ROAD CONSTRUCTION CAMBODIA/LAOS BORDER AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000100030007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 28, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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ROAD CONSTRUCTION
CAMBODIA/LAOS BORDER AREA
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NPIC/CSD-339/66
ATTACHMENT TO L-1022 25X1
28 JUNE 1966
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD REVEALS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECTION OF A
NEW ROAD IN CAMBODIA AND IMPROVgv NTS TO BAN SAN KEO AIRFIELD (BE
2. LOCATION:
THE AREA DEPICTED ON THIS GRAPHIC IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 19 NM
NORTH OF SIEM PANG, CAMBODIA, ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE TONLE KONG (RIVER),
KNOWN AS THE SE KONG IN LAOS. THE RIVER AT THIS POINT IS THE BOUNDARY
BETWEEN CAMBODIA AND LAOS.
3. BACKGROUND/COLLATERAL:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD, WHEN USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NPIC'BRIEFING
BOARDS K-7520, K-7579, K-7580, T-1025, L-1026, AND L-1037, DEPICTS
VARIOUS STAGES IN THE CONSTR' OF THE ROAD THAT EXTENDS GENERALLY
NORTH AND NORTHEAST, ALONG TH;.iJAS BANK OF THE TONLE KONG, FROM
CAMBODIA ROUTE 15 TO THE CAMBODIA/LAOS BORDER. THE ROAD, DESIGNATED
AS ROUTE 110 IN LAOS, EXTENDS NORTH AND EAST TO LAOS ROUTE 96, AND THEN
SOUTHEAST TO ITS TERMINUS 1.5 NM NORTH OF THE CAMBODIA BORDER, NEAR
THE TRI-BORDER AREA OF LAOS, CAMBODIA, AND SOUTH VIETNAM.
THIS ROAD SYSTEM, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE "SIHANOUK TRAIL",
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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ATTACHAENT TO L-1022
28 JUNE 1966
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REVEALS THE INITIAL
CLEARING OPERATIONS FOR THE ROAD; THE COMPLETED ROAD WAS OBSERVED
JUST SOUTH OF BAN SAN KEO AIRFIELD ON PHOTOGRAPHY OF--
FULL LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
ALSO NOTED ON THIS DATE ARE MOTORIZED RIVER CRAFT NEAR DON FAI
ISLAND. LARGE NUMBERS OF THESE CRAFT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN OBSERVED
ON THE TONLE KONG, FROM SIEM PANG TO THE AREA NORTH OF BAN SAN KEO
AIRFIELD.
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue For information concerning these notes contact Jh xf. Collateral Support
Division, NPIC
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CONFIDENTIAL
PREPARED BY: NPIC/CSD
DISTRIBUTION:
COPY 1,2 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
3 - CIA
4 - DIA
5 - NPIC/CSD
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chef. Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
CONFIDENTIAL
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