THERMAL POWER PLANT EAST HAI PHONG, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000800030001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 26, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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THERMAL POWER PLANT EAST
HAI PHONG~ NORTH VIETNAM
2052N 10642E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS STRIKE DAMAGE TO THE HAI PHONG THERMAL
POWER PLANT EAST, THE PRIMARY POWER SOURCE FOR THE CITY OF HAI PHONG.
2. LOCATION:
THE PLANT IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF HAI PHONG~ ON
THE SOUTH BANK OF THE CUA CAM (DISTRIBUTARY) AT UTM XJ782085.
3? REMARKS:
THIS POWER PLANT WAS BUILT AND EQUIPPED BY THE FRENCH IN THE EARLY
1940'S. ITS INSTALLED CAPACITY OF 7,000 KILOWATTS COMPRISED ABOUT
FOUR PERCENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPACITY. AS OF FEBRUARY 1966, THE
CAPACITY WAS BEING EXPANDED TO 12,000 KW.1
4. COLLATERAL:
COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT THE POWER PLANT HAS FIVE GIIVERATORS~
THREE OF WHICH ARE STEAM TURBINES AND THE PRIMARY GENERATORS. THE
REMAINING TWO ARE DIESEL-POWERED AND ARE KEPT IN RESERVE. THE SOURCE
INDICATED THAT THESE DIESEL-POWERID GENERATORS WERE USED ONLY WHEN
THE STEAM-POWERED TURBINES BROKE DOWN AND THEN ONLY AT NIGHTTIME. IF
THE BREAKDOWN OCCURRED IN DAYTIIKE, THE HAI PHONG THERMAL POWER PLANT
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THIS HAD HAPPENID ONLY RARELY. IF THE CEMENT PLANT'S POWER FAILED,
HAI PHONG COULD BE SUPPLIED FROM HA NOI. THIS HAD HAPPENED IN EARLY
1958 AND HAI PHONG HAD BEEN SUPPLIED BY HA NOI FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS.2
5. STRIKE DATA:
STRIKE DATA REPORTS THAT TWO POWER PLANTS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF
HAI PHONG WERE DAMAGED BY A TWO-PHASE AIR ATTACK ON 20 APRIL 1967.
PRIOR TO THESE ATTACKS, AIR STRIKES HAD INFLICTED EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE ON ELECTRICAL POWER PLANTS AT THAI NGUYEN~ VIET TRI, HON GAI,
AND BAC GIANG. ALL BUT BAC GIANG HAD BEEN RENDERED INOPERATIVE.
THESE FOUR PLANTS SUPPLIED MORE THAN HALF THE POWER FOR THE NATIONAL
POWER GRID.
DAMAGE TO THE FOUR NAMED PLANTS PROBABLY ELIMINATED NONESSENTIAL
USE OF ELECTRICITY IN HA NOI AND HAI PHONG AND RESTRICTED POWER
AVAILABLE FOR ESSENTIAL USE. PROBABLY ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE
POWER LOSS CAN BE OFFSET BY DIESEL GENERATING EQUIPMENT.3
6. MISSION READOUT:
PRE-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY
REVEALS THE HAI PHONG THERMAL POWER PLANT EAST TO CONSIST OF A BOILER
HOUSE, A GENERATOR HALL (WHICH PROBABLY ALSO HOUSES PLANT TRANSFORMERS),
A POSSIBLE AUXILIARY DIESEL GENERATOR HALL, COAL CRUSHING AND WASHING
BUILDINGS, NINE SUPPORT BUILDINGS, THREE POL STORAGE TANKS AND A
FINGER PIER. THE INSTALLATION IS ROAD-AND WATER-SERVED.
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POST-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY
REVEALS THE FOLLOWING STRIKE DAMAGE TO THE THERMAL POWER PLANT:
BUILDING DAMAGE
BOILER HOUSE DESTROYID
GENERATOR HALL SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE
POSSIBLE AUXILIARY DIESEL GENERATOR HALL SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE
COAL CRUSHING AND WASHING BUILDINGS DESTROYED
3 SUPPORT BUILDINGS DESTROYED
3 SUPPORT BUILDINGS HEAVY DAMAGE
1 SUPPORT BUILDING MODERATE DAMAGE
2 SUPPORT BUILDINGS UNDAMAGED
THE THREE POL STORAGE TANKS ARE DESTROYED; THE FINGER PIER IS APPARENTLY
INTACT. THERE IS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION LINES.
ONE FOUR-GUN AAA SITE IS IACATED SOUTH OF THE POWER PLANT.
1FICPAC. CINCPACFLT TTI R0616-20N106E-L2, FEBRUARY 1966, (SECRET).
20VERT INTELLIGENCE REPORT N0. 0375/64, 09 OCTOBER 1964, (SECRET).
3CIA INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN, 21 APRIL 1967, (TOP SECRET
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