CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY SIEM PANC AREA CAMBODIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000100030009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 28, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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28 JUNE 1966
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CONST_T 'JN ACTIVITY
SIEM PAN:: i; REA, CAMBODIA
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD REVEALS THE DEVELOPMENT.OF A SECTION OF A NEW
ROAD IN CAMBODIA.
2. LOCATION:
THE SECTION OF THE ROAD DEPICTED ON THIS GRAPHIC IS LOCATED 4.5 NM
NORTH OF SIEM PANG ON THE EAST BANK OF THE TONLE KONG (RIVER),.KNOWN AS
THE SE KONG IN LAOS.
3. BACKGROUND/COLLATERAL:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD, WHEN USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NPIC BRIEFING
BOARDS K-7520, K-7579, K-7580, L-1022, L-1026, AND L-1037, DEPICTS
NORTH AND NORTHEAST, ALONG THE EAST BANK OF THE TONLE KONG, FROM CAMBODIA
ROUTE 15 TO THE CAMBODIA/LAOS BORDER. THE ROAD, DESIGNATED AS ROUTE 110
IN LAOS, EXTENDS NORTH AND EAST TO LAOS ROUTE 96, AND THEN SOUTHEAST
TO ITS TERMINUS 1.5 NM NORTH OF THE CAMBODIA BORDER, NEAR THE TRI-BORDER
AREA OF LAOS, CAMBODIA, AND SOUTH VIETNAM.
THIS ROAD SYSTEM, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE "SIHANOUK TRAIL",
WAS FIRST OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION NORTH OF SIEM PANG, CAMBODIA, ON
PHOTOGRAPHY OF DECEMBER 1965. THE COMPLETED ALIGNMENT, INCLUDING LAOS
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should alt be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief. Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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ATTACHMENT TO L-1025
28 JUNE 1966
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REVEALS A SMALL VILLAGE
ON THE EAST BANK OF THE TONLE KONG. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY ROAD OR
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS PRESENT.
REVEALS A ROAD EXTENDING
NORTH AND SOUTH NEAR THE EAST BANK OF THE TONLE KONG. THE SOUTHERN
EXTENSION OF THE ROAD DISAPPEARS UNDER THE HEAVY TREE CANOPY SOUTH
OF THE SMALL VILLAGE. A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED WOODEN DECK-TYPE BRIDGE IS
OBSERVED. AT 1411N 10625E, AND VEHICLE TRACKS ARE EVIDENT ON THE ROAD.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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CONFIDENTIAL
DISTRIBUTION:
COPY 1,2 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
3 - CIA
4 - DIA
5 - NPIC/CSD
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division. NPIC.
CONFIDENTIAL
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