XC935149). ANOTHER VEHICLE
TURNING LOOP IS OBSERVED NEARBY
PART II. OTHER PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS - NONE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
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