NEW BY-PASS ROAD MU GIA PASS AREA LAOS 17-33N 105-44E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001400110007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 1, 1966
• Content Type: PHOTO

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NAININAL PH01O APHE ITIEAPRETATNIN CENTER
by NGA/DoD NEW BY-PASS ROAD
MU GIA PASS AREA, LAOS
17-33N 105-44E
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MU GIA PASS AREA, LAOS
1733N 10514E
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2 FEBRUARY 1966
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS A NEW BY-PASS ROAD IN THE MU GIA PASS
AREA OF LAOS.
2. REMARKS:
THE MU GIA PASS AREA OF ROUTE 12, NEAR THE NORTH VIETNAM/LAOS BORDER,
IS CONSIDERED A MAJOR POINT OF ENTRY INTO LAOS FROM NORTH VIETNAM FOR THE
TRANSSHIPMENT OF SUPPLIES TO COMMUNIST OPERATIONS IN LAOS AND SOUTH VIETNAM.
3. COLLATERAL:
COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT THE MU GIA PASS AREA, AND PARTICULARLY THE MU
GIA PASS CHOKE POINT, HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO NUMEROUS AIR STRIKES SINCE
FEBRUARY 1965, BLOCKING TRAFFIC BY BOMB DAMAGE AND RESULTING LANDSLIDES.
EXTENSIVE REPAIR ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT TO KEEP THE ROAD SERVICE-
ABLE BY FILLING IN BOMB CRATERS, CLEARING DEBRIS, AND MAKING SMALL BY-PASSES
AROUND INTERDICTION POINTS AFTER EACH AIR STRIKE. A NEW ROAD (ROUTE 12/23
BY-PASS) HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED 0.5 NM FROM THE NORTH VIETNAM BORDER, BY-PASS-
ING ROUTE 12 AND THE MU GIA PASS CHOKE POINT, AND TERMINATING AT ROUTE 23,
JUST SOUTH OF THE JUNCTION OF ROUTES 12 AND 23. (SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD
K-7006).
4. MISSION READOUT:
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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THE BY-PASS UTILIZES A WOODEN DECK-TYPE BRIDGE OVER THE NAM HEU
(STREAM) AT 1736N 10545E (UTM WE797460) AND A PROBABLE BRIDGE OVER THE NAM
NGO (STREAM) AT 1732N 10545E (UTM WE811392).
THIS NEW ROAD COMPLETES A BY-PASS NETWORK WHICH CIRCUMVENTS THE VUL-
ERABLE SEGMENTS OF ROUTES 12 AND 23 AT THE MU GIA PASS CHOKE POINT, ROUTE
GRAPHY OF
NPIC/CSD-5066
2 FEBRUARY 1966
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1966, REVEAL A ,NEW BY-PASS ROAD IN THE MU GIA PASS AREA, LAOS. THE NEW
ROAD EXTENDS FROM ROUTE 12/23 BY-PASS AT 1736N 10544E (UIM WE795461) TO
1736N 10545E (UTM WE797460); THEN GENERALLY SOUTH-SOUTHEAST TO 1732N
10545E (UTM WE812386); THEN WEST TO 1731N 10544E (UTM WE788379); THEN
SOUTH TO 1730N 10544E (UTM WE789362); THEN WEST TO 1730N 10544E (UTM WE
778362); THEN GENERALLY SOUTHWEST, FOLLOWING THE KARST HILL LINE, TO
1729N 10542E (UTM WE748335); THEN GENERALLY SOUTH, JOINING ROUTE 23 AT
1728N 10542E (UTM WE752319). SEGMENTS OF THE BY-PASS ARE OBSCURED. BY
HEAVY TREE COVER AND/OR SHADOW FROM THE KARST HILLS; HOWEVER, FRESH VE-
HICLE TRACKS ARE OBSERVED INTERMITTENTLY ALONG ITS ENTIRE LENGTH ON TROJAN
HORSE DICK 8, 18 JANUARY 1966. (THESE TRACKS ARE NOT OBSERVED ON PHOTO-'
12/23 INTERSECTION, THE BAN LANG KHANG MILITARY AREA
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BAN PHAN HOP AIRFIELD
AND BAN SENG:_,PHAN HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER NAM NGO
(UTM COORDINATES ARE TAKEN FROM AMS SERIES L7012, SHEETS 6163 I, 6163
III, AND 6163 IV).
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 dote of is
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2 FEBRUARY 1966
PREPARED BY: NPIC/CSD
DISTRIBUTION:
COPY 1 - DIRECTOR, NPIC
2 - CHIEF' REF/CSD/BB UNIT
3 - CHIEF RAS/CSD
415 - DIA
6 - TCO/ARMY ATTN:
7 - TCO/NAVY (ATTN:
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9 - PAG (ATTN:
10 - NSB/RB/CSD
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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