ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION DON BAI DINH AREA NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001600030011-1
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 24, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION
DON BAI DINH AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS A NEW ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION, CONNECTING
ROUTES 101 AND 15 SEVERAL MILES NORTHWEST OF THE LAOTIAN BORDER.
2. COLLATERAL:
COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT ROUTE 15, AND ROUTE 12, ITS EXTENTION IN LAOS TO
THE JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 23, IS THE BEGINNING OF THE SUPPLY ROUTE FOR TROOPS
IN SOUTHERN LAOS. ROUTE 15 IS AN IMPORTANT ROUTE CONNECTING ROUTE 1A IN
NORTH VIETNAM WITH THE LAOTIAN HIGHWAY NETWORK IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE
REGION. ROUTE 101 LEADS SOUTH TO CONNECT WITH ROUTE 1A APPROXIMATELY 5 NM
NORTH OF THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE.
3. BACKGROUXI D :
BOTH ROUTES 15 AND 101 LEAD TO THE LAOTIAN BORDER AND HAVE BEEN THE TARGET
OF U.S. AIR STRIKES AIMED AT IMPEDING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THE NEW ROAD CON-
STRUCTION IS PART OF THE CONTINUING EFFORT BY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE TO IN-
CREASE THE NUMBER OF SERVICEABLE ROADS INTO THE MU GIA PASS AREA.
4. MISSION READOUT:
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.EXTENDS GENERALLY SOUTHWEST AND THEN WEST FROM ROUTE 101 AT 1752N -
10551E (uTM wE898763), UTILIZING NUMEROUS SWITCHBACKS, TO ITS JUNCTION
WITH ROUTE 15 AT 1747N - 10547E (uTM wE835665). CLEARING OPERATIONS
APPEAR TO BE ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE AND MINOR GRADING IS OBSERVED. FOUR
OCCUPIED AW/AA POSITIONS ARE OBSERVED.
ALL UTM COORDINATES ARE TAKEN FROM AMS SERIES L701, SHEETS 6164 I AND Ii.
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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24 MARCH 1966
PREPARED BY: NPIC/CSD
DISTRIBUTION:
COPY 1 - DIRECTOR, NPIC
2 - CHIEF, REF/CSD/BB UNIT
3 - CHIEF, RAS/CSD
4,5 - DIA
6 - TCO
7 - TCO
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9-PAG
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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