PROBABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CUT VIETNAM DMZ/LAOS BORDER AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001600130003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 8, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

BY THE UNITED STATES. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LINE FROM NORTH VIETNAM TO LAOS WILL PROVIDE THE COMMUNIST FORCES
WITH A MORE SECURE LINE OF COMMUNICATION.
MISSION READOUT:
only for the reporting period as indicated by
CONFIDENTIAL
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VIETNAM AND LAOS IS CONDUCTED BY RADIO THAT CAN BE EASILY INTERCEPTED
COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT PRESENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NORTH
COLLATERAL:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS A PROBABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CUT
LOCATED IN THE VIETNAM DEMILITARIZED ZONE AND EXTENDING INTO THE...
LAOS PANHANDLE.
PROBABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CUT
VIETNAM DMZ/LAOS BORDER AREA
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. SIGNIFICANCE:
A PROBABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CUT IS OBSERVED TO EXTEND GENERALLY
WEST FROM THE LIMITS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE AT 1653N 10636E
(uTM xD7o8689), 2.8 NM FROM THE LAOS/VIETNAM BORDER WITHIN THE VIETNAM
DMZ. THE CUT IS APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET WIDE AND GENERALLY FOLLOWS
AN OLD TRAIL ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE RAO THANH (RIVER)-TO CHA LI
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FOLLOWING ACTIVITY IN THE VIETNAM DMZ AND LAOS BORDER AREAS:
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
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.(1653N 1o634E). THE CUT THEN CONTINUES WEST-NORTHWEST TO 1654N
1o633E (uTM xD66469o), THEN SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE LAOS BORDER AT
1653N 10633E (uTM xD657682), WEST-SOUTHWEST ALONG THE NORTH BANK
OF THE SE BANG HIENG (RIVER), TO ITS TERMINUS AT 1653N 10632E
(UTM xD632673), 1.4 NM WEST OF THE'SOUTH VIETNAM BORDER. POLES
ARE OBSERVED FROM THE EASTERN LIMITS OF PHOTOGRAPHY TO APPROXIMATELY
1654N 10633E (uTM xD6.61690), 0.3 NM EAST OF THE LAOS BORDER. WIRES
ARE NOT DISCERNABLE.
TROJAN HORSE
.ALL UTM COORDINATES ARE TARN FROM AMS SERIES L005, SHEET 6361 IV
AND AMS SERIES L7012,,SHEET 6261 III, IV.
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.
CONFID
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PROBABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CUT
VIETNAM DMZ/LAOS BORDER AREA
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