POSSIBLE MILITARY TRAINING AREA CHAVANE AREA LAOS 15-20N 107-02E

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001400140004-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 1, 1966
• Content Type: PHOTO

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POSSIBLE MILITARY TRAINING AREA
CHAVANE AREA, LAOS
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15-20N 107-02E
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TROJAN HORSE DICK 12 (7023)
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10 FEBRUARY 1966
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POSSIBLE'MILITARY TRAINING AREA
CHAVANE AREA, LAOS
1520N 10702E -
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS A POSSIBLE TRAINING AREA LOCATED
NEAR A~vMAJOR INFILTRATION ROUTE.
2. REMARKS:
THE CHAVANE AREA OF LAOS IS THE LOCATION OF THE JUNCTION OF
ROUTES 964 AND 165 WHICH FORM A MAJOR SEGMENT OF THE INFILTRATION
ROUTE THROUGH THE LAOTIAN ROAD NET TO SOUTH VIETNAM.
3. COLLATERAL:
COLLATERAL INFORMATION DATED 15 JANUARY 1966 REPORTS A PATHET
LAO DEFECTOR WAS IN THE CHAVANE AREA IN MID-DECEMBER 1965 FOR THE
COMPLETION OF A THREE-MONTH BASIC TRAINING COURSE. THE EXACT
LOCATION OF THE TRAINING AREA WAS NOT IDENTIFIED. THE SAME SOURCE
ALSO INDICATED THAT THE SECOND PATHET LAO BATTALION HEADQUARTERS
WAS LOCATED IN THE CHAVANE AREA.
4+. LOCATION:
THE POSSIBLE TRAINING AREA IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE JUNCTION
OF ROUTES 96!- AND 165, APPROXIMATELY 1.7 NM WEST OF CHAVANE AIRFIELD
5. MISSION READOUT:
TROJAN HORSE DICK 12, 29 JANUARY 1966, REVEALS A POSSIBLE
MILITARY TRAINING AREA AT 1520N 10702E (UTM YB185975). ONE LARGE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
I 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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REVETTED DEFENSE POSITION, FIVE AW POSITIONS, AND AT LEAST SIXTEEN
FOXHOLES ARE IN THE AREA.
NO BILLETING FACILITIES OR BIVOUAC AREAS ARE OBSERVED, HOWEVER
A WELL USED TRAIL EXTENDS NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 1200 METERS
TO THE FORMER VILLAGE SITE OF TIAM. THE VILLAGE SITE NOW CONSISTS
OF ONE LARGE AND FOUR SMALL BUILDINGS, ALL MAINTAINED IN GOOD
CONDITION, THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDINGS IN TIAM WERE DESTROYED/
DISMANTLED SUBSEQUENT TO THE COMPLETION OF ROUTE 961l IN LATE 1965.
(UTM COORDINATES FROM AMS SERIES L7012, SHEET 61.57 III
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. f---t7
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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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