CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001500010018-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: November 25, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM NPIC WASH DC
TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
RUEKDA/DIA PRODCEN.
RUEKDA/NIC
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C O N F I D E N TI A L CITENPIC 9150.
REF A NPIC 8603, DTG 280001Z9 SEPT 1966
B NPIC 8904, DTG 290007Z, OCT 1966
INITIAL SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION
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REVEALS THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED SERVICEABLE DAP CAU RAILROAD
AND HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER THE SONG CAU
AT 2112N
10605E (REF A) TO BE UNSERVICEABLE. TWO SPANS HAVE BEEN DESTROYE
ONE SPAN HAS BEEN DISLOCATED, AND THE NORTHERN APPROACH HAS BEEN
INTERDICTED. THE RAIL BY-PASS BRIDGE AT XJ131457 HAS NEVER BEEN
OBSERVED OPERATIONAL BECAUSE OF REMOVED SPANS, A TECHNIQUE PREVIOUSLY
DESCRIBED (REF B) TO MAINTAIN THE DECEPTION OF UNSERVICEABILITY.
THE MISSING SPANS ON THE BY-PASS BRIDGE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING
EMPLACED. ONLY ONCE SPAN IS. NOW MISSING AND IT IS LOCATED ON A
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SOUTH BANK OF THE RIVER AT UTM'S XJ132459 AND XJ130461 AND A LARGE
RAFT WAS LOCATED AT UTM XJ129463. (BB)
MAP REF: AMS SERIES L7014 SHEET 6251 III
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S/C NOTE: 'ALSO PASSED PRIORITY SAIGON INFO DIRECTOR, VIENTIANE,
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