FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R44-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 43

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2/G11/VHN/R44-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 43
This is a report on the comms of the DRV
Document date: 1964-09-13
Department: NSA Headquarters, Ft. Meade, MD (DIRNSDA)
Author: SIGINT; Phu Bai
Document type: Report
pages: 1


Archivist's Notes: DRV vessel T120 warned of 2 destroyers in the vicinity. Part of the message was corrupt and it also made reference to T120 towing T133 - possibly - and T136.

DRV vessel T120 is warned of two destroyers.

Part of the message is corrupt. Then says T120 is currently towing T336 and possibly T333.

This interception was made on august 7th, a few days after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. The Gulf of Tonkin Incident caused the first large-scale involvement of U.S. armed forces in Vietnam.

Sounds like we had the DRV on the run after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. There is a lot of controversy surrounding whether this incident ever happened. Here are some additional links of reports made of intercepted enemy communications following the August 2nd event.

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FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R32-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 30
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R30-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 28
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R27-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 25