COAL PROCESSING FACILITIES AT THE PORTS OF CAN PHA AND HON GAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S02149R000100340004-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 24, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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to the World countries, which average about 600, ,000 met
$ fir, net North Yf etr, f $8-$10 million dot a o a year
cur ncies. 7beft sales constitute 55 percent or North Vietnam's
currency earnf s. About 90 percent of NCQ'th Vietnas's
originate at the port of Cam Ph&.
s in. April 1966 must the coal ;i'acilities at
Vietnam's et its of coal,. The
grading; plant -aa the act si .ficaat f`acility
strikes. With this plant out of action, or operutixt ;
at only a fraction of its pre-strike capacity, the North Viet ame
pressed wlntaln the t volume of coal eXports. I
at only 70 percent of the aver mm
or 196G. The -z'th Vtcta se haw
1 o f e a p o r t a o bye Astiu dock-
ka at C t r s Pbs and b y --vmd t clock opo tioas at
of these proble the North ' to se have be a able to maim
a coal worts to Jam, principally by curt%U cos,.? ahi ents
to other couttries, motsbly Car= ist China. North `ict n m earned
about $2 million in f oioign ezcran from Japan in =: six
1966. Since the air attacks on the facilities at Cam i'h%,
ed stets to ,ate from Gay and Car P. 11.ve avera
sigfficant to North Vietnam pea-,
of capital and co t r stir f'r+
iaapovtaat i rta from Free World co trice c
mac .E "2y and equip at.
coal tr with North Viet == is based almost e cl.u-
rior qualftiee of North Vietame:racite bri.-
ould be effectively ruptd if the c
at 1 tar and. Can Pba, rc
0_RR/CIA.
24 August 1966
to this matt. The coal pees
tarts is ohm in the a otat
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