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Intelligence memorandum entitled: "Rolling Thunder - The 1967 Campaign against LOC's [lines of communication]." Following are the contents of this document concerning U.S. operations in Vietnam: dimensions of the air war; North Vietnam's transport system;"Rolling Thunder - The 1967 Campaign against LOC's". Memo. Central Intelligence Agency. TOP SECRET. Issue Date: Sep 1, 1967. Date Declassified: Oct 05, 2004. Complete. 90 page(s).

Contents

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Summary 1
I. Dimensions of the Air War 5
A. Air Operations 5
B. The Effects of the Bombing
Economic and Military Damage 10
II. North Vietnam's Transport System 13
A. Capability and Performance Before
Rolling Thunder 13
B. Network and Inventory Since 1964 14
1. Railroads 14
2. Highways 15
3. Waterways 16
III. Effects of Attacks on the Transport
System 17
A. General 17
B. Hanoi Area 17
C. LOC's North of Hanoi 21
1. The Dong Dang Line and Highway
Routes to the Northeast 21
2. Thai Nguyen Lines 23
3. Lao Cai Line and Other Transport
Routes to the Northwest 24
D. LOC's from Haiphong 25
1. The Hanoi-Haiphong Railroad
Line 25
2. Highways 27
3. Water Transport and Transhipment
Facilities 27

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