CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001300030027-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: July 28, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
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1966 JUL - 02 31 Z
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CITE NPIC 7904.
REF: NPIC 7844 DTG 212219Z JULY 1966
CONTINUING SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION BLUE SPRINGS 5160 OF
18 JULY 1966 REVEALS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN NORTH VIETNAM:
A. L'4IGHT VEHICULAR ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED ON ROUTE 4 FROM 6" jf L 1966
ITS JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 2 AT 2224N 1044SE (UTM VK806784) WEST
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TO 2224N 10446E (UTM VK771783), A DISTANCE OF 2 NM. THIS
ACTIVITY IS THE RESULT OF LOCAL LOGGING OPERATIONS. ROUTE 4
IS IN DISUSE FROM THIS POINT WESTWARD TO THE END OF PHOTOGRAPHIC
DECK-TYPE BRIDGE, APPARENTLY STILL SERVICEABLE, SPANS THE
SONG BAC (RIVER) ALONG THE UNUSED PORTION OF ROUTE 4 AT 2224N
10443E (UTM VK712782)
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B. MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN MID TO LATE STAGES IS OBSERVED
FROM THE LIMIT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE AT 2219N 10419E
GENERALLY SOUTHEAST TO THE LIMIT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE AT
2210N 10436E. SEVERAL BRIDGES ARE NOTED IN EARLY STAGES OF
CONSTRUCTION. PORTIONS OF THE ROAD SURFACE APPEAR GRAVELED
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BUT THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE ROAD I1N LATE STAGES OF GRADING.
THIS CONSTRUCTION FOLLOWS THE ALIGNMENT OF ROUTE 157 FROM 2214N
10429E SOUTHEAST TO 2211N 10434E. ROUTE 157 BOTH NORTH AND EAST
OF ITS JUNCTIONS WITH THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS IN A STATE OF
DISUSE.
Co A PROBABLE TELECOMMUNICATION/POWER TRACE IS OBSERVED
GENERALLY PARALLELING THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION (PARA B) FROM THE
LIMIT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE AT 2219N 10419E SOUTHEAST,
CROSSING THE SONG CHAY (RIVER) AT 2214N 10429E. THE TRACE THEN
CONTINUES EAST TO 2213N 10430E, THEN SOUTHEAST JUNCTIONING WITH
THE ALIGNMENT OF ROUTE 157 AT 2211N 10435E AND THEN CONTINUING
GENERALLY SOUTHEAST TO THE LIMIT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE AT
2210N 10437E.
D. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT INTELLIGENCE ITEMS WERE OBTAINED
FROM MISSION BLUE SPRINGS 5160 OF 18 JULY 1966 (REF A) THERE-
FORE NPIC WILL NOT DISSEMINATE A MISSION SUMMARY REPORT ON THIS
MISSION.
MAP REF: UTM COORDS FROM AMS SERIES L701 SHEETS 5978 II & III
5877 I & 5977IV
GEOGRAPHIC COORDS FROM USATC SERIES 200 0616-13HL
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