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DOC.ID: 4121786 .. I\. : . ... .• ·. .. . · ... X65358 MSGHSGZCZCZAA8JlZPE569DNAllS 1.1..t!'I LOl!OL DEC /I (D) (3)-P .L. 86-36 ZKZK PP HHA NRL DE P 23152.SZ fl1 USl'il 27 J"' TU QUEBEC ONEIOEL-TA ) ZEM / (b) ( 1) (b) (3) -1 8 USC 798 (b) (3) - 50 USC 403 (b) (3) -P.L. 86-36 S E £ R E T SAVIN 'I i49S-65 2/Ql/VCN/T097-65 WEB<l'f ENEHY ACTIVITY REPORTED '----------' fN ('BAI CHAYJJ CHUNG ((AJJ 230EC65 14S4G TO ClCOLLECTIVElJ ALL UNITSS NR B5991 9602 1 ( (SEVEN PAJT MESSAGE COMP LE TE J J S6S3, S611l4 r 0605 NR 40. OURlNG THE wEEK 46 FLlGHTS, DOUBLE THAT OF LASZ ifEE<. .• EACH FLIGHT HAO AN AVERAGE Of 3 TO 4 SRTIES, MANY HAO 6 SORTIES, EACH SORTIE HAO 3 TO 4 AIRCRAFT, .SPORADICALLY 2. AREA OF HUCH ENEMY AC Tl VI TY FROM . HUN OAU ( (8)) TO C.AT BA (lCJJ ANO ((lGR U)) BAY, UJJ{..(DJJ, VAl\j HOA ((EJJ, ANO ca TO ((f)J. OVER THE /•f,nNCANo' AT QUANG YEN '' l.iJ) I UONG Bl ( (H)) ' HON GAY ' (I))' CAM PHA ((JZJ, ANO CUA ONG ((Kl). ESPECIALLY AT SEA, THEY CONT lNUE Tu 6 E VERY AC Tl VE SOUTH OF LONG CHAU { ( LJ) AND AT BACH LUNG VI l(H)J. THE DAYS THE ENEMY DID NOT STRIKE THE NORTHEAST AREA, THEY wERE ACTIVE LATE. THEY STRUCK IN THE NORTHEAST ON 19, Zlr ANO 22 OECEMSER. UURING THE DA¥ THE ENEMY ACTIVE EARLY AT NIGHT ACTIVE CONTINUOUSLY. DURING THE NEEK THERE WERE li INSTANCES OF ACTIVlTY (STRUCK LO;CAO ((N)), CAU GIA l lNJ >'7 li•fD-THE DIEN BAC BRIDGE ( l NJ l ON THE NIGHT OF 19 DECEMBER, STRUCi<. \JUNG 81 ANO PHU LUONG ( (0) I BRIDGE ON THE NIGHT O.F 2:0 DECcJ18EK.. DI REC TfON uf THE APPROACHfD FROH 2 DIRECTIONS, ESSENTIALLY SOUTHWEST ANU •EST (00 SON. CAT BA, UP TO QUANG YEN ANO RETURNING TO a1, TQ THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST, VAN HOA,JtiQGR ( 'DJJ,. ANO TRA BAN UP)). ALTITuOE OVER THE J "fa .5 Kll011ETERS, THE MAlNLAND DOWN TO TO 2SS9 METERS. HQVCJlfu OVfA THE SCA 11 FROM LONG . cJiAU .. IH SfARCH. Of PILOTS, OVER LCAT &A AND HON UH&S. ROCKETS WERE FIRED AT A . dOAT, POSSIBLY TO PREVENT THE &OAT FROM UP PILOTS. OF SPECIAL . lNTERfST, FROH BJlS TO .S450G 2.0 OECEHSER ·, 6 SORTIES WfRf ACTIVE IN 80HB1NG UONG BI. ON Z2 OEC£M8ER UClNG 81 WAS BOMBED l TlKf S. ON THE SEA ON 17 OECatBER, . 1 AIRCRAFT CARRIER EAST OF TINH GIA {(QJJ. Sl25G ON THE 19TH, 2 OESZROYERS WERf 2: NAUTICAl HILES ' SOUTH Cf LONG CHAU. ON 21 DECEMBER, l CRUISER WAS 28 NAUT IC.AL HILES NORTHEAST Of BACH LONG VI. Of SP_ECIAL INTEREST, THE ATOMIC POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE HASSlS Ao AIRCRAFT SPECIALIZED IN NIGHT STRlKESSWHICH STRUCK BY NIGHT AT UONG 81, CAU GIA, DA 8AC ((RJJ, ANO @>ppro ved for release by NSA on 05-28-2014, Transparency Case# 6588{3 . . ·- 1cD
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PHU LUONG. 08SERVATION DURING THE WfEK THE NUHSER OF FLIGHTS AND
SOATlES INCRfASEO. A6 AIRCRAFT WERE UTILIZED TO STalKE 'ay NIGHT.
STRIKES WERE EARLY ANO ACTIVITY WAS CONTINUOUS. SURFACE VESSELS
WERE ACTIVE CONTINUOUSLY IN TRANSGRESSING
