CAMBODIAN SUPPLY TRANSFER FACILITIES CAMBODIA/LAOS SUPPLY ROUTE

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 11, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CAMBODIAN SUPPLY TRANSFER FACILITIES
CAMBODIA/LAOS SUPPLY ROUTE
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD REVEALS NEWLY IDENTIFIED
SUPPLY TRANSFER FACILITIES IN NORTHERN CAMBODIA ALONG
THE SE KONG (RIVER) NEAR THE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED
CAMBODIA/LAOS ROAD.
2. COLLATERAL:
A. COLLATERAL DATED NOVEMBER 1965 WHICH WAS
OBTAINED FROM A HIGH-RANKING PATHET LAO DEFECTOR
REPORTED THAT SUPPLIES WERE BEING MOVED FROM CAMBODIA
NORTH ON THE TONLE KONG (RIVER) (SE KONG IN LAOS) BY
BOATS TO TWO STORAGE AREAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF ATTOPEU,
LAOS.
THE SUPPLIES FOR THE.TWO DEPOTS WERE REPORTEDLY
BROUGHT UP THE TONLE KONG FROM SIEM PANG, CAMBODIA,
NEAR CAMBODIA ROUTE 15. THE SUPPLIES WERE THEN PLACED
ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE SE KONG NEAR DON FAI ISLAND
NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE DAC LAO (RIVER) OR TRANSFERRED
DIRECTLY TO OTHER WAITING BOATS. (DON FAI ISAND IS
PROBABLY A REFERENCE TO THE SMALL ISLAND LOCATED JUST
SOUTH OF THE LAOTIAN VILLAGE OF BAN DON FAI AT 1427N
1Ub23E). FROM THERE THE SUPPLIES WERE MOVED UP THE
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
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RIVER TO THE TWO STORAGE DEPOTS.
THE REPORT INDICATED THAT THE BOATS CARRYING
THE SUPPLIES WERE FIFTEEN METERS LONG, POWERED BY A
FIFTEEN HORSEPOWERMOTOR, AND CAPABLE OF CARRYING UP
TO THREE TONS OF CARGO.
B. INFORMATION DATED DECEMBER 1965 OBTAINED FROM
A CAMBODIAN SMUGGLER REPORTED THAT IN EARLY NOVEMBER
1965 APPROXIMATELY FORTY BOATS CARRYING RICE AND TWO
BOATS CARRYING GASOLINE WENT' FROM STUNG TRENG, CAMBODIA,
TO THE VICINITY OF BAN DON FAI, LAOS, WHERE THE CARGO
WAS DEPOSITED ON THE CAMBODIAN SIDE OF THE RIVER.
SOUTH VIETNAM.
3. REMARKS:
THE AREA DEPICTED ON-THIS BRIEFING BOARD IS ALSO
THE SITE OF RECENT ROAD CONSTRUCTION. A NEW ROAD HAS
BEEN OBSERVED EXTENDING NORTH.FROM CAMBODIA ROUTE 15
GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE EAST BANK OF THE TONLE KONG
INTO LAOS, AND THEN EAST TO A JUNCTION WITH A NORTH/
SOUTH ROAD THAT EXTENDS FROM CHAVANE AIRFIELD SOUTH TO
1.5 NM NORTH OF THE CAMBODIA BORDER AND 4 NM WEST OF
4. MISSION READOUT:
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REVEALS THE FOLLOWING INSTALLATIONS:
A. A PROBABLE TRANSFER POINT IS LOCATED ON THE
BANK OF THE SE KONG AT 1432N 10628E (UTM XB582072).
AN ACCESS ROAD CONNECTS THE AREA WITH THE NEW CAMBODIA/
LAOS ROAD. FIVE DEFENSE POSITIONS ARE OBSERVED NEAR
THE JUNCTION OF THE TWO ROADS. THIS IS THE NORTHERNMOST
FACILITY OBSERVED AND IT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY FIVE
NM SOUTH OF THE POINT WHERE THE NEW ROAD CROSSES THE
LAOS/CAMBODIA BORDER.
B. A PROBABLE TRANSFER POINT IS LOCATED ON THE
BANK OF THE SE KONG AT 1431N 10627E (UTM XB564054).
AN ACCESS ROAD CONNECTS THE AREA WITH THE NEW CAMBODIA/
LAOS ROAD.
C. A PROBABLE TRANSFER POINT IS LOCATED ON THE
BANK OF THE SE KONG AT 1428N 10626E (UTM XB554013).
TWO ACCESS ROADS FROM THE NEW CAMBODIA/LAOS ROAD CON-
VERGE AND LEAD INTO THE AREA.
D. A TRANSFER POINT IS LOCATED ON THE BANK OF
THE SE KONG AT 1428N 10625E (UTM XB538998). A LOOP
ACCESS ROAD PASSES THROUGH THE AREA AND CONNECTS WITH
THE NEW CAMBODIA/LAOS ROAD AT UTM XB548002 AND UTM
XB533981. THE LOOP ROAD PASSES CLOSE TO THE RIVER AND
EXTENDS ALONG THE RIVER BANK FOR AT LEAST 300 METERS.
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THREE PARTIALLY CONCEALED AND/OR CAMOUFLAGED MOTORIZED
RIVER CRAFT ARE OBSERVED AT THE MOUTH OF A STREAM AT
UTM XA537989, AND ONE BOAT IS PROCEEDING NORTH ALONG
THE EAST BANK OF THE RIVER JUST SOUTH OF THIS AREA.
THREE PATCHES OF ROW CROPS ARE OBSERVED AT UTM XA537999,
AND AT LEAST SIX PARTIALLY CONCEALED HUTS ARE NOTED IN
THE AREA.
E. A TRANSSHIPPING POINT AND PROBABLE STORAGE
FACILITY IS LOCATED ON DON FAI ISLAND AT 1427N 10623E
(UTM XA495978). THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR PARTIALLY
CONCEALED HUTS ON THE ISLAND, AND ONE MOTORIZED RIVER
CRAFT IS OBSERVED LEAVING THE ISLAND AND HEADING DOWN-
STREAM. BAN SAN KEO AIRFIELDI IIS LOCATED
JUST SOUTH OF THE ISLAND IN CAMBODIA.
F. A TOTAL OF THIRTY-FIVE MOTORIZED RIVER
CRAFT (EIGHT NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC) ARE OBSERVED BETWEEN
SIEM PANG, CAMBODIA, AND THE NORTHERNMOST IDENTIFIED
PROBABLE TRANSFER POINT. SEVEN CRAFT APPEAR TO BE
MOORED TO ROCKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER AT 1424N
10620E (UTM XA448938), AND ONE CRAFT IS OBSERVED TO
BE NEGOTIATING THE RAPIDS JUST NORTH OF-THE`AREA.
TROJAN HORSE
UTM'S FROM AMS SERIES L7011, SHEETS 6254 I AND II.
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