NORTH LAOS SITUATION REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-450-7-22-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: December 21, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
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North us tua-tion Report
M~*pport Bases Aiagray -end CQbrt were
of December ZO(eyemap at Tab ').
a a*4 could resat be r*aupptied.
.. irregular forces withdrawing frsxxx the plain A Jars reported eo
ous contacts w i t h tht enemy during the might of December a) , - ,
at l at report the Plain was ai,so 4utet an December 2 ; .
temporary d,
ag to wiWraw &auth tnd west to mn and Phan
44at.
- "it w* small NVA: r alype,Y uaxits attached Vam~ Pao' s lxead u.a rte i tit
Long Tteug dtsring the night of L ecenber . Two J- control aircraft
were uerl rtsly damaged and two others sustain *4 minor damage. Two
e0 waese killed and j g other, Lind .tDg six civilian , were
wounded. Fiv* t4 V . were gilled during the re ilt, :fie of the y r
u pits was turr d about three kit ,eters iry Long Tsang on i:%eeezauber
Z Aa+d wets struck by ssW, , F -ire raft.
yet able to give
e, sia cc uslit* on the :min have just bosun to
v4gglte in. CIA, tiowweewvr, offers the educated guess that during December
.0 the irregulars austsin*4 i 75 X IA. 4,W wrro rdod., *d perhap&
missing. many ioss,as tarobably ran bet *n 200 aced 500 K IA,
the withdrawing irreg*l*rs were ordered to form a
tine along the IscruLhwe tern edge of the P1 fh, oat
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ission to be
civilians will probably ma
*t'a cki Of rice. 4%w4 aim. and Othtr ssppUes in the aG rea a to which the
1 WA& an D *r r Z. dad by December a ppro 1 r ,pate third of the
ei;vt1l*lks sd 1.tt. AID h*d been maid patLa1 this Ppssibtlliity. ~.nd b s t g iari
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Artillery. A ass s der Godley reports that 4 artillery tt-batar were list .
the Plain of Jars (14 'isas sand! 10 3 5510. lt'Lfk*.n $iecaes of Artillery were
1setag prepared for delivery to la t T.t*ag aan D*ceuib*r t a; her 1new
being airlifted from the U. S. 4rv d to .:srlve at '.dory on December Z4.
Iai. ral McCain is >s hand mA to hsee3,plaa-* to arm"* for Are coa l agaxip
meat :r4 other asciltary parts.
leag with into*** ae*sL1%y A , A,
adr
ham to rue Moir a*etlvtty becass0
ever. that U. S. air sas -rt is eattstandia .
sorties on l; osur ter 2 by aircraft which be,
gr*wW radar
xdvo,ac .
The murnil r et e
6y' "3".2$18. tear exuruple, have
sailing.. fey rerts, hew.
CV rti,s ssrtated
bed through the eland under
beli*vwx that they will slow t; aeasea ;t 25X1
a they ve bees substaftt
to end have a bilitstf,
a."Iltie
TOP $ . T 4,6ENSITIVE
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im=*di; a mtlooL . We beUevo that it twill be *ov*>r l days ut I***t before
tb. ***my twill bo, able to repo*itiGn W* big guns in . rdo r to wwA* *ustsiaeed
rte i ro an Lo" Tt*; . In the xn.&At 0 t * 1rreg*L*rs hold be able to
el!st bl a #e at **w d*1*adl.'.e Ur e to the dtUicult terrain between L ng Tieng &ad
the P * n. T we kould exert c e oeti*d hA r* ee raa e?, of Long Tie vs by
eatery ekp rs rt it -r to the ttsck last night. The last i A Rae Group
meets tomorrow t* &a ess the situation and to d.terrk a wb .t .dd.ti* l
steps can taken to halt the NV &. A. W'': -G xneaeting is tontatively planned
(subject to your desire) on Thursday.
T OTC ;
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? Ban Tiiuang
FSB StingraOPHOU SEU
Site 15
% Ban Na
Muong Pot
PHOU LONG MATX
L i
Site 72
? Tha Tam Bleung
s F B Cobra
Site 204
Ban Khang Kho
Site 20 Phou Pha Sai
Sam Thong
-'Page 6-
Site 14
Pha Khao
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Long Tieng
Long Tieng atta c] vd by
NVA sapper teams
Site 98 Site 5
Irregular position
abandoned
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