CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001400010104-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 104
• Publication Date: August 2, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CITE NPIC 7957.
REF: NPIC 7857, DTG 222223Z, JULY 1966
INITIAL SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSIONS
ACTIVITY IN THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE
ADJOINING LAOS:
1966 AUG 2 00 45Z
REVEALS THE FOLLOWING
H VIETNAM AND
1. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY CONSISTING OF TRAIL WIDENING
GRADING EXTENDS WEST FROM 1653N
THE NORTH BANK OF THE RAO THANH
(UTM XD853688) .
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10645E (UTM XD860689) , FOLLOWIN
(STREAM) g TO 1653N 10644E
THIS IS A FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE CONSTRUCTlu
REPORTED IN REF TO BE PROCEEDING THROUGH THE DEMILITARIZED
ZONE FROM NORTH VIETNAM ROUTE 102. PORTIONS OF THE TRAIL
APPEAR TO BEEN SUFFICIENTLY WIDENED AND GRADED TO ACCOMODATE
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
2. A FORTIFIED VILLAGE CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 9
BUILDINGS AND NUMEROUS TRENCH ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED STRADDLING
THE INFILTRATION TRAIL AT 1653N 10644E (UTM XD846686) ON THE
NORTH BANK OF THE RAO THANH (STREAM) APPROXIMATELY 0.8 NM WEST
OF THE REFERENCED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN PARA 1.
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3. TWO (2) SUSPECT REST AREAS CONSISTING OF NUMEROUS
PARTLY CONCEALED HUTS DISPERSED UNDER A MODERATE TREE CANOPY
AND LOCATED ADJACENT TO MAJOR INFILTRATION TRAILS WERE OBSERVED
AT 1653N 10633E (UTM XD653682) AND 1653N 10633E (UTM XD656678)
4. A POSSIBLE BUNKER POSITION CONSISTING OF 2 AW/AA
POSITIONS AND A TRENCH SYSTEM WAS OBSERVED EXPOSED ALONG THE
SOUTHERN SIDE OF A KARST HILL APPROXIMATELY 380 METERS AMSL
AND LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 800 YARDS NORTH OF BAN CO BAI AT
1653N 10631E (UTM XD 630685) .
MAP REF: UTM COORDINATES FROM AMS SERIES L701, SHEET 6361 IV,
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES FROM USATC SERIES 200, SHEET 0617-19HL
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(S/C NOTE: ALSO PASSED PRITY SAIG INFO DIR VEIN ODOR CLAR
CITE NPIC 795j.
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