Document abstracts from U.S. Declassified Documents Online are included with permission from the Gale Group. U.S. Declassified Documents Online requires a subscription to access. Current USask library patrons can use their NSID and password to access the collection through our subscription. The USask Library cannot provide access to full-text documents for anyone outside our institution. Check with your local library to see if they subscribe.
Full-text documents may be available online from Texas Tech University's Virtual Vietnam Archive.
Learn more about the project: Lam, Vinh-The, and Darryl Friesen. "A Web-based Database of CIA Declassified Documents on the Vietnam War." Online 28, no. 4 (2004): 31-35.
Title:
Damage to civilian structures and civilian casualties in the Hanoi-Haiphong area 10 April to 22 May 1967
Date of Creation:
May 31, 1967
Date of Declassification:
April 5, 1993
Type of Document:
Intelligence memorandum
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
15 p.
Abstract:
The recent extension of the ROLLING THUNDER Program to include attacks against military and economic targets in the heavily defended and densely populated areas around Hanoi and Haiphong has resulted in remarkably light damage to civilian structures. During the period 10 April to 22 May, strikes against 39 major targets in the Hanoi-Haiphong area and the Thai Nguyen iron and steel complex resulted in the destruction of 216 and damage to 50 civilian structures. Mot of these were single-family residences. Over 60 percent of the structures destroyed were at Yen Vien, the location of a rail classification yard. This yard is a small and extremely narrow target located in the midst of a densely populated area. An unknown amount of this damage was inflicted prior to 10 April 1967.
Indexing Terms:
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1993-002499
Link to Full Text: