COMPLETED ROAD ALIGNMENT LAOS/NORTH VIETNAM BORDER AREA 1721N 10612E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001700050006-4
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 26, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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COMPLETED ROAD ALIGNMENT
LAOS/NORTH VIETNAM BORDER AREA
1721N 10612E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE COMPLETION OF THE ROAD ALIGNMENT
OF NORTH VIETNAM ROUTE 137/LAOS ROUTE 912.
2. LOCATION:
THIS ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 53 NM LONG, IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN
NORTH VIETNAM ROUTE 101 AND LAOS ROUTE 911, CROSSING THE BORDER APPROXIMATELY
'31 NM SOUTHEAST OF MU GIA PASS.
3. REMARKS:
IN JANUARY 1966 A ROAD WAS OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION FROM LAOS
ROUTE 911, NEAR THE TOWN OF BAN :LOUM POUM, NORTHEAST TO WITHIN 8 NM OF THE
NORTH VIETNAM BORDER. PHOTOGRAPHY OF EARLY FEBRUARY 1966 REVEALED A
CLEARING OPERATION (AN EARLY STAGE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION) FROM NORTH VIETNAM
ROUTE 101, NEAR PHONG NHA, SOUTHWEST TO THE LIMIT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE,
APPROXIMATELY 9 NM FROM THE LAOS BORDER. BY THE END OF MARCH 1966 THE
LAOTIAN PORTION OF THE ROAD HAD BEEN OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO WITHIN
0.)+ NM OF THE BORDER, AND ADDITIONAL SEGMENTS OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION WERE
OBSERVED IN NORTH VIETNAM TO WITHIN 1.7 NM OF THE BORDER. BAMBOO TRELLISES
AND ENPLACED VEGETATION ARE BEING USED TO CONCEAL AND CAMOUFLAGE THIS NEW
ROAD IN THE 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
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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4. MISSION READOUT:
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REVEALS THE ALIGNMENT OF THE
ROAD;. BETWEEN NORTH VIETNAM ROUTE 101 AND LAOS ROUTE 911 TO BE COMPLETED.
THE ALIGNMENT OF THE PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED ROAD SEGMENT EXTENDS FROM 1721N
10612E (UTM XE291188) GENERALLY NORTH-NORTHEAST, CROSSING THE TOUM PROU
(STREAM) AT UTM XE305206. AT THIS POINT THE ALIGNMENT TURNS WEST-NORTHWEST
TO UTM XE287217 AND THEN GENERALLY NORTH-NORTHEAST TO 1726N 10613E
(UTM X529)4294). A FORD HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE CO ROONG (STREAM)
AT UTM XE278171, A CAMOUFLAGE TRELLIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NORTH OF THE
FORD, AND VEHICLE TRACKS ARE OBSERVED INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE ENTIRE
LENGTH OF THE ROAD ALIGNMENT. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE HOWEVER THAT THE ROAD
IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTING THROUGH TRAFFIC.
ROUTE 912 AT UTM XE278171.
UTM COORDINATES FROM AMS SERIES L701, SHEET 6263 III
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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 issu
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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 reporting period as indicated by the dote of issue.
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