CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001400030007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 15, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM NPIC WASH DC
TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
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C 0 N 'F I D E N T I A L CITE NPIC 8479.
10/656 SEP i5 01 54Z
REF: SOUTHEAST ASIA ACTIVITY REPORT, SELECTED TRANSPORTATION AND
INFILTRATION COMPENDIUM, 18-24 AUGUST, NPIC/R-303/66, AUG 1966,
SUMMARY NO. 17
SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION BLUE TREE 251L OF 14 AUGUST 1966
REVEALS A CABLE BRIDGE AT THE SITE OF A DESTROYED HIGHWAY BRIDGE ON
ROUTE 1 AT 1652N 10705E (UTM YD223660) IN QUANG TRI PROVINCE, JOUTH
VIETNAM. THIS CABLE BRIDGE APPEARS TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN A FASHION
SIMILAR TO THOSE OBSERVED IN NORTH VIETNAM AND LAOS AND REPORTED BY
NPIC9 THE MAJORITY OF WHICH WERE DESCRIBED IN REF. THE CABLE BRIDGE
UTILIZES THE REMAINING FIRST SPAN FROM BOTH STREAM BANKS OF T.E P 15 SEP 1966
VIOUSLY EXISTING BRIDGE AND CONSISTS OF AT LEAST FOUR CABLES WIT.yt~o_ O;fic: coon
THREE A-FRAME SUPPORTS ACROSS THE DESTROYED BRIDGE SECTION. A -j~RV
PONT
ABLE
OON BRIDGE IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY WEST UN HE CABLE' BRI
MAP
REF:
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S/C
NOTE:
AMS SERIES L701 SHEET 6461IV
D E N T I A L --END OF MESSAGE--
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