VEHICLE ACTIVITY ROUTE 6 NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001600030001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 23, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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23 MARCH 1966
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VEHICLE ACTIVITY
ROUTE 6, NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS TRUCKS PARKED ALONG ROUTE 6 AT PROBABLE
REST AND REFUEL AREAS.
2. COLLATERAL:
ROUTE 6, ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL HIGHWAYS OF NORTH VIETNAM, LINKS
THE REMOTE AREAS OF THE NORTHWEST WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY AND
PROVIDES A BORDER CONNECTION WITH CHINA. IT EXTENDS SOUTHEASTWARD
FROM THE CHINA BORDER TO HANOI VIA LAO CHAU, TUAN GIAO, SON LA, AND
SUOI RUT. THIS 301-MILE, LIMITED ALL-SEASON ROUTE TRAVERSES MOUN-
TAINOUS TO HILLY TERRAIN. THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD RANGES FROM
FAIR TO GOOD. OFF-ROAD DISPERSAL IS RESTRICTED DUE TO THE RUGGED
TERRAIN. MOVEMENT IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION IS SERIOUSLY IMPEDED
BY STEEP GRADES, SHARP CURVES, AND LANDSLIDES.
3. MISSION READOUT:
REVEALS THE FOLLOWING VEHICULAR ACTIVITY 25X1
ON ROUTE 6:
EIGHT TRUCKS (ONE PROBABLY CANVAS COVERED) PARKED 2.6 NM EAST OF
NA BO AT 205ON 10439E. THEIR POSITIONS INDICATE THAT SIX ARE HEADED
WEST AND TWO ARE HEADED EAST.
APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-TWO NM FURTHER EAST ALONG ROUTE 6, 1.1 NM
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 reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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EAST OF BAN PHU MAO AT 2045N 10458E, SIX TRUCKS ARE OBSERVED PARKED
OFF THE HIGHWAY AT A PROBABLE REST AND REFUEL AREA.
IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF ROUTE 6 AT 2047N 10456E AN ACTIVE TRUCK
PARK IS OBSERVED, CONSISTING OF A RECTANGULAR CLEARING BOUNDED ON
THE SOUTH SIDE BY A STEEP CLIFF AND SERVED BY AN ACCESS ROAD LEADING
TO ROUTE 6. EIGHT CARGO TRUCKS AND THREE TRAILERS ARE OB~ERVED
WITHIN THE TRUCK PARK. THREE CARGO TRUCKS ARE OBSERVED FIFTY YARDS
SOUTH OF THE PARK POINTED WEST ON ROUTE 6 AND THREE CARGO TRUCKS (NOT
SHOWN ON GRAPHIC) ARE OBSERVED EAST OF THE PARK POINTED IN AN EASTWARD
DIRECTION.
These notes hove 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 reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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VEHICLE ACTIVITY
ROUTE 6, NORTH VIETNAM