DRIVER-TRAINING COURSES ROUTE 65 SAMNEUA AREA LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000500050008-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 29, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 15, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
ATTACHMENT TO L-2269
15 November 1966
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DRIVER-TRAINING COURSES, ROUTE 65
SAMNEUA AREA, LAOS
2019N 10424E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE FIRST TRACKED-VEHICLE DRIVER-
TRAINING COURSE OBSERVED IN LAOS.
2. LOCATION:
A TRACKED-VEHICLE DRIVER-TRAINING COURSE AND A WHEELED-VEHICLE
DRIVER-TRAINING COURSE HAVE BEEN LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 20 NM EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF SAMNEUA, LAOS ON ROUTE 65 AT 2019N - 10424E (UTM VH378477).
3. MISSION READOUT:
REVEALS A TRACKED-
VEHICLE DRIVER-TRAINING AREA CONSISTING OF TWO OVAL-SHAPED TRACK
PATTERNS APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AND 550 FEET IN LENGTH. TRACK
CORNERING THROW-OUT (SPOILAGE) AND PROBABLE ALIGNMENT MARKERS,
TYPICAL OF TRACKED-VEHICLE DRIVER-TRAINING AREAS, ARE LOCATED ALONG
THE TRACKS, A 0.2 NM ACCESS ROAD CONNECTS THE TRACK WITH ROUTE 65.
A FIGURE-EIGHT SHAPED DRIVING TRACK APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET IN
LENGTH AND BELIEVED TO BE USED FOR WHEELED VEHICLES ONLY IS LOCATED
IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF ROUTE 65 AT UTM VH381-72.
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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EVIDENCE OF BULLDOZING ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED AT UTMS VH376479
AND VH377474 AND IN A GRAVEL PIT IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF ROUTE 65 AT
UTM VH380471. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPROBABLE THAT THE TRACKED-VEHICLE
DRIVER-TRAINING AREA WOULD BE USED FOR TRAINING BULLDOZER OPERATORS.
ALL UTM COORDINATES ARE TAKEN FROM AMS SERIES L7012, SHEET 5871-I
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES TAKEN FROM USATC SERIES 200, SHEET 616-23HL.
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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SAMNEUA AREA, LAOS
20-19N 104-24E
WHEELED-VEHICLE
DRIVER TRAINING COURSE
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