B-52 STRIKE DON BAI DINH AREA NORTH VIETNAM 1745N 10546E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001700110003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 4, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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ATTACiIIMENT TO K- 61 S4
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1>- i"2 STRIKE
DON i3AI DINli AREA, NORTH VILTNA'4
1745 10S4oli
1. SIGNNIFICANCL:
TliIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS TUE SERVICEABILITY OF
TiiE LINES OF COMMUNICATION IN Tilly DON BAI DINU AREA OF
NORTH VIETNAM, LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE DLO MU GIA
(MU GIA PASS) , SUBSEQUENT TO TiiE i-52 AIR STRIKE OF
2u APRIL 1906. T1113 MU GIA PASS IS A MAJOR POINT OF
ENTRY INTO LAOS FROM NORTH VIETNAM FOR TliE SHIPMEiNT OF
SUPPLIES TO COMMUNIST OPERATIONS IN LAOS AND SOUTH
VIETNAM.
2. LOCATION:
I'iiL 8-52 STRIKL' AREA IS LOCATED ALONG ROUTE 15
iN NORTH VIETNA,MI, IMMEDIATELY SOUTti OF DON BAI DINIi AND
4.7 i',ol NORT11 OF THE LAOS BORDER.
5 . REiMARKS :
ON 11 APRIL TtcUiNTY-NINE US AIR FORCE B-52 AIRCRAFT
CONDUCTED THE FIRST HEAVY BOMBER ATTACK (ROCK KICK 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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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AGAINST NORTH VIETNAM BY STRIKING ROUTE 1S IMMEDIATELY
NORTH OF THE LAOS/NORTH VIETNAM BORDER IN TOE MU GIA PASS
AREA, ATTEMPTING TO DISRUPT AND IMPEDE VEHICULAR MOVEMENT
ON THE NORTH VIETNAM APPROACH ROUTE TO TEL PASS. THIRTY
OF THE EXPENDED BOMBS WERE FUZED FUR A THIRTY-SIX HOUR
DELAY.
THE SECOND AIR STRIKE BY B-52 AIRCRAFT (BIG KITE)
TOOK PLACE ON 26 APRIL. NINETY OF THE EXPENDED BOMBS
HAD DELAYED FUZES -- HALF SET TO EXPLODE AFTER THIRTY-SIX
HOURS, AND THE REMAINDER AT THE END OF SIX DAYS.
4. BACKGROUND:
SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST B-52 STRIKE, MISSIONS
REVEALED MINOR ROUTE
AND TROJAN HORSE
DAMAGE IN THE MU GIA PASS AREA. THIS AREA KAS NOT OBSERVED
ON TROJAN NORSE MISSIONS
, AND WAS CLOUD COVERED ON TROJAN HORSE
6. MISSION READOUTS:
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should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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OF TWENTY-THREE ROAD INTERDICTIONS. FOURTEEN DA?vJAGED/DESTROYED
TRUCKS ARL NOTED ON ROUTE 15 IN THE VICINITY OF DON BAI DINIi.
THAT THE ROAD IIAS BEEN OPENED, WI'I'I1 VEHICLE TRACKS EVIDENT
ALONG THE ENTIRE B-52 TARGET AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE
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TO UNDAMAGED TRUCKS ARE OBSERVED ON THE REOPENED PORTION
OF ROUTE H.
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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