CABLE TO RUEPIA/CIA FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000500050031-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: February 11, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

Approved For Release 2007/01/24: CIA-R DP78B04549A000500050031-8
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P 111813Z FEB 68
FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RUEPIA/CIA
RUEPJS/DIAXX-2
BT
01/ 7-1(0 Z13070
1968 FEB 11 19 18 Z 25X1
C O N F I D E N T I A L
CITE NPI
CIA ATTN
DIAXX-2
REF: NPIC CABLE CITE 29029 DTG 040011L t 1968.
ANALYSIS BY NPIC OF GIANT DRAGON MISSION T951/T703
OF 30 JANUARY 68 REVEALS THE FOLLOWI' . NEW EVIDENCE OF MILITARY
ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY IN THE KHE SANH EA, SOUTH VIETNAM SINCE
(REF) .
PULLUWINU IS A TABULATION OF INFORMATION TO INCLUDE
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE IDENTIFIED ACTIVITY/POSITIONS AND THEIR
RESPECTIVE UTM COORDINATES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALL UTM
COORDINATES ARE DERIVED FROM THE AMS MAP SERIES L-7014 DATED
1965. ALL COORDINATES ARE IN THE UTM GRID ZONE DESIGNATOR
4 BQXD .
ITEM NO.
1
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY/POSITIONS
EXTENSIVE GROUND SCARRING AND
POSS WEAPONS POSITIONS
APPROX 45 FOXHOLES AND 1 POSS
MORTAR POSITION
AT LEAST 50 FOXHOLES
3 POSSIBLE AW/AA POSITIONS
AT LEAST 5 FOXHOLES
6 U/I CLEARED AREAS
NUMEROUS FOXHOLES IN STREAM
VALLEY AREA DELINEATED BY
UTM'S
786409
792415
839468
841345
860453
885521,
9955199
8 AW POSITION 904458
9 2 AW POSITIONS 907454
10 3 AW POSITIONS 908465
11 AT LEAST 9 AW/AA POSITIONS 913497
12 AW POSITION 915474
13 PERSONNEL TRENCH 917460
14 AW POSITION 920470
15 AW POSITION 925496
16 POSSIBLE MORTAR POSITION 931466
17 AW POSITION 935488
18 2 AW POSITIONS, 1 POSS MORTAR
POSITION, PERSONNEL TRENCH
19 PERSONNEL TRENCHING
20 NUMEROUS FOXHOLES, TRENCHING
948503
964512
AND AW POSITIONS 968500
21 APPROX 45 FOXHOLES 972506
22 APPROX 10 FOXHOLES 977493
23 APPROX 15 FOXHOLES 980494
24 APPROX 35 FOXHOLES 999489
THE FOLLOVING TION SHOWS AN INCREASE IN
ACTIVITY SINCEI (REF) :
25 AT LEAST 10 FOXHOLES WITH
26
27
PHOTO REF
EXTENSIVE CLEARING (ITEM 19)
NUMEROUS FOXHOLES AND 1 PERSONNEL
TRENCH (ITEM 51)
847389
FAST 19 FOXHOLES (ITEM 53)
843360
882513
8955 11
MAP REF: AMS SERIES L7014 SHEETS 634219 II, III, AND IV 1ST
NOTE: IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT DUE TO SCALE OF PHOTOGRAPY
AND LACK OF INFORMATION CONCERNING DEPLOYMENT OF US AND ARVN
FORCES, NPIC HAS NOT ATTEMPTED TO IDENTIFY THIS ACTIVITY
..AN
AS BEING FRIENDLY OR ENEMY.
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