CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001300020117-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 117
• Publication Date: June 7, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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C O N F I D E N T I A L CITE NPIC 7399.
REF: NPIC CITE 7235, DTG 16233OZ, MAY 1966
INITIAL SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSIONS
REVEALS THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION IN THE LAOTIAN PANHANDLE:
A. ROUTE 914 FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 91 AT 1645N
10608E TO ITS JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 9 AT 164IN 10608E APPEARS
IN DISUSE. IN ORDER TO USE ROUTE 914 TRAFFIC MOVING SOUTH
FROM ROUTE 911 COULD CONTINUE ON ROUTE 91, THEN SOUTHWEST ON
ROUTE 9 AND THEN SOUTHEAST ON ROUTE 914 FROM THEIR JUNCTION
AT 1641N 10608E. ROUTE 914 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF ROUTE 9
SHOWS MEDIUM USAGE. RECENT RAINS APPARENTLY HAVE NOT IN-
TERRUPTED THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC (BB).
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B. THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FORD ON RUTE 914 ACROSS THE SE;
BANG HIANG (REF) AT 1638N 10612E (UTivj )1ft82405) IS UNSERVICEABLE
DUE TO HIGH WATER AND RECENT AIRSTRIKES. NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN
MADE TO FILL OR BY-PASS THE BOMB CRATERS ON THE SOUTHERN
APPROACH. A NEWLY OBSERVED FERRY CROSSING IS NOTED 0.3 NM
EAST OF THE FORD AT UTM XD286406. THE APPROACHES TO THIS
FERRY CROSSING HAVE BEEN KEPT IN REPAIR AFTER RECENT AIRSTRIKES.
A POSSIBLE FERRY BOAT IS OBSERVED, JUST EAST OF THE FERRY
CROSSING, MOORED ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH RIVER BANK AT UTM
XD2874 06. LOCATED NORTH OF THE FERRY CROSSING IS AN UNOCCUPIED
4-GUN HMGAA SITE AT UTM XD285408 AND AN UNOCCUPIED 4-GUN LT
AAA SITE AT UTM XD278418. (BP
C. VEHICLE TRACKS ARE OBSERVED ON A PREVIOUSLY EXISTING
TRAIL CONNECTING ROUTE 914 TO ROUTE 92. TRACKS EXTEND FROM
ROUTE 914 AT 162711 10628E (UTK, X1)56(1197) ENE TO THEIR JUNCTION
WITH ROUTE 92 AT 1627N 10629E (UTM XD589204). THESE TRACKS
PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO ROUTE 92 FROM ROUTE 914, 1.3
NM NORTH OF THE ORIGINAL JUNCTION OF THESE TWO ROUTES (E.B),
D. VEHICLE TRACKS ARE OBSERVED EXTENDING NW FROM ROUTE 9
AT 164ON 10608E (UTM XD209444) TO AN AREA OF HEAVY NON-VEHICLE
TRACK ACTIVITY AT 1641N 10607E (UTM XD195453). OTHER VEHICLE
TRACKS BRANCH FROM THE ABOVE DESCRIBED VEHICLE TRACKS TO OTHER
AREAS OF HEAVY ACTIVITY AT UTM'S XD202448, XD2 06446, AND
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XD201444. THIS ACTIVITY COULD BE THE EARLY CONSTRUCTION STAGES
OF TRUCK PARK/STORAGE AREAS. AN OCCUPIED 4-GUN LT AAA SITE IS
LOCATED AT UTM XD2 04445.
MAP REF: UTM COORDINATES FROM AMS SERIES L7012 SHEETS 6260 It
II & IV AND 6261 III
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES FROM USATC SERIES 200 SHEET 0617-24HL.
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