ROAD CONDITIONS PANHANDLE AREA LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000100060003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 6, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONFIDENTIAL
ROAD CONDITIONS
PANHANDLE AREA, LAOS
ATTACHMENT TO L-1101
06 JULY 1966
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS ROUTES IN THE LAOTIAN PANHANDLE THAT
HAVE BEEN RENDERED UNSERVICEABLE BY AIR STRIKES AND NATURAL DETERIORATION.
2. MISSION READOUT:
REVEALS THAT ROUTE 911 HAS BEEN
INTERDICTED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS (NOT ALL SHOWN ON GRAPHIC):
1702N 10558E
1701N 10555E
1659N 10555E
1655N 10559E
1653N 10601E
(UTM XD026842)
(UTM WD978818)
(UTM WD982795)
(UTM XDO62717)
(UTM XDO88670)
REVEALED THAT THE INTERDICTION POINTS
AT THE LAST TWO LOCATIONS WERE BEING BY-PASSED).
A TOTAL OF SIX DAMAGED/DESTROYED TRUCKS ARE OBSERVED ON ROUTE 911 AT
1655N 10559E.
REVEALS THAT ROUTE 92 HAS BEEN INTERDICTED AT
1618N 10637E (UTM XD737026). IN THE AREA OF BAN BAC, NEAR THE SE KONG
(RIVER), ROUTE 92 AT 1551N 10646E (UTM XC901538) AND ALTERNATE ROUTE 92
AT 1550N 10645E (UTM xC888523) ARE BOTH UNSERVICEABLE DUE TO NUMEROUS
INTERDICTIONS AND LANDSLIDES.
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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AND FALLEN TREES ON ROUTE 92 AT 1626N 10629E (UTM XD592190), APPROXIMATELY
TWENTY-ONE NM SOUTHEAST OF SEPONE.
REVEALS A PARTIALLY COLLAPSED
EMBANKMENT FROM WEATHERINGS ON ROUTE 96 AT 154ON 10654E (UTM YC033333),
APPROXIMATELY TWELVE NM SOUTHEAST OF BAN BAC.
DEPICTS INTERDICTION POINTS ON
ROUTE 96/110 AT 144ON 10720E (UTM YB514236), APPROXIMATELY TWELVE NM
WEST OF THE TRI-BORDER AREA OF CAMBODIA, LAOS, AND SOUTH VIETNAM.
IT IS NOTED THAT MOST OF THE REFERENCED INTERDICTIONS COULD BE
BY-PASSED WITH A MINIMUM OF EFFORT; HOWEVER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
TWO BY-PASSED INTERDICTIONS ON ROUTE 911, NO ATTEMPTS ARE OBSERVED.
NOTE: THE MAP ON THIS GRAPHIC DOES NOT DEPICT ALL OF THE MOTERABLE
ROADS OR ROUTE NUMBERS THAT ARE IN THE AREA.
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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1655N 105-59E
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DAMAGED/DESTROYED 1RU