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CIA Reading Room 00165951: NORTH VIET NAM HEAVY DAMAGE DONE TO THE PAUL DOUMER AND THE CANAL DES RAPIDES BRIDGES DURING RAIDS

Approved for Release: 2019/03/29 C00165951 HW CIB FOR 21 DECEMBER,/ 7 ' VIETNAM: &c21�ss AN 61 Lej LIBRARY Mandatory Reviessi Case # NLj llocument # NORTH VIETNAM: HEAVY DAMAGE WAS DONE TO BOTH THE PAUL DOUMER AND THE CANAL DES RAPIDES BRIDGES DOING RAIDS THIS WEEK. 3.3(h)(2) ON IS DECEMBER INDICATES THAT THREE SPANS OF THE DOUMER BRIDGE, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 840 FEET, WERE DROPPED AND THAT SERIOUS DAMAGE WAS DONE TO ANOTHER 350-FOOT SPAN. THE CANAL DES 3.3(h)(2) RAPIDES BRIDGE ON 16 DECEMBER SHOWS TWO DROPPED SPANS, TOTALING ABOUT 214 FEET, AND A DAMAGED THIRD SPAN. Ri-PLACEMENT.OF THE DROP…