LARGE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY TROOPS CONCENTRATIONS AND AN ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN POSITION SOUTH OF THE MU GIA PASS IN KHAMMOUANE PROIVINCE; BRIDGES CROSSING ROUTE 23 IN THE SAME AREA

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: GROUND OPERATIONS
• Keywords: LAOS
• Keywords: MU GIA PASS
• Keywords: NORTH VIETNAMESE
• Keywords: Vietnam
• Keywords: WAR
• Collection: Tet Declassified
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00113755
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 26, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: December 29, 1967

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DOI: 13 DECEMBER 1967
SUBJECT: LARGE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY TROOP CONCENTRATIONS
AN ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN POSITION SOUTH OF THE MU GIA PASS
IN KHAMMOUANE PROVINCE; BRIDGES CROSSING ROUTE 23 IN
THE SAME AREA
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1. AS OF 13 DECEMBER 19 67 NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY ( NVA ) TROOPS
CONCENTRATIONS WERE AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES SOUTH OF THE MU GIA
PASS NEAR THE JUNCTIONS OF ROUTES 12/23 AND 12 81/2 3 :
A. 300 TROOPS WERE AT WE 74 43 43.
B. 1, 0 00 TROOPS WERE AT WE 764344.
C. 500 TROOPS WERE AT WE 769350.
D. 600 TROOPS WERE AT WE 789373.
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E. 500 TROOPS WERE AT WE 786377.
COMMENT:
THE INFANTRY ORDER OF BATTLE OF LAOS
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AS OF 1 NOVEMBER 1967 CARRIED THE COMMAND POST (CP) OF AN UNIDENTIFIED
(U/I) NVA BATTALION WITH 400 MEN, POSSIBLY THE 1ST, AT WE 7639;
THE CP OF AN U/I PATHET LAO (FL)/NVA BATTALION WITH 425 TROOPS
AT WE 7930 AND THE CP OF AN U/I NVA ENGINEER BATTALION WITH
600 MEN AT WE 7625. THE SUPPLY ROUTE THROUGH THE MU GIA
PASS AND OVER ROUTE 23 AND 911 IS OF KEY IMPORTANCE
IN MOVING MEN AND MATERIEL TO
ENEMY FORCES IN SOUTH LAOS AND SOUTH VIETNAM. THE TROOPS DESCRIBED
MAY BE NVA UNITS PREPARING TO MOVE DOWN THE CORRIDOR
TOWARD SOUTH VIETNAM; INTERPRETATION OF SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
MISSIONS FLOWN BETWEEN 4 OCTOBER AND 1 DECEMBER
INDICATED A BIVOUAC IN EACH OF THE AREAS
CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING ENEMY UNITS OF THE SIZE MENTIONED ABOVE.
PHOTOGRAPHY OF 22 NOVEMBER SHOWED THAT THE WE 744343 AREA HAD
BEEN BOMBED. LIGHTLY USED FOOT TRAILS RAN FROM A MOTORABLE ROAD AT
WE 744340 NORTH TOWARD A KARST HILL. NO CAVE ENTRANCES WERE VISIBLE
IN THE KARST; HOWEVER, IT IS POSSIBLE CAVES WERE IN THE KARST.
PHOTOGRAPHY OF 13 OCTOBER REVEALED AN INACTIVE BIVOUAC AT WE
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765345 AND A SUSPECT BIVOUAC AT WE 793376.)
2. TWO BRIDGES ON ROUTE 23 OVER THE NAM (RIVER) NGO
WERE AT WE 775385 AND WE 745332. AN ANTIAIRCRAFT (AA) GUN
WAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE BRIDGES AT WE 744316.
COMMENT: PHOTOGRAPHY OF 1 DECEMBER REVEALED AN IMPROVED
FORD AT WE 782391 AND A FOOT BRIDGE AT WE 778395. THE REPORTED
BRIDGE AT WE 775391 IS ON A KARST HILL ABOUT 500 METERS WEST OF
TE NAM NGO. PHOTOGRAPHY OF 13 OCTOBER REVEALED A FERRY CROSSING
AT WE 745332 WITH HEAVY CRATERING NEAR THE APPROACHES TO THE FERRY.
PHOTOGRAPHY OF 4 OCTOBER REVEALED AN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS POSITION
AT WE 744326. THE SAME TEAM REPORTED111.1.1111rIMMINFHATTHE
ENEMY HAD MOVED AA GUNS THROUGH THE MU GIA PASS IN EARLY NOVEM3E
AND HAD POSITIONED EIGHT AA GUNS IN THE WE 745327 AREA, ABOUT ONE
KILOMETER NORTH OF WE 745332.)
3. DISSEM: STATE ARMY AIR USMACV 7TH AIR FORCE
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