FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R07-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Report Nr 2

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2/G11/VHN/R07-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Report Nr 2
3 page report of DRV Naval vessel location but last 2 pages have been totally blanked out.
Document date: 1964-08-03
Department: NSA Headquarters, Ft. Meade, MD (DIRNSDA)
Author: SIGINT; Phu Bai
Document type: Report
pages: 3


Archivist's Notes: This report describes movement and location of 6 DRV Naval vessels.It also mentions DRV Vessel T339 had been sunk.

3 page report, of which only first page has information – the 2nd and 3rd are blank.
The memo begins with ZYH notation,
FM USM 626J
TO GOLF ELEVEN/ALFA
TO COMUSTDC
COMNAVFORJAPAN

Vietnamese patrol vessels were converging on Hom Me.

They reported the presence of 2 destroyers and gave bearings.
Haiphong asked vessel T142 if it needed ships at Hom Me.

Vessel T333 reported T339 was sunk and that T333 and 336 were heading there.

Six DRV patrol vessels were observed to be there.

This document is one of several readiness reports of PT boat movements by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, in which the DRV attacked US Naval vessels.

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident prompted the US Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave President Johnson authority to use military force to defend allies in the area and ultimately lead to the beginning of the Vietnam War.

Other Readiness Reports:
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R21-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report
FOIA: SIGINT Readiness Bravo, Lantern Report Number 1
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R08-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr 3
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R28-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 4
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R09-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr 5
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R10-64 SIGINT ReadinessBravo Lantern Report No. 6
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R11-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 7
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R12-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 8
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R13-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 9
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R14-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 10

[edit on 4/11/2008 by Hal9000]

Not much else to add to the above.

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