CABLE TO AIG 7840 FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04555A000300040023-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2008
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: November 24, 1969
• Content Type: CABLE

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1969 NOV 24 18 1 6 Z
P 2418082 NOV 69
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO AIG 7840
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C O N F I D E N T I AL C T E NPI C 7463
PHOTOGRAPHY OF OVER LAOS REVEALS THE FIRST INDICA-
TION OF VEHICULAR USE OF A SHORT (10NM) SEGMENT OF ROUTE 96, ALSO
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ROUTE 96 IS OBSERVED FROM ITS NORTHERN TERMINUS WHERE IT J A - _
ROUTE 923 AT 15-50-28N 106-48-OOE (UTM XC927520) SOUTH TO ~'+='
CHAVANE AT 15-20-35N 107-03-40E (YB 212971). THE NORTHERNMOST _9
NM SEGMENT OF THE ROUTE SOUTH TO XC955430 IS UNSERVICEABLE DU TO_." ;r
SEVERAL LANDSLIDES. FROM THIS POINT SOUTH FOR 10NM TO YC 0353
THE ROAD IS SERVICEABLE AND APPEARS TO HAVE CARRIED RECENT TRFL:_`
ROAD RECONSTRUCTION CONTINUES SOUTH FOR THREE NM TO YC 032297 . _!
FROM THIS POINT SOUTH, THE ROAD IS IN EXREMELY POOR CONDITION TO-
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CHAVANE. ALL BY-PASSES IN THIS AREA ARE IN DISUSE AND ROUTE 9
IS UNSERVICEABLE.
NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION EXTENDS 4.7 NM SOUTH FROM ROUTE 96 A
15-47-21N 106-50-12E (XC 967463), CROSSES AN UNNAMED STREAM A `
XC977429, AND REJOINS ROUTE 96 AT 15-43-57N 106-51-25E (XC989l114:01 1.
CONSTRUCTION CONSISTS OF INITIAL CLEARING ON THE NORTHERN HAL
GRADING ON THE SOUTHERN HALF. ALL ROADS IN THE BAN BAC AREA
IN DISUSE. THE SOUTHERNMOST SEGMENTS OF ROUTES 92 AND 924 AR
COMPLETELY OVERGROWN IN PLACES; HOWEVER, INITIAL RECONSTUCTI
OBSERVED ON THE SOUTHERN FOUR NM SEGMENT OF ROUTE 924-EXTEND
BETWEEN 15-50-40N 106-44-26E (XC863523) AND THE SE KONG (RIV
15-48-55N 106-45-30E XC882490.
MAP REF: AMS SERIES L70159 SHEETS 6339I, 6340 It II AND IV 6 39IV,
ALL FIRST EDITIONS.
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