INFILTRATION ROUTES FROM ATTOPEU, LAOS TO SOUTH VIETNAM

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000300280001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 15, 1964
• Content Type: MF

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SUBJWT.Ifi1ttion P.utes.fron ;_ttoneu, Laos to Couth Vletntra
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.1. This ne6Jrunlum is In res nee tu c. request Cr aeL.Ilcd stuay of
made or tralic leading et und Qiutheastwara from Attopeu, Laos (12.'? 4:ijep
57,0 t r..7uth yietnam.
2. .A11 trails thst were located in th-A-axea prz.;tted n the enclosed,. -
-ann7itated w..4p (pleVPID/Is-P-44.44). It nue:, 'be noted that pha-t.::, interpretation-
I: trails in this area is limited by anze Jungle cover, und the IlmUngS
sh0vn vere only th..:se that were clearly This doei net exclude the
plbillty.orcither exlsting trull netvorks. .livever, it dc4s minimie,e the
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234. These rc..)...4s terminate In k4u.c.rag=*44-(1' 48.'4 - 3.ot.10 50,E), situated
on the we bank of the Se Kong River-. .*Is river iz too deep for rcrdinz;
since there ).e flz trtlge evluence ci ferry, ull gc.cdswu1c1 huve
be handlpade onto uv4tlutl1e smull river cruft und transrx;red to the
,eutatern s.h.;re, oopzite MUong Noy. Sere another .single lane improved rcua, -
5 um's in length,?lez to the veitern abr.:re of the Se Ksmane onposite
Att_)peu. Am at MdIng..M4y, the only tacilltIes,fer crossing the river ure h
=Lai craft.
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- b. Three sl.ng1e-14ne usimpr.oved roesia4e fr4.= the Attopea rea.
The firSt e*tends T rues te. the northwest, where it iel*ves that endemic
agrimtitural Boas-V. The seecnd road extends?l4.nlass;in n east,erly-
airection, yherei..it degenerates into a jeepable trail.. Ithe th rd
fc-11cAted 7 na's &.)utheustliurd, wAsre it-ene4 lb pattern ct sm.111
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