ROAD REPAIR ROUTE 15, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A001200020009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 13, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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13 FEBRUARY 1968
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ROAD REPAIR
ROUTE 15, NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS ACTIVE ROAD REPAIR IN PROGRESS ON ROUTE
15 ON 18 JANUARY 1968 AND ON 30 JANUARY 1968 ( DURING THE 1968 TET TRUCE
PERIOD).
2. LOCATION:
THE ROAD REPAIR ACTIVITY IS WITHIN NINE NM OF THE NORTH VIETNAM/LAOS
BORDER ON ROUTE 15.
3. MISSION READOUT:
PHOTOGRAPHYI
BULLDOZER OPERATING SIX NM NO_iTH OF THE NORTH VIETNAM/LAOS BORDER AT
174600N 1054640E. THE BULLDOZER IS IN THE PROCESS OF FILLING IN BOMB
CRATERS.
PHOTOGRAPHY
DOZER AND ROAD GANG WORKING ON A RECENTLY CRATERED SECTION OF ROUTE 15 AT
174815N 1054700E, 8.3 NM NORTH OF THE NORTH VIETNAM/LAOS BORDER.
4. BACKGROUND:
SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHIC MISSIONS HAVE REVEALED AT LEAST TWO BULLDOZERS
ACTIVE ON ROUTE 15 BETWEEN THE NORTH VIETNAM/LAOS BORDER AND THE JUNCTION
OF ROUTES 15 AND 101. THEIR APPARENT PURPOSE IS TO MAINTAIN THE ROAD AND
FORDS AND TO REPAIR THE CRATERING AND LAND SLIDE DAMAGE RESULTING FROM
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 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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U.S. AIRSTRIKES.
5? REMARKS:
PHOTOGRAPHY OF ROUTE 15 DURING JANUARY 1968 REVEALED EFFORTS BY THE
NORTH VIETNAMESE TO MAINTAIN THIS IMPORTANT LOGISTICS ROUTE WHICH EXTENDS
FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 6 JUST WEST OF HOA BINH PASSES WEST OF VINH
AND THEN GENERALLY SOUTH-SOUTFWEST THROUGH MU GIA PASS. IT WAS AND STILL
IS IMPERATIVE THAT THIS IMPORTANT LINE OF COMMUNICATION REMAIN SERVICEABLE
TO FACILITATE THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC (REFLECTED IN PART BY THE MAJOR
LOGISTICS EFFORT PUT FORTH BY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE DURING THE 1967 CHRIST-
MAS AND NEW YEAR TRUCE PERIODS) AND TO SUPPORT THE RECENT OFFENSIVE IN
SOUTH VIETNAM.
IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT THE CESSATION OF BOMBING DURING THE 1968 TET
TRUCE WOULD ALSO RESULT IN GREATLY INCREASED TRAFFIC ALONG ROUTE 15.
HOWEVER, THE U.S. DID NOT STOP BOMBING IN THE AREA SOUTH OF VINH, NORTH
VIETNAM, THUS DENYING THE ENEMY THE FREE AND UNRESTRICTED USE OF THIS
ROUTE.
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 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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ROAD REPAIR
ROUTE 15, NORTH VIETNAM