CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX FROM NPIC WASH DC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001600040008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 29, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM NPIC WASH DC
TO AIG NINE SEVEN SIX
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CITE NPIC 8903.
INITIAL SCAN BY NPIC OF MISSION
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1966 REVEALS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON NORTH VIETNAM ROUTES
15 AND 1502 IN THE VICINITY OF XOM CA TRANG:
1. ROUTE 15 IS OBSERVED TO BE SERVICEABLE TO THROUGH TRAFFIC
FROM 1758N 10549E (UTM WE 865875) TO 1755N 10549E (UTM WE 868818).
THE STATUS OF THE RIVER CROSSINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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A. THE CABLE BRIDGE AT THE SITE OF THE XOM CA TRANG HIGHWAY,
BRIDGE OVER THE NAM QUAT AT 1757N 10548E (UTM
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WE861859) IS UNSERVICEABLE DUE TO INTERDICTED APPROACHES. AT LEAST--`,
TWO TAUT CABLES ARE NOTED SPANNING THE RIVER.
B. A POSSIBLE CABLE BRIDGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 1757N
10548E (UTM WE859859) ON A BY-PASS ROAD WEST OF THE DESTROYED
XOM CA TRANG HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER THE NAM QUAT. ONE CENTER PIER
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AND 3 A-FRAME SUPPORTS ARE OBSERVED. BRIDGE APPROACHES ARE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
C. A SERVICEABLE FORD IS LOCATED ON A BY-PASS ROAD AT 1757N
10548E (UTM WE864861) NORTHEAST OF THE DESTROYED XOM CA TRANG
HIGHWAY BRIDGE.OVER THE NAM QUAT.
D. THE CABLE BRIDGE AT THE CITE OF THE DESTROYED XOM CA
TRANG HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER THE RAO CAI AT 1757W
10548E (UTM WE 864855) IS UNSERVICEABLE. BOTH APPROACHES ARE
SEVERELY INTERDICTED. CABLES ARE NOT VISIBLE.
E. A SERVICEABLE FORD IS LOCATED AT 1757N 10548E (UTM
WE861855) JUST WEST OF THE DESTROYED XOM CA TRANG HIGHWAY BRIDGE
OVER THE RAO CAI.
2. ROUTE 1502, OBSERVED FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 15 AT
1757N 10548E (UTM WE 861858) SOUTHWARD TO ITS REJUNCTION WITH ROUTE
15 AT 1756W 10548E (UTM WE861832), IS UNSERVICEABLE TO THROUGH
TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF UNSERVICEABLE RIVER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE RAO
CAI. THE LOCATION AND STATUS OF THESE RIVER CROSSINGS ARE AS
FOLLOWS :
A. A CABLE BRIDGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE RAO
CAI AT 1757N 1054SE (UTM WE853849). AN UNDISCERNIBLE NUMBER OF
CABLES SPAN THE RIVER. THE APPROACHES ARE CAMOUFLAGED.
B. A PROBABLY DUMMY CABLE BRIDGE IS LOCATED AT 1757N 10548E
(UTM WE851848). FOUR THICK LIGHT-COLORED ROPES/CABLES ARE OB-
SERVED SPANNING THE RIVER. NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO CAMOUFLAGE
THE APPROACHES. THE USUAL GROUND SCARING ASSOCIATED WITH CON-
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STRUCTION OF THE`CABLE ANCHORAGES IS NOT EVIDENT.
C. AN UNSERVICEABLE WOODEN DECK-TYPE BRIDGE WITH THE
DECKING PARTLY REMOVED IS LOCATED AT 1756N 10549E (UTP'l WE849845.
MAP REF: AMS SERIES L701 SHEET 6164T
USATC SERIES 200 SHEET 0617-14HL GP-1.
CONFIDENT I A L
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