CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001600020017-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: October 6, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
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C 0 N F I D E N T I A L CITE NPIC 8688.
TO THE LIMIT OF INTERPRETABLE PHOTOGRAPHY AT
REF A: NPIC 8430 DTG 101209Z, SEPT I966
B: BLUE SPRINGS 5527, 19 SEPT 1966, Y 392-397, C
INITIAL SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION BLUE TREE 409P OF 16 SE
1966 REVEALS ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION ON THE KEP/THAI NGUYEN
RAIL LINE IN NORTH VIETNAM.
A. THE RAIL LINE IS OBSERVED FROM ITS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
RAILHEAD (REF A) AT 2127N 10613E (UTN U263735) 02SERVED ON
2133N 10602E (UTM XJ076839) 5.8 NI ESE OF ITS JUNCTION WITH
THE THAI NGUYEN ORE PROCESSING PLANT RAIL LINE AT 2134N
10556E. THE PORTION OF LINE OBSERVED IS PROBABLY SERVICEABLE.
THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE ON ALL THE OBSERVED TUNNELS AND
BRIDGES. P 3-TRACK RAIL YARD AT 2131N 10607E (UTM XJ 16'7797)
CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 30 PIECES OF ROLLING STOCK. TWO
PIECES OF ROLLING STOCK AND A POSSIBLE LOCOMOTIVE ARE OBSERVED
ON THE LINE AT 2131N 10606E (UTM XJ151802).
B. TRACK AND TIES ARE NOT EVIDENT ON PORTIONS OF THE
RAIL LINE AT UTM XJ220756 (REF B) DUE TO PROBABLE RECENT
DUMPING OF ADDITIONAL BALLAST WHICH HAS COVERED THE CROSS-
TIES AND PARTIALLY COVERED THE RAILS.
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S/C NOTE: ALSO PASSED PRIORITY SAIGON INFO DIRECTOR, VIENTIANE,
UDORN CITE NPIC 8688.
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