RIVER CROSSINGS RON, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000300020002-7
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 4, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
ATTACHMENT TO L-1430
4 AUGUST 1966
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RIVER CROSSINGS
RON, NORTH VIETNAM
1752N 10626E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD PORTRAYS THE ROADS AND FACILITIES AVAILABLE
TO MOTOR VEHICLES FOR CROSSING THE SONG RON RIVER WHILE BY-PASSING
THE RON HIGHWAY FERRY OVER THE SONG RON LOCAL
ANTI-CRAFT DEFENSES ARE ALSO SHOWN,
2. LOCATION:
THESE RIVER CROSSINGS.ARE LOCATED IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF
THE VILLAGE OF RON,
3? MISSION READOUT:
VEALED A BY-PASS ROAD AROUND
THE FERRY CROSSING OF THE SONG RON RIVER, THIS BY-PASS DESCRIBES
A CIRCUITOUS CONCAVE ARC, LEAVING ROUTE lA .4 NM SOUTH OF THE FERRY
CROSSING AT XE528765. CROSSING THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE RIVER
APPROXIMATELY .2 NM FROM ROUTE lA (AT XE524765), THE BY-PASS TRAVELS
THROUGH THE WESTERN TIP OF AN ISLAND TO THE WEST OF THE NORMAL FERRY
POINT AND REACHES THE NORTH BANK AT XE522770, AFTER CROSSING THE
SECONDARY CHANNEL VIA A SERVICEABLE FORD, FROM THIS POINT THE ROAD
PARALLELS THE RIVER FOR .4 NM AND TURNS EAST AT XE518777, TRAVELLING
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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IN THIS DIRECTION FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 NM BEFORE REJOINING ROUTE
lA AT XE535773.
A SECOND BY-PASS ROAD WAS REVEALED BY UE 597G. THIS ROAD IS
JUST UPSTREAM FROM THE FIRST, AND LEAVES THE SOUTH BANK OF THE SONG
RON AT XE524765, CROSSING THE RIVER APPROXIMATELY .5 NM UPSTREAM
FROM THE PREVIOUS BY-PASS. THIS ROUTE TRAVESSES A SERVICEABLE FORD
BEFORE CROSSING THE TIP OF A SECOND ISLAND AND BI-SECTING THE MAIN
CHANNEL VIA A FERRY CROSSING AT XE516773? UPON REACHIlVG THE
NORTH BANK THE ROUTE LINKS UP WITH THE FIRST BY-PASS ROAD,
TWO VEHICLE FERRIES - ONE CAMOUFLAGED AND SERVICEABLE (XE519769),
THE OTHER UNSERVICEABLE (XE518768) -MAY BE SEEN ON THE SOUTH BANK
OF THE SONG RON BETWEEN THE TWO ISLANDS, TWO PARTIALLY CAMOUFLAGED
PONTOON VEHICLE FERRIES STAND AT XE515770 IN THE SECONDARY CHANNEL
SOUTH OF THE SECOND ISLAND,
THIS MISSION ALSO REVEALED TWO HEAVY MACHINE GUN ANTI-AIRCRAFT
SITES (ONE 6 POSITION SITE AT XE531776, WITH 4 POSITIONS OCCUPIED;
AND ONE 4 POSITION SITE, ENTIRELY OCCUPIED, AT XE52277~+. SEVERAL
UNOCCUPIED LIGHT AAA SITES AND HEAVY MACHINE GUN SITES ARE LOCATED
THROUGHOUT THE AREA,
SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE FROM MISSION UF' D
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 far 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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 BOTH FORDS TO HAVE BEEN BOMBED INTO AN UNSERVICEABLE CONDITION.
THE APPROACHES TO BOTH FERRY CROSSINGS HAD ALSO BEEN RENDERED UN-
SERVICEABLE, THE SERVICEABLE, CAMOUFLAGED VEHICLE FERRY HAD BEEN
REMOVED AND DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY, (HOWEVER, IT WAS
THE 6 POSITION HEAVY MACHINE GUN ANTI-AIRCRAFT SITE WAS REVEALED
TO BE UNOCCUPIED. NO CHANGE WAS OBSERVED AT THE OTHER SITE,
ALL UTM COORDINATES ARE TAKEN FROM AMS SERIES L701, SHEET 6264 I.
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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NATgNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC RrTERPAETATgN CENTER
RON RIVER CROSSINGS
RON, NORTH VIETNAM
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