CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001500010101-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 101
• Publication Date: November 8, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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P 080039Z NOV 66
FM NPIC WASH DC
TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
RUEKDA/DIA PRODCEN
RUEKDA/NIC
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CITE NPIC 8991.
1966NOV 8 01 0Iz
8 JjuV 1966
LUNIINUING SCAN BY NPIC Ul' NJ.SSIUN t3LUL SYK1NU5 U7`L-1 UP
30 OCT. 1966 REVEALS A SERVICEABLE HIGHWAY CABLE BRIDGE AT
2126N10617E (UTM XJ333722) ON A BY-PASS ROAD AROUND THE UN-
SERVICEABLE KEP HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER SONG THUONG
ON NORTH VIETNAM ROUTE IA. DECKING IS OBSERVED ON THE CABLE
AND THE APPROACHES ARE SERVICEABLE. A TRUCK IS OBSERVED
TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE SOUTHERN APPROACH SUGGESTING THAT IT HAD
CROSSED THE RIVER UTILIZING THE CABLE BRIDGE. ON PHOTOGRAPHY OF
AN UNDISCERNIBLE NUMBER OF CABLES WERE
OBSERVED SPANNING THE RIVER, THE CABLE ANCHORAGES WERE COVERED
WITH EARTH AND THE APPROACHES WERE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AN ACTIVE FERRY CROSSING WITH A FERRY BOAT WAS OBSERVED 150
YeRns WFRT (1F TNF CeR1F BRIDGE. (BB)
MAP REF: AMS SERIES L7014 SHEET 62511
USATC SERIES 200 SHEET 0616-2OHL
GP-1
C O N F I D E N T I A L
S/C NOTE: ALSO PASSED
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