CABLE TO RUABAB/313 ADIV KADENA AFB OKI FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001000040001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 30, 1965
• Content Type: CABLE

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C O N F I D E N T I A L CITE NPIC 6177.
INITIAL SCAN BY NPIC OF
1965 REVEALS THE FOLLOWING STORAGE FACILITIES AND INSURGENT ACTIVITY
ALONG THE ROUTES OF 8 AND 12 IN THE MAHAXAI AREA OF LAOS.
1. A LARGE POSSIBLE STORAGE CAVE LOCATED AT 1734N 10510E
(UTM WE176426) AT THE TERMINUS OF VEHICULAR TRACK ACTIVITY EXTENDING
FROM ROUTE S.
2. A WELL USED BY-PASS ROAD IS LOCATED AT 1733N 10510E (UTM
WE180410) ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE JUNCTION OF ROUTE S AND ROUTE
12 AROUND AN UNSERVICEABLE BRIDGE OVER THE HOUAY KHAMA STREAM.
APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY ALONG THE BY-PASS AT UTM WE177409, THE TRACKS
TRAVEL UNDER AN EXTREMELY HEAVY TREE CANOPY. THE ALIGNMENT OF THE
TRACKS THROUGH THE TREES INSTEAD OF AN ADJACENT FIELD INDICATES
THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF SOME FACILITY SUCH AS A REST/REFUEL AREA.
THE JUNCTION OF THE BY-PASS AND ROUTE 12 IS DEFENDED BY ONE AW
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POSITION AND SEVEN FOXHOLES. ALTHOUGH THE POSITIONS ARE UNOCCUPIED,
THEY APPEAR SERVICEABLE.
3. AN EXTENSIVE PROBABLE STORAGE AREA IS LOCATED AT 1732N
10510E (UTM WE 181392) JUST EAST OF ROUTE 12 AND CONNECTED TO IT
BY WELL USED VEHICULAR TRACK. THE AREA IS AT THE BASE OF A KARST
HILL, AND UNDER A MEDIUM TREE CANOPY, CONSISTING OF EXTENSIVE TRACK
ACTIVITY AND A PROBABLE STORAGE CAVE IN THE KARST.
4. A PROBABLE STORAGE CAVE IS LOCATED AT 1731N 10509E (UTM
WE174374), EAST OF ROUTE 12 AT THE BASE OF A KARST HILL. THIS CAVE
IS CONNECTED BY WELL USED TRAILS TO A PROBABLE TRANSFER POINT 600
YARDS WEST ON A BY-PASS ROAD AROUND A CRATERED PORTION 'OF ROUTE 12.
5. A BRIDGE BY-PASS IS LOCATED AT 1730N 10508E (UTM WE 159361)
ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROUTE 12. THIS ACTIVE BY-PASS EXTENDS AROUND
AN UNSERVICEABLE BRIDGE AND WAS APPARENTLY COMPLETED AFTER A PRE-
VIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED BY-PASS WAS BOMBED.
6. A PARTIALLY CONCEALED PREFABRICATED BRIDGE SECTION IS
LOCATED AT 1729N 10510E (UTM WE 178327) ALONG ROUTE 12. THE BRIDGE
SECTION IS PROBABLY IN PREPARATION FOR THE RAINY SEASON TO MAINTAIN
THE SERVICEABILITY OF A PRESENTLY DRY FORD ON A BY-PASS AROUND AN
UNSERVICEABLE BRIDGE.
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7. A LARGE CAVE STORAGE AREA IS LOCATED AT 1725N 1051 1.3
NM WEST OF MAHAXAI. EXTENSIVE, ACTIVE VEHICLE TRACKS ARC iOBSERVED
THROUGHOUT THE AREA WITH 5 STORAGE CAVES LOCATED AS FOLLOWS: ONE
CAVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A SMALL HILL AT UTM WE 199260, ONE CAVE ON
THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF A HILL AT UTM WE194262, TWO CAVES ON THE
NORTHWEST SIDE OF A HILL AT UTM WE188268, AND ONE CAVE AT UTM
WE 185269. ALL THE CAVES ARE SERVED BY ACTIVE VEHICLE TRACKS CONNECTED
TO ROUTE 121 NORTHWEST OF MAHAXAI AND BY A ROAD EXTENDING ALONG THE
NORTH BANK OF HOUAY XIANGSET AND JOINING ROUTE 12 AT UTM WE 153278.
8. A POSSIBLE STORAGE CAVE IS LOCATED AT 1726N 10504E (UTM
WE080287) AT THE BASE OF A KARST HILL. VEHICLE TRACKS LEAD
DIRECTLY TO THE CAVE SITE.
9. A PROBABLE REST AND REFUEL AREA LOCATED AT 1725N 10501E
(UTM WE017277) ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROUTE 12 CONTAINING EXTENSIVE
TRACKS, AT LEAST 3 BUILDINGS, AND CLEARED AREAS IS CONNECTED TO
ROUTE 12 BY A ROAD EXTENDING NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST. A POSSIBLE
STORAGE AREA IS LOCATED 1400 YARDS SOUTHEAST AT 1725N 10501E (UTM
WE026269) NEAR THE BASE OF A KARST HILL WHERE NUMEROUS TRACKS CONVERGE.
10. EIGHT PERSONNEL WERE OBSERVED AT 1727N 10459E (UTM VE991299)
200 YARDS SOUTH OF BAN KHING MOVING SOUTH TOWARD ROUTE 12. VEHICLE
TRACKS WERE OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY OF BAN KHING. THERE ARE ACTIVE
 VEHICLE TRACKS AT BAN LAO (UTM VE988300) AND ON THE TRAIL EXTENDING
SOUTH TO ROUTE 12. =~
11. A PROBABLE REST AND REFUEL AREA IS LOCATED AT 1727N 10458E
(UTM VE965300) ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ROUTE-12 AND CONTAINS AT LEAST
2 BUILDINGS, EXTENSIVE TRACK ACTIVITY AND SEVERAL CLEARED AREAS
UNDER A MEDIUM TREE CANOPY. IMMEDIATELY ACROSS ROUTE 12 IS A SMALL
RIVER FORD AND BY-PASS DETOURING A SERVICEABLE BRIDGE.
12. THREE PERSONNEL ARE OBSERVED IN THE AREA.
12. NUMEROUS FOXHOLES AND A PERSONNEL TRENCH ARE LOCATED AT
1727N 10457E (UTM VE955296). THE FOXHOLES ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT
A SMALL UNNAMED VILLAGE WHILE THE PERSONNEL TRENCH DISSECTS ROUTE
6063 III & 6063 IV
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES FROM USATC 2009 0617-1SHL
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