ROUTE 12 BY-PASS WEST MU GIA PASS AREA LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001400150002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 9, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

ROUTE 12 BY-PASS WEST
MU GIA PASS AREA, LAOS
4+. MISSION READOUT:
GRAPHY OF
NPIC/CSD 7966
9 FEBRUARY 1966
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Declassification Review by NGA/DoD
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD REVEALS THE THIRD BY-PASS OBSERVED IN THE
MU GIA PASS AREA SINCE DECEMBER 1965.
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:
THE MU GIA PASS AREA HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO NUMEROUS AIR STRIKES
SINCE FEBRUARY 1965; HOWEVER, EXTENSIVE REPAIR ACTIVITIES HAVE KEPT
ROUTE 12 SERVICEABLE. INFORMATION DATED 17-18 DECEMBER 1965 REPORTED
VEHICLES AND PERSONNEL MOVING ALONG ROUTE 12 AND THE FIRST REPORTED
ROUTE 12 BY-PASS ROAD. (PHOTOGRAPHY OF VEALED
THE FIRST BY-PASS ROAD TO. BE LOCATED EAST OF ROUTE 12.) A SECOND
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BY-PASS ROAD, ALSO LOCATED EAST OF ROUTE 12, WAS OBSERVED ON PHOTO
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NEW BY-PASS (POSSIBLY A ROAD) UNDER CONSTRUCTION WEST OF ROUTE 12
OPERATION WHICH EXTENDS FROM ROUTE 12, JUST WEST OF THE JUNCTION OF
ROUTE 12 AND ROUTE 23 AT 1734N 10543E (UTM WE768424), NORTH THEN
NORTHEAST BETWEEN THE KARST RIDGE LINE AND THE ALIGNMENT OF ROUTE 12
TO 1735N 10543E (UTM WE777444). NO CLEARING OPERATIONS ARE OBSERVED
BEYOND THIS POINT.
PHOTOGRAPHY OF REVEALS NO BY
ROAD OR CLEARING OPERATIONS IN THE AREA.
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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NPIC/CSD 79/66
9 FEBRUARY 1966
PREPARED BY: NPIC/CSD
DISTRIBUTION:
COPY 1 -DIRECTOR, NPIC
2 - CHIEF, REF/CSD/BB UNIT
3 - CHIEF, RA,S/CSD
4, 5 DIA
6 - TCO/ARMY (ATTN:
7 - TCO/NAVY (ATTN:
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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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ROUTE 12 BY-PASS. WEST
MU GIA PASSI AREA, LAOS
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UE 400B 11 FEBRUARY 1966
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VEHICLE ACTIVITY
ROUTE 101, NORTH VIETNAM
1741N 10600E
MISSION READOUT:
PHOTOGRAPHY OF UE 400B, Ol FEBRUARY 1966, REVEALS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-
FOUR TRUCKS ON ROUTE 101, LOCATED 1.2 NM NORTHWEST OF LANG GIEO AND APPROXI-
MATELY 13 NM SOUTHWEST OF XUAN MAI. THE TRUCKS ARE STOPPED ALONG THE ROAD,
FACING EAST, AND ALL ARE CAMOUFLAGED.
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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