RADIO COMMUNICATIONS STATION CHANH HOA NORTH VIETNAM 1732N 10634E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R000900040002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 3, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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RADIO COMMUNICATIONS STATION
CHANH HOA, NORTH VIETNAM
1732N 1o634E
REVEALS THE WEST SIDE OF ONE SUPPORT BUILDING TO BE DAMAGED, WHILE
THE OTHER SUPPORT BUILDING AND THE CONTROL.SBUILDING ARE SUPERFICIALLY
DAMAGED. THE EAST SECURING WALL AND HALF OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH WALLS
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED; THE WEST WALL IS LIGHTLY DAMAGED. NUMEROUS BOMB
CRATERS ARE OBSERVED IN THE AREA. POST-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY ALSO SHOWS A
LAND LINE RUNNING SOUTH FROM THE STATION.
3- POST-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF MISSION
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1- COLLATERAL REPORTS THE CHANH HOA RADIO COMMUNICATIONS STATION,
LOCATED 1.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF CHANH HOA AND 4 NM NORTHWEST OF DONG HOI,
SERVES THE CHANH HOA MILITARY RESERVATION. IT IS ASSUMED TO PROVIDE
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE 325TH INFANTRY DIVISION, LINKING IT WITH THE
IV MILITARY REGION IN VINH AND PAVN HEADQUARTERS IN HANOI. IT MAY ALSO
LINK THE 325TH INFANTRY DIVISION WITH ITS VIET CONG ELEMENTS IN SOUTH
VIETNAM AND LAOS.
2- PRE-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF MISSION REVEALS A
WALL-SECURED RADIO COMMUNICATIONS STATION 1.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF CHANH HOA
CONSISTING OF A CONTROL BUILDING AND TWO SUPPORT BUILDINGS. FOUR
DISMANTLED HORIZONTAL DIPOLE ANTENNAS ARE OBSERVED LYING ON THE GROUND
JUST OUTSIDE THE NORTH WALL OF THE STATION.
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
ly for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
Excluded from automatic
downgrading and
Ideclassification
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4- STRIKE DATA REPORTS THE CHANH HOA RADIO COMMUNICATIONS STATION
WAS STRUCK BY SIX (6) U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT SUPPORTED BY TWELVE (12) OTHER
U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT. ORDNANCE EXPENDED CONSISTED OF TWO (2) 2000 LB
GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS, FOUR (4) 1000 LB GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS, SIXTEEN
(16) 500 LB GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS, TWO (2) BULLPUP, TWELVE (12) ZUNIS,
SEVENTY-SIX (76) 2.75 INCH ROCKETS, AND 20 MM CANNON.
5- THIS AREA HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY LAZY DAISY,
LUCKY DRAGON, AND TROJAN HORSE PHOTOGRAPHY.
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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