VEHICLE ACTIVITY ROUTE 15 NORTH VIETNAM 1816N 10540E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001400040025-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: January 20, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/CSD 36/66
20 JANUARY 1966
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VEHICLE ACTIVITY
ROUTE 15, NORTH VIETNAM
1816N 105)40E
1. COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT NORTH VIETNAM ROUTE 15, AND ROUTE 12,
ITS EXTENSION IN LAOS TO THE JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 23, IS THE BEGINNING
OF THE SUPPLY ROUTE FOR TROOPS IN SOUTHERN LAOS. THIS 82-MILE ROUTE
HAS A SURFACE OF IMPROVED EARTH AND GRAVEL, GENERALLY IN FAIR CONDITION.
SURFACE WIDTHS VARY FROM TWELVE TO TWENTY FEET. OFF-ROAD DISPERSAL AND
MOVEMENT ARE AFFECTED BY FLOODS IN THE LOWLANDS AND BY LANDSLIDES AND
DENSE FORESTS-IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS.
2. PHOTOGRAPHY 0 REVEALED A HIGH LEVEL OF
VEHICULAR ACTIVITY ON ROUTE 15. AT LEAST SIXTY-EIGHT VEHICLES, SOME
CAMOUFLAGED, WERE OBSERVED ON OR NEAR ROUTE 15 BETWEEN 1820N 10550E
AND 1750N 1051+7E.
VIETNAM ROUTE 15 NEAR THE TOWN OF SA LONG (1816N 1054OE). FIFTEEN
TRUCKS, PARTIALLY CONCEALED ALONG THE ROAD BANK, ARE OBSERVED TO BE
HEADING SOUTH.
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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POL DRUMS ALONG ROUTE 1A
TU DUNG AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
1812N 10608E
REVEALS AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE POL DRUMS IN
NUMEROUS SMALL STACKS ALONG ROUTE 1A, APPROXIMATELY ONE NM EAST OF TU DUNG.
FIVE ADDITIONAL POL DRUMS ARE NOTED IN A CART WHICH IS BEING PULLED BY
A CAMOUFLAGED PROBABLE TRACTOR. PERSONNEL ARE OBSERVED ALONGSIDE THE ROAD,
AND AN EMPTY CART IS OBSERVED ON THE ROAD.
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.
C BEETIAL
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