CABLE TO AIG 7840 FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B03826A000100090063-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: May 11, 1970
• Content Type: CABLE

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.SECRET
P 112031Z MAY 70
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO AIG 7840
RUECSDO/NFOIO
RUHJSPA /COMSEVENTHFLT
RUHJRLA/CTF76
RUHJPHA /CTF 77
RUADJKA/5AF FUCHU AS.
BT
PRIORITY
OUT bq e61
S E C R E T CITE NPIC 8500
SUPIR:CA SER:000429 PRJ:GS MSN:S00253 DTZ:700501H
DAY PHOTO. C CAMERA ON 0435Z, OFF 0622Z. CAMERA TYPES ARE
A-HR 308B MOD (TEOC) AND C-9085/64 (OOC). REF. 67 RTS, SER.
KL0047, DTG 030115Z MAY 70. PACOM NVN CPFL, ICOD 23 MAR 70.
THIS MESSAGE SUPPLEMENTS INFORMATION CONTAINED IN REF.
PART I.
NONE
PART II. SIGNIFICANT RESULTS
C_ 114NrF 6mn na ITEMS
RMK:THE POSSIBLE VIET BAO IS ANCHORED AND IF OFF-LOADING IN
BARGES ATUTM YJ152172, APPROXIMATELY 600 METERS (1,968 FT)
URG: SLR: IFR: UTM:48QYJ152172
STA:TRN
CAT: MERCHANT SHIP
CTY:. VN 20564ON1070410E INT:FC
:A L7014, SHEET 6450-IV
IT CAT: HON GAI PPS AND PIPELINE U/C 2,25X1
CTY:VN 205925N1065950E INT:GPV
STA:UCO SLR: IFR: UTM :4 BQYJ 0 77204
RMK:EXTENSIVE EXCAVATION, GRADING, AND TRENCHING ASSOCIATED
A NEW PETROLEUM SYSTEM UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE OBSERVED 4.9 NM ADVANCE Cy
WEST OF HON GAI. THREE AREAS HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED IN PREPARATION M1'I11iITIZET:
FOR BUNKERING OF POL TANKS. THESE AREAS ARE INTERCONNECTED BY WITH TEX._
TRENCHING FOR SERVICE PIPE. SIX POL TANKS ARE OBSERVED IN AN
EXCAVATED AREA AT UTM YJ073199, SIX POL TANKS IN AN EXCAVATED
AREA AT YJ073205, AND 19 POL TANKS IN AN EXCAVATED AREA AT YJ077-
204. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE 19 POL TANKS ALONG A SERVICE ROAD AT
YJ 0802 03 AND ONE POL TANK AT YJ074202. THESE TANKS VARY IN SIZE;
HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY ARE ESTIMATED AT 60 MT CAPACITY. POL PIPE
SECTIONS ARE OBSERVED AT YJ080203 AND AT YJ074202. THESE SECTIONS
APPEAR LONGER THAN SECTIONS EMPLOYED IN THE OPERATIONAL PIPE SYSTEM
IN THE NVN PAN HANDLE. A BURIED DUAL PIPELINE RUNS EASTWARD FROM
YJ 082203, ROUGHLY PARALLELING THE HON GAI-KEP RAIL LINE AND ALONG
THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ILE AUX BUISSONS TO YJ139194, JUST WEST OF
THE HON GAI SHIP REPAIR YARD BAI CRAY. AT THIS POINT CLOUDS
PRECLUDE FURTHER PLOTTING OF THE PIPELINE COURSE. A SECOND DUAL
PIPELINE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS LINE RUNS WESTWARD, PARALL-
ELING THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF ROUTE 18. GROUND CLEARING AND/OR TRENCH-
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 ING HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN A LEAST FOUR SECTIONS BETWEEN YJ075203
AND THE SONG MIO (RIVER) AT XJ967235. CONSTRUCTION IS OBSERVED
BETWEEN YJ 075203 AND YJ068215, YJ066217 AND YJ064218, YJ047222
AND YJ039223, YJ036224 AND YJ030225, XJ996225 AND XJ990225, AND
XJ982227 AND XJ967235. A PROBABLE TRENCHER IS AT YJ034224.
CLOUDS PRECLUDE OBSERVATION OF PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION WEST OF THE
SONG MIO (RIVER). NUMEROUS POSSIBLE HUT-TYPE SUPPORT BUILDINGS AND
NINE OPEN-BED CARGO TRUCKS ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF STOR-
AGE AREA. (INITIAL SCARRING WAS FIRST OBSERVED ON GIANT SCALE
W : 9TRUCKS
? L7014, SHEETS 6350-I, 6351-II, 6450-IV
IT~
HA IOU NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT
CTY:VN 205655N1070940E INT:FCL CL W
URG: SLR: IFR: UTM:49 YJ247177
STA :O PR
NVL:4 P-6 AND 4 P-4
IT MUANG LA BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
CTY:LA 205155N1020735E INT:GCO CL W
uKtj ? : IFR. UTM:48cTJ011097
STA :COM
RMK: CONSTRUCTION OF THE MUANG LA HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER THE NAM
PHAK (STREAM) AT TJO11097 NOW APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE AND
S S" R TRAFFIC.
MPR:AMS SERIES L7015, SHEET 5950-IV
REACTIVATION ROUTE 964
CTY:LA 15295ON1055100E INT:FPO Sr' P
URG: SLR: IFR: UTM:48PXC984140
STA :OPR
RMK:ROUTE 964, PREVIOUSLY IN DISUSE, IS NOW SERVICABLE AND
SUSTAINING LIGHT TRAFFIC AT LEAST 6.5 NM WEST FROM THE JUNCTION
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MPR:AMS SERIES L7015, SHEET 6339
ITI
REACTIVATION ROUTE 23
CTY:LA 170422N105453SE INT:FPO SC P
URG: SLR: IFR: UTM:48QWDS08876
STA :OPR
RMK:A 19.5-NM SEGMENT OF ROUTE 23 (SEGMENTS E, F, AND PART OF D),
PREVIOUSLY IN DISUSE, IS NOW SERVICEABLE AND SUSTAINING LIGHT
TRAFFIC, FROM THE JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 2303 GENERALLY SSE TO THE
MPR:TOPOCOM SERIES L7015, SHEETS 6142-I, 6143-II
S E C R E T ENF OD MESSAGE
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