CABLE TO RUHLKM/CINCPACAF FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001500030036-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2008
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: December 21, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM NPIC WASHDC
TO R UHLKM/CINCPACAF
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C 0 N F I D E N T I A LCITE NPIC 9386.
REF A: CINCPACAF DIEC 20674 1419542, DECEMBER 1966
REF B :
REF C :
50 SEPTEMBER 1966
45 Z
THIS IS A CLARIFICATION TO NPIC BRIEFING BOARD p ATTACH-
MENTS AND, TRANSPARENCY CONTROL NUMBER NPIC L-2337 AS RE-
QUESTED IN REFERENCE A. IDENTIFICATION OF THE BULLDOZER
REFERRED TO IN REFERENCE "A" WAS MADE FROM REPORT AND PHOTOS
(REF C) OF THE SOVIET MERCHANT SHIP
L-SHAPED CRATE COVERED ONLY THE CAB AND ENGINE PORTION OF THE
BULLDOZER AND THE TRACKED PORTION WAS VISUALLY EXPOSED. THIS
SAME L-SHAPED CRATE WAS OBSERVED IN THE SAME LOCATION ON
PHOTO (REF B) AS THE SHIP TRANSITED THE SUEZ CANAL ON 30
SEPTEMBER 1966, HOWEVER, THE TRACKED PORTION OF THE BULLDOZER
WAS VISUALLY BLOCKED BY A ZIL-157 TRUCK WHICH WAS PART OF
THE DECK CARGO. PHOTOS FROM REF "B" WERE USED AS INSETS ON
NPIC BRIEFING BOARD L-2337 PRIMARILY DUE TO OVERALL QUALITY.
NEITHER THE BULLDOZER OR CRATE APPEARED ON THE GOOD QUALITY
PHOTOGRAPHY FROM AS THE SHIP
WAS OBSERVED AT ANCHOR IN THE HAI PHONE ROADSTEAD. GP-1
C 0 N F I D E N T I A L LNDCO F MES
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