NEW BY-PASS ROAD ROUTES 137/101 NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000100050001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 30, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

NEW BY-PASS ROAD
ROUTES 137101, NORTH VIETNAM
1736N 10517E
ATTACHMENT TO L-1063
3o JiRVE 1966
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD REVEALS A NEW BY-PASS ROAD CONNECTING ROUTES
101 AND 137 IN NORTH VIETNAM,
2. REMARKS:
ROUTE 137 CONNECTS WITH ROUTE 101 AT THE SONG TROC (RIVER), FROM
THIS POINT ROUTE 137 EXTENDS GENERALLY SOUTHWEST TO THE LAOTIAN BORDER
AND LAOTIAN ROUTES g12 AND g11. ROUTES 137 AND 101 ARE MAJOR SUPPLY
ROUTES USED FOR THE INFILTRATION OF MEN AND MATERIEL INTO THE LAOTIAN
PANHANDLE FROM NORTH VIETNAM,
3? MISSION READOUT:
REVEAL A NEW ROAD EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM ROUTE 137 AT
1735N 10617E (UTM xE368454) TO A NEW PROBABLE FERRY CROSSING OVER THE
SONG TROC (RIVER) AT 1735N 10616E (UTM XE361447), THE ROAD CONTINUES
GENERALLY WEST; THEN NORTH-NORTHEAST ALONG THE BASE OF A LARGE KARST
HILL TO ITS JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 101 AT 1737N 10617E (UTM XE3674g5).
NUMEROUS TRUCK PULL-OFFS ARE OBSERVID AT 1736N 10616E (UTM XE348463)
THROUGH SCATTERED CLOUDS,
A FERRY CROSSING ON ROUTE 101 AT 1736N 10618E IS UNSERVICEABLE
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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AS A RESULT OF HEAVY INTERDICTION OF THE ROAD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
SONG TROC (RIVER). VEHICULAR TRAFFIC APPEARS TO BE CONTINUING SOUTHWEST
ALONG THE NEW BY-PASS ROAD. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FERRY BOATS IN THIS
AREA (SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD K-8049) CAN NOT BE LOCATED ON THE
PHOTOGRAPHY,
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not 6e 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. ror information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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