AIR STRIKES POL INSTALLATIONS NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000100060007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 3, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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ATTACHMENT TO L-1115
03 JULY 1966
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AIR STRIKES
POL INSTALLATIONS, NORTH VIETNAM
(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARDS L-1079, L-1081, AND L-1083 FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION)
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY TAKEN
FROM A GUN CAMERA DUR1NG THE AIR STRIKES ON SELECTED
POL INSTALLATIONS IN NORTH VIETNAM.
2. BACKGROUND AND LOCATION:
HA NOI PETROLEUM PRODUCTS STORAGE THANH AM IS
LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF THANH AM AND 3.7 NM NORTHEAST
OF HA NOI. THE STORAGE CAPACITY OF THIS FACILITY IS
REPORTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 34,000 METRIC TONS.
HAI PRONG PETROLEUM STORAGE AREA, LOCATED 2.2 NM
IVEST-NORTIIIVEST OF HAI PRONG, IS REPORTED TO HAVE A
CAPACITY OF 72,000 METRIC TONS.
DO SON PETROLEUM STORAGE IS LOCATED ON TILE GULF OF
TONKIN, JUST SOUTHWEST OF DO SON AIRFIELD, AND ELEVEN
NM SOUTHEAST OF HAI PHONG. TILE CAPACITY OF THIS FACILITY
IS REPORTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 8,000 METRIC TONS.
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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3. STRIKE INFORMATION:
COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
JUNE 1966 MISSIONS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED AGAINST POL
INSTALLATIONS IN NORTH VIETNAM. ON 29 JUNE U.S.
AIRCRAFT STRUCK TWO OF NORTH VIETNAM'S MAJOR FUEL
INSTALLATIONS AT HAI PIIONG AND HA NOI. THE TWO
STORAGE AREAS HIT REPORTEDLY ACCOUNT FOR SIXTY PERCENT
OF NORTH VIETNAM'S POL RESERVES, AND IT IS ESTIMATED
THAT THEIR DESTRUCTION WOULD CUT STORES TO A SIX-WEEK
SUPPLY. A THIRD INSTALLATION AT DO SON WAS ALSO
STRUCK.
HA NOI POL FACILITIES WERE STRUCK SUCCESSFULLY BY
U.S. AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT. PILOT REPORTS INDICATED ALL
BOMBS ON TARGET WITH HEAVY SMOKE AND FIRES IN THE TARGET
AREA. INTENSE ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE WAS ENCOUNTERED.
ORDNANCE EXPENDED CONSISTED OP ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-
EIGHT 750-POUND GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS.
INITIAL REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE HAI PIIONG POL
FACILITIES WERE SUCCESSFULLY STRUCK BY SIXTEEN US NAVY
AIRCRAFT. ORDNANCE EXPENDED CONSISTED OF THIRTY-THREE
7.25-INCH ROCKETS, TWENTY-FOUR 100U-POUND AND NINETY-
NINE 250-POUND GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS. NO SHIPS WERE
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 he 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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REPORTEDLY IN THE TARGET AREA. EARLY REPORTS STATED
THAT THERE WAS NO MIG REACTION TO THE STRIKE AND ALL
AIRCRAFT WERE RECOVERED SAFELY.
AIRCRAFT FROM THE CARRIER CONSTELLATION STRUCK
THE DO SON FACILITY. THE STRIKE WAS REPORTED AS
SUCCESSFUL, WITH ALL BOMBS ON THE, TARGET AND OBJECTIVES
ESTIMATED DESTROYED. ORDNANCE EXPENDED CONSISTED OF
FOUR-HUNDRED LAU-3 2.75-INCH ROCKETS, EIGHT ZUNI
ROCKETS, SIX 250-POUND GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS, EIGHTEEN
500-POUND GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS, AND TWO AMG-45.
4. MISSION READOUT:
GUN CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHY OF 29 JUNE 1966 REVEALS TILE
FOLLOWING STRIKE DAMAGE TO THREE POL STORAGE AREAS:
HAI PRONG PETROLEUM STORAGE AREA
2052N 10639E
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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SEVEN TANKS APPEAR INTACT. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
IS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND SMOKE.
DO SON PETROLEUM STORAGE
2042N 10647E
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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