SUSPECT INFILTRATION ROUTE SE KONG (RIVER) LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R000800090002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 13, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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CSD/NPIC 235/65
13 MAY 1965
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SUSPECT INFILTRATION ROUTE
SE KONG (RIVER), LAOS
INFILTRATION ACTIVITY ON THE SE KONG (RIVER). FIVE CHANNELED RAPIDS
AND SEVEN ACTIVE PORTAGE AREAS ARE OBSERVED BETWEEN 1550N 10646E AND
1530N 1o648E; NO SIGNIFICANT CHANNELING OR PORTAGE AREAS ARE OBSERVED
SOUTH OF 1530N 10648E, ALTHOUGH THE RIVER APPEARS TO BE UNNAVIGABLE IN
SOME LOCATIONS.
2. AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE CANOES ARE NOTED WITHIN THE
AREA OBSERVED ON PHOTOGRAPHY (1550N 10646E TO 1515N 1o644E). ONE
HUNDRED TEN OF THESE, INCLUDING SEVENTY-THREE CANOES APPEARING SLIGHTLY
LARGER THAN THE OTHER NATIVE CRAFT, ARE NOTED IN THE NORTHERN AREA
CONTAINING THE RAPIDS AND PORTAGES;NONE OF THE LARGER CANOES ARE OBSERVED
SOUTH OF 1530N lo648E.
3. THIS GRAPHIC REVEALS THE FOLLOWING:
INSET 1 - THIRTEEN CANOES ARE OBSERVED ON THE EASTERN BANK OF
THE SE KONG (RIVER) AT THE SOUTHERN MOTORABLE TERMINUS OF ROUTE 92
AT 1545N 10646E. A POSSIBLY JEEPABLE TRAIL IS NOTED EXTENDING
EASTWARD FROM THE RIVER AT THIS POINT.
INSET 2 - A SECTION OF RAPIDS THROUGH WHICH A CHANNEL HAS BEEN
MADE TO FACILITATE DOWNSTREAM TRAFFIC IS NOTED AT 1544N 1O645E.
INSET 3 - A SECTION OF CHANNELED RAPIDS IS LOCATED AT 1535N
1o646E. TWO SMALL CANOES ARE NOTED ON THE WESTERN BANK OF THE
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 reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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SE KONG (RIVER) DOWNSTREAM FROM THE RAPIDS.
INSET 4 - CHANNELED RAPIDS ARE OBSERVED AT 1533N 1o647E.
INSET 5 - CHANNELED RAPIDS ARE LOCATED AT 1543N 1o645E.
INSET 6 - THE NORTHERN TERMINUS OF A PROTAGE IS OBSERVED AT
1539N 1o648E. FOUR CANOES (ONE POSSIBLY BEING UNLOADED) ARE NOTED.
A CORDUROY PATH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ACROSS A SECTION OF SANDBAR.
INSET 7 - A SMALL HUT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF
THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PORTAGE AT 1539N 1o648E. FIVE CANOES ARE
OBSERVED ON THE EAST BANK OF THE RIVER ADJACENT TO THE TERMINUS.
INSET 8 - A POSSIBLE TRANSSHIPMENT AREA CONSISTING OF A SMALL
VILLAGE AND A SANDY BEACH IS NOTED ON THE EAST BANK OF THE SE KONG
(RIVER) AT 1530N 1o648E. A POSSIBLY JEEPABLE TRAIL IS OBSERVED.
EXTENDING SOUTHEAST FROM THE RIVER AT THIS POINT.
4. (NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC.) CHANNELED RAPIDS AND ACTIVE PORTAGE
AREAS ARE ALSO OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
A. PORTAGE AT 1542K 1o648E.
B. PORTAGE AT 1541N 10648E, SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD K-0385
C. PORTAGE AT 154oN 1O649E.
D. PORTAGE AT 1537N 1o647E.
E. PORTAGE AT 1533N 1o647E.
F. CHANNELED RAPIDS AT 1532N 10646E.
G. PORTAGE AT 1531N 1O647E.
5. AREA HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY LAZY DAISY, AND
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 reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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