CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001400010023-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: August 18, 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 8140.
REF A NPIC 8014, DTG 052141Z, AUG 66
B NPIC 7861, DTG 2400232, JUL 66
C NPIC 7803, DTG 1901132, JUL 66
D NPIC 8000, DTG 042215Z, AUG 66
INITIAL SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION
1966 AUG 18 03 I I Z
REVEALS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE VINH/DONG HOI RAIL LINE
AND ON NORTH VIETNAMESE ROUTE IA. .
1. THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED RAILROAD CABLE BRIDGE (REF A) AT THE6_ DISTRIBUTION
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HAS BEEN STRUCK AND IS SEVERELY DAMAGED. AT LEAST 3 BOMB CRATERS
ARE LOCATED ON THE. SOUTHERN APPROACH AND THIS APPROACH AND IT'S I. P&DS
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ASSOCIATED SECTION OF TRACKAGE ARE NO LONGER EVIDENT. PORTIONS OF A ~Pi7 r
THE RAILS AND TIES HAVE BEEN BLOWN OFF OF THE CARL ES 1,114T( '14 SPANNED I PSD
THE RIVER, HOWEVER THE CABLES ARE NOT DISCERNABLE. SIX OF THE A-
FRAME CABLE SUPPORTS AND PORTIONS OF RAIL REMAIN. CONSTRUCTION
CONTINUES ON THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY-PASS.
2. THE CABLE BRIDGE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED UNDER CONSTRUCTION
(REF B) AT THE DESTROYED KIM LU XA RAILROAD BRIDGE
AT 1757N 10557E HAS BEEN COMPLETED. RAILS, WHICH CONNECT TO THE
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MAIN RAIL LINE, NOW SPAN THE RIVER AND AT LEAST 7 A-FRAME CABLE
SUPPORTS ARE EVIDENT. THE NUMBER OF CABLE S SPANNING THE RIVER CAN
NOT BE DETERMINED, HOWEVER ONLY TWO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN OBSERVED.
3. CONSTRUCTION ON THE RAIL BY-PASS (REF C) AROUND THE DESTROYED
THUONG PHONG TRANG RAILROAD BRIDGE AT 1754N 10600E 25X1
HAS CONTINUED. A RAIL SECTION EXTENDS NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE NORTH
BANK OF THE RAO NAY (STREAM) AT THE BY-PASS BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
AT UTM XE065800 FOR A DISTANCE OF 100 YARDS. SIX A-FRAME CABLE
SUPPORTS ARE LOCATED AT THE BY-PASS BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND
A PROBABLE T-SHAPED CABLE ANCHORAGE IS LOCATED ON BOTH THE NORTH AND
SOUTH BANKS OF THE STREAM. A PROBABLE TRAMLINE CONSISTING OF TWO
CABLES IS OBSERVED SPANNING THE STREAM IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE
DESTROYED THUONG PHONG TRANG RAILROAD BRIDGE AT UTM XE063803.
A PROBABLE CABLE ANCHORAGE IS LOCATED AT THE TERMINUS OF THE
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED RAIL SPUR AT UTM XE063905.
4. RAILS ARE NOW OBSERVED SOUTH OF THE RAO NAY EXTENDING TO UTM
XE072790 AND TIES WITHOUT RAILS EXTEND ANOTHER 100 FEET SOUTHEAST.
THIS IS AN ADDITION OF APPROXIMATELY 800 YARDS OF RAIL FROM IT'S
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TERMINUS (REF D) FROM PHOTOGRAPHY
5. PROBABLE CABLE BRIDGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE OBSERVED AT
THE PHAT NAO HIGHWAY BRIDGE NORTHWEST OVER THE SONG NAI
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BRIDGE OVER THE SONG NGHEN AT 1828N 10546E (UTM WF822406). CONSTRUCTION
CONSISTS OF 2 T-SHAPED CABLE ANCHORAGES AT EACH BRIDGE SIMILAR TO
ANCHORAGES OBSERVED AT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED CABLE BRIDGES, HOWEVER
NO CABLES ARE DISCERNIBLE.
AT 1819N 10555E (UTM WF968254) AND AT THE RU NGHEN HIGHWAY
MAP REF: AMS SERIES L701 SHEETS 61641, 62641V, 61651, 616611
USATC SERIES 200 SHEETS 0617-9HL & 14HL
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S/C NOTE: ALSO PASSED PRIORITY SAIGON INFO IRECTOR,
VIENTIANE, UDORN, CLARK FIELD CITE NPIC 8140.
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