CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASHDC

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 31, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
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CITE NPIC 8325. I ADMIN
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INITIAL SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION TROJAN HORSE 7134/7200 OF-1 P&DS
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AUGUST 1966 REVEALS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN NORTH VIETNAM_ ,P, -(
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STORAGE FACILITIES, TRUCK PARKS, REFUEL AREAS, DISMANTLED CONSTRUC-rsD
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TION CAMPS AND VEHICULAR ACTIVITY ON PORTIONS OF ROUTES 6, 4, L1 iJ
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AND 604 BETWEEN COORDINATES 2156N 10309E AND 2231N 10316E* N PAC T
DEFENSES ARE DISCERNABLE AT ANY OF THE FACILITIES*
A. A MAJORITY OF THE FOLLOWING STORAGE FACILITIES WERE -B-SE-
PARTIALLY CONCEALED IN HEAVILY VEGETATED RAVINES LOCATED BETW*-E--t
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NUMEROUS KARST HILLS. EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CAVE STORAGE ACT IV ITY'gdvanctt, wF;.
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WAS OBSERVED AT SEVEN (7) OF THESE SITES.
1. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2156N 10315E (UTM UK195258) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 15 BUILDINGS.
2. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2156N 10308E (UTM UK082274) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 1.0 BUILDING. CLOUD COVER PRECLUDES A POSITIVE BUILDING
COUNT. THREE (3) TRUCKS WERE OBSERVED WITHIN THE AREA.
3. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2155N 10314E (UTM UK184274) CONTAINS
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APPROXIMATELY 6 BUILDINGS AND A VEHICLE TURN AROUND. CLOUD COVER
PRECLUDES A POSITIVE BUILDING COUNT.
4. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2 156N 10315E (UTM UK 174283) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 12 BUILDINGS AND EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CAVE STORAGE
ACTIVITY. CLOUD COVER PRECLUDES A POSITIVE BUILDING COUNT.
5. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2207N 10312E (UTM UK137472) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 10 BUILDINGS. A DISMANTLED CONSTRUCTION CAMP WAS
OBSERVED NORTH APPROXIMATELY 0.5 NM.
6. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2208N 10312E (UTM UK143486) CONTAIN-
ING APPROXIMATELY 6 BUILDINGS AND EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CAVE STORAGE
ACTIVITY.
7. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2210N 10312E (UTM UK132517) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 5 BUILDINGS AND EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CAVE STORAGE
ACTIVITY. A DISMANTLED CONSTRUCTION CAMP WAS OBSERVED AT THE ENTRANCE
TO THE STORAGE AREA.
8. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2211N 10311E (UTM UK 123551) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 8 BUILDINGS AND EXTENSIVE EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CAVE
STORAGE ACTIVITY.
9. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2211N 10310E (UTM UK 1 14551) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 10 BUILDINGS AND EXTENSIVE EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CAVE
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STORAGE ACTIVITY.
10. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2211N 10310E (UTM UK 117558) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 6 BUILDINGS AND EXTENSIVE EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CAVE
STORAGE ACTIVITY.
11. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2211N 10310E (UTM UK 117564) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 4 BUILDINGS AND EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CAVE STORAGE`
ACTIVITY. PHOTO RESOLUTION PRECLUDES POSITIVE BUILDING COUNT.
12. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2211N 10310E (UTM UK119569) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 10 BUILDINGS.
13. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2211N 10310E (UTM UK115573) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 8 BUILDINGS.
14. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2214N 10310E (UTM UK114604) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 10 BUILDINGS.
15. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2217N 10310E (UTM UK 112647) CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 15 BUILDINGS.
16. PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2220N 10310E (UTM UK 122718) CONTAINS
APPROXMATELY 25 BUILDINGS.
B. THE FOLLOWING TRUCK PARKS WERE OBSERVED ON ROUTE 4 APPROXI-
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MATELY 7 NM SOUTH OF LAI CHAD AND ON ROUTE 191 APPROXIMATELY 2 NM
SOUTH OF MUONG TONG. EXTENSIVE EVIDENCE OF VEHICULAR ACTIVITY WAS
OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE GENERAL AREA. ROUTE 191 SOUTH OF 2155N
10309E WAS APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER.
1. TRUCK PARK AT 2156N 10308E (UTM UK085267) CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY
7 VEHICLE PARKING SLOTS WITH 3 PROBABLE TRUCKS AND 3 PARTIALLY CON-
CEALED BUILDINGS OBSERVED WITHIN THE AREA. ONE TRUCK WAS OBSERVED
FORDING AN ADJACENT STREAM.
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2. TRUCK PARK AND ASSOCIATED STORAGE AREAS AT MUONG TONG 2158N
10309E (UTM UK 084295 AND UK096298) CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 35 PARTIALLY
CONCEALED BUILDINGS AND EXTENSIVE TRACK ACTIVITY.
3. PROBABLE REFUEL AREA AT 22110 10310E (UTM UK125566) LOCATED
ADJACENT TO ROUTE 6 APPROXIMATELY 9 NM NORTH OF LAI CHAD CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY 6 BUILDINGS AND A VEHICLE TURN AROUND AREA.
4. APPROXIMATELY 20 TRUCKS WERE OBSERVED TRAVELING SOUTH ON
ROUTE 6 BETWEEN 223ON 10315E (UTM UK200887) AND LAI CHAU AT 2205N
10310E (UTM UK 112420) .
C. APPROXIMATELY 15 PROBABLE ROAD CONSTRUCTION CAMPS COMPRISING
A TOTAL OF 153 BUILDINGS AND BOUNDED BY COORDINATES 2228N 10312E
TO 2205N 10310E WERE OBSERVED DISMANTLED. A LARGE RESIDENTIAL AREA
IN LAU CHAU (2205N 10310E) AND ADDITIONAL STORAGE AREAS COMPRISING
APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED (300) BUILDINGS WERE OBSERVED DISMANTLED
(BB).
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D. MISSION
C065C 24 FEBRUARY 1965 FAILED TO REVEAL ANY
EVIDENCE OF CONSTRUCTION CAMPS BEING DISMANTLED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
AREA. NO EVIDENCE WAS DISCERNIBLE TO SUBSTANTIATE THE EXISTENCE OF
STORAGE FACILITIES IN PARA A, 1 THRU 16.
MAP REF: UTM COORDS FROM AMS SERIES L701, SHEETS 56571, IV 5677111,
IV 5678111
GEOGRAPHIC COORDS FROM AMS SERIES 1501 (JOG) SHEET NF48-5, NF48-9
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S/C NOTE: ALSO PASSED PRIORITY SAIGON
.VIENTIANE', UDORN, CLARK FIELD CITE NPIC 8325.
DIRECTOR,
STAT
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