CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

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CIA-RDP78B04558A001400010052-9
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RIPPUB
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2
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December 28, 2016
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March 11, 2008
Sequence Number: 
52
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Publication Date: 
August 11, 1966
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CABLE
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Approved For Release 2008/03/11: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01400010052-9 019410 P 110128Z AUG 66 FM NPIC WASH DC TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX RUEKDA/DIA PRODCEN RUEKDA /NIC BT REVIEW BY NPIC OF MISSIONS 1966 AUG I 1 01 56 Z L 1 AUG 1966 FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SERVICEABILITY OF9 AND TRUCK ACTIVITY ON9 ROUTE 911 IN THE LAOS PANHANDLE AT 1655N 10559E. I FiI A~ ~OUTE 911 WAS OBSERVED TO BE CLOSED AT `--??~- 25X1 I AD? 1 I __ _ c P&Ds 1655N 10559E (UTM XD057717) . AT THIS TIME A TOTAL OF SEVEN TRUCKS- ^ ~ WERE OBSERVED IN THE AREA. B. THE AREA WAS AGAIN OBSERVED /-( CSD IPD PD __ AND VEHICLE TPSD 25X1 TRACKS COULD BE SEEN EXTENDING THROUGH THE AREA BY-PASSING THE TRUCKS TAD ~TIAD WHICH WERE STILL LOCATED ON THE ROAD. THE TRACKS WERE NOT FRESH,__ _ BUT INDICATED THAT AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE HAD BEEN THROUGH THE AREA- DIAXX-4 1 7 SPAD PISA-LO 25X1 ,I DIA-AP I THE ROAD WAS CLOSED AGAIN AT THIS POINT.- A NEW BOMB CRATER INTERDICTED THE ROAD JUST SOUTH OF THE TRUCKS. Advance copy, S,afiitized THE ROAD HAD BEEN RECLOSED DUE TO AIR STRIKES BETWEEN 25 JUNE 1966 a~~af s 1,0 AND 11 JULY 1966. MISSIONS I I SHOWED THE 25X1,(1 Approved For Release 2008/03/11: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01400010052-9 ROAD CLOSED AND THE VEHICLES UNMOVED. THE SITUATION, THEREFORE, _-1- 25X1-4 Approved For Release 2008/03/11: CIA-RDP78B04558A001400010052-9 ? 2J REMAINED UNCHANGED D. SEVERAL DESTROYED TRUCKS COULD BE SEEN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALONG ROUTE 911 ON PHOTOGRAPHY THE EXACT LOCATION OF THESE TRUCKS WAS UNPLOTABLE DUE TO SCALE AND ERATIC FLIGHT PATH. MAP REF: GEOGRAPHIC COORDS FROM USATC SERIES 200 SHEET 0617-19HL UTM COORDS FROM AMS SERIES L7012 SHEET 61611 GP- 1 C O N F I D E N T I A L --END OF MESSAGE-- S/C NOTE: ALSO PASSED PRIORITY SAIGON INFQ DIRECTOR, VIENTIANE, UDORN, CLARK FIELD CITE NPIC 8073. Approved For Release 2008/03/11: CIA-RDP78B04558A001400010052-9