PROBABLE STORAGE AREAS LAI CHAU AREA, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000400030002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 13, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

ATTACHMENT TO L-1778
13 SEPTEMBER 1966
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PROBABLE STORAGE AREAS
LAI CHAU AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS PROBABLE STORAGE AREAS LOCATED ALONG
NORTH VIETNAM ROUTES 6 AND 191 IN THE VICINITY OF LAI CHAU. MOST OF
THESE STORAGE FACILITIES ARE PARTIALLY CONCEALED IN HEAVILY VEGETATED
RAVINES LOCATED BETWEEN KARST HILLS.
2. REMARKS:
WITHIN THE TIME SPAN COVERID ON THIS GRAPHIC (FEBRUARY 1965 TO
AUGUST 1966), OTHER ACTIVITY, PROBABLY RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THESE STORAGE AREAS, HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE LAI CHAU AREA. APPROXIMATELY
FIFTEEN PROBABLE ROAD CONSTRUCTION CAMPS COMPRISING A TOTAL OF ONE
HUNDRID AND FIFTY-THREE BUILDINGS WERE OBSERVID TO BE DISMANTLED. A
LARGE RESIDENTIAL AREA WITHIN LAI CHAU AND ADDITIONAL STORAGE AREAS
COMPRISING APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRID BUILDINGS WERE ALSO OBSERVID TO
BE DISMANTLED (SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD L-1780. OTHER SIGNIFICANT
ACTIVITY INCLUDES EXTENSIVE VEHICULAR ACTIVITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF
TRUCK PARKS, ASSOCIATED STORAGE AREAS, AND A PROBABLE REFUEL AREA (SEE
NPIC BRIEFING BOARD L-1779).
3. MISSION READOUT:
VEALS NO ACTIVITY AT 2156N
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical worX. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re~
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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STORAGE AREA AT 2156N 10308E (UTM UK082274) CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY
THIRTEEN BUILDINGS. (CLOUD COVER PRECLUDES A POSITIVE BUILDING COUNT).
THREE TRUCKS ARE OBSERVED WITHIN THE AREA, TWO OF WHICH ARE SHOWN ON
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10312E (UTM UK132517) CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY EIGHT BUILDINGS AND
EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CAVE STORAGE ACTIVITY. A DISMANTLED CONSTRUCTION
CAMP IS OBSERVED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE STORAGE AREA, A TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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 far and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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SITE OF THE FOOTBRIDGE) AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ARE OBSERVED
IN THE AREA. THE PREVIOUSLY EXISTING CONSTRUCTION CAMP HAS BEEN
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REVEALS A PROBABLE STORAGE AREA AT 2211N
10311E (UTM UK114551) CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY TEN BUILDINGS (FOUR
STORAGE ACTIVITY. SOME VEHICLE PARKING SLOTS ARE ALSO OBSERVID. FRAME
10310E (UTM UK112647) CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY TWENTY BUILDINGS.
ALL UTM COORDINATES ARE TAKEN FROM AMS SERIES L701, SHEETS 5676 IV,
5677 III, AND 5677 IV.
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