CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001200020022-3
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2008
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: February 23, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
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C 0 N F I D E N T I A L. CITE NPIC 6535.
REF A: NPIC 6176 DTG 292323Z DEC 65
REF B: NPIC 6331 DTG 250052Z JAN 66
REF C: NPIC 6425 DTG 091927Z FEB 66
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REVEALED THE FOLLOWING ,Sanitized
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1. A NEWLY IDENTIFIED ROAD IS OBSERVED FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH
ROUTE 12/23 BY-PASS (BY-PASS NO. 1 REPORTED IN REF A) AT 1739N
10546E (UTM WE 815517) EXTENDING IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION TO
1737N 10547E (UTM WE842494). ALTHOUGH THE ROAD SUPPORTS HEAVY
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER IT LEADS TO A REST/REFUEL
AREA OR MARKS THE END OF CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD BEING BUILT
SOUTH TO BAN XONNE.
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2. THE ROUTE 12/23 BY-PASS EAST (BY-PASS NO. 2 REPORTED IN
REF B) HAS BEEN EXTENDED FROM 1735N 10545E (UTM WE799459), IMMEDIATELY
EAST OF THE REPORTED (REF B) WOODEN BRIDGE NORTHWARD TO A JUNCTION
WITH ROUTE 12/23 BY-PASS (BY-PASS NO. 1) AT 1738N 10545E (UTM
WE804493). THREE ADDITIONAL ROADS BRANCH OFF THIS EXTENSION AND
EXTEND WESTWARD TO JUNCTIONS WITH THE ROUTE 12/23 BY-PASS (BY-
PASS NO. 1). THESE NEW ROADS FORD THE NAM HEU (STREAM) AT UTM
WE799470, UTM WE801477, UTM WE803482 AND UTM WE805490. ALL FOUR
FORDS AND THE ORIGINAL BRIDGE APPEAR SERVICEABLE.
3. ROUTE 12 BY-PASS WEST (BY-PASS NO. 3 REPORTED IN REF C)
DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN EXTENDED NORTH TO A JUNCTION WITH ROUTE
12. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BY-PASS HAS BEEN
STOPPED.
4. THE FIVE HUNDRED PERSONNEL LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3000 YARDS
EAST OF MUGIA PASS CHOKE POINT (1735N 10544E) ON A NEW ROAD U/C
(AS REPORTED IN REF D) APPEARS TO BE VEGATATION THAT HAS BEEN
PLACED ALONG THE ROUTE 12/23 BY-PASS EAST (BY-PASS NO. 2 REF B)
AS A CRUDE ATTEMPT TO CAMOUFLAGUE THE BY-PASS.
5. AS REPORTED IN THE MISSION IPIR, (REF E), A NEW ROAD UNDER
CONSTRUCTION LEADING WEST FROM ROUTE 101 NEAR THE VILLAGE OF
XOM VE (1753N 10549E) WAS NOT OBSERVED. HOWEVER, A NEW ROAD WAS
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OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTIION LEADING SOUTH FROM THE VILLAGE OF XOM
MANG AT 1752N 10550E. (UTM WE898762):.= VEHICLE TRACKS EXTEND SOUTH
FROM ROUTE 101 FOR A DISTANCE OF 2300 YARDS. EIGHT STRETCHES OF
CLEARING OPERATION INDICATE THE FUTURE ROAD ALIGNMENT FOR AN ADDI-
TIONAL 3000 YARDS. THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF THE 2.5 NM ROAD CONSTRUC-
TION AT 1749N 10551E (UTM WE911716) IS LOCATED 10.5 NM FROM THE
LAOS/NVN BORDER.
MAP REF: GEOGRAPHIC COORDS FROM USATC SERIES 0617-14HL, 0617-1914L,
UTM COORDINATES FROM SERIES L7012 SHEETS 6163 I, 6163
IV9 SERIES L701 AND SERIES L701 SHEET 6164 I.
C O N F I D E N T I A L
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