CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001300030132-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 132
• Publication Date: July 7, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
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REF A: NPIC CITE 7659 DTG 030204Z JUL 66
REF B: NPIC CITE 7544, DTG 212237Z JUN 66
CONTINUING SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION BLUE SPRINGS 5520 7 JUL 1956
OF 2 JULY 1966 REVEALS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE HA NOI-
PING HSIANG RAIL LINE:
1. THE RAIL BY-PASS U/C (REF A) AROUND THE BAC GIANG RAIL
BRIDGE AT 2116N 10600E HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED
USING STANDARD GAUGE TIES WITH METER GAUGE TRACK. THIS TYPE
ACTIVITY WAS FIRST OBSERVED 4.5 NM NE OF KEP AT 2126N 10621E
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IT IMMEDIATELY PRECEEDED THE ADDITION OF A THIRD RAIL,
ALLOWING UTILIZATION OF THE LINE BY BOTH METER AND STANDARD
GAUGE RAIL CARS. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BY-PASS AROUND THE
BAC GIANG RAIL BRIDGE WAS PRECIPITATED BY AIR STRIKES IN
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APRIL 1966 AND THE BY-PASS RAIL BED HAS`BEEN CONSTRUCTED TO
ACCOMODATE FUTURE EXTENSION OF DUAL G"UGE TRACK SOUTH FROM KEP.
INITIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE BY-PASS RAIL BED WAS EVIDENT
NUMEROUS STANDARD GAUGE TIES ARE
STACKED ADJACENT TO THE RAIL LINE AT 2116N 10610E (UTM'S
XJ221528, XJ218528, AND XJ217528).. PROBABLE RAILS ARE ALSO
OBSERVED PILED ADJACENT TO THE RAIL LINE IN THIS AREA. THERE
IS NO EVIDENCE OF EMPLACED STANDARD GAUGE TIES SW OF BAC GIANG
AT 2113N 10605E. (BB)
2. TWO HALF-THRU TRUSS BRIDGE SECTIONS ARE LOCATED ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF THE BAC GIANG RAIL YARD AT 2116N 10611E (UTM
XJ 242532). (BB)
3. A RAIL BY-PASS U/C AROUND THE DAP CAU RAIL BRIDGE
EXTENDS FROM 2112N 10605E (UTM XJ138454), TO
A BRIDGE U/C CONSISTING OF 8 WOODEN PILING-PIERS AT 2112N
10605E (UTM XJ132456), THEN TO 2111N 10605E (UTM XJ128438)
WHERE IT REJOINS THE HA NOI-PING HSIANG RAIL LINE. THE RAIL
BED IS IN LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION, HOWEVER NO TIES OR
TRACK HAVE BEEN LAID.
MAP REF: AMS SERIES L701 SHEET 62741V
USATC SERIES 200 SHEET 0616-19HL. GP-1
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