— 1 Al mts iii wile an TeMi—Hi§e renin Leopremereme Actin Zncito inke » Hpset 77 core wo ce ms sone curess or snare orsarios prrectoume om sour spire washtngton 25 D ¢ 30 pecenter 2960 ° revornmoo ror mus sonir carers or stare 2 Subgect Laos Sttuatton Report 0 Attached hereto to the sttuatton report 11—60 on the current ettuatton in taos based on informatton avaitable tn the Lace Situation Reom as of 0630 E37 Priday 30 December 1960 ® ron mus pmecron ror oremrtons C Tle ¢ ® wersow ciptatn vot acs Duty Opftcer prsmraoron rnite House genernt_contpastes 3 white House Situation Roce a Repartoent of State ie Usher 1 Secretary of Derense 1 Deputy Secretary of Defense 1 Asststant Secretary or Defense 158 2 Chatruan gotnt onters of Stat $ Chie or Starr ush 12 Chief of Hever ‘operations 12 chief or starr UshP 16 Commandant of the Maxtne compe $ Director Joint Staft 1 Deputy Director Joint State 1 Director g—1 1 Director 2—2 2 rete £1 $ Dizector 27 6 Director 25 5 Dizector 2 6 3 Dizector ania 1 pizector aro 1 em oe 3 g10% 3—2 a Secretary a5so 1 aos mak 1 CZA ie Pitzgerana a — TTT i% M38 sit — 7¢S mund SoP% sr—esmae a smpnt iar rmepng reeummen D74 wa oer ASP wariowmts EOP—RECREYT £ T A—RIREHERT zormssorm ms some cuses or stare oremitroms prrscroms jour stamp washington 25 D C p40g szzunzzon neeomr 30 pecenter 1960 penton covered 290630—300630 Local based on information available in the Joint Har Room as of 0630 EST Priday 30 pecenber 1960 1 mestrromcs m mere were no stentficant troop movements reported — during persos b General Bounleut reported Vientiane forces control Vientians—Zeang Prabang road from nang Prabang south to Nam Ming and from tentiane north to Lik River The area in between 48 under Pt Kong Le control with a major con— centration or rathet Ino at Miong Kassy An agreed estimate of enery forces in the entire Miong Kassy — Yang Vieng area 18 400—600 Kong Te troops and 2 000 to 2 000 Pathet Zao sone of viiich are directly in support of Kong Te @ lao Arny headquarters has developed a new operation plan for the attack on Yang Vieng using coordinated drives from the north northeast and south e Task Force 2 with a strength of 2 150 troops w21 advance in two colums ty highway and river from Tuong Prabang tovand Vang Vieng Task Porce 2 with a strength of 1 750 troops Including eo tribesmen will nove overland from Piatnc des Jarres Task Force 5 with a strength of 1 500 troops supported by 2 batteries of 105 howitzers will continue the move north from Vientiane £ Te current front line units will continue mop up operations through 30 December 1ink up with Task Force 5 from Vientiane and establish a holding position fust south vor szcram 4 Strout mumeme recuumen yor RetEASNELE To roTol mrromts U TOR—SECRET zorssoms for a coordinated attack on the city g In an interin report of photo recomnatssance ntsston conducted on 26—27 Dec USATRA South Vietnam states that one photo of an Ti 14 in the Yang Vieng area shove a peculdar protuberance which dndicates the craft my have been armed h Observers on the f1ight report Kong Ie‘s position in Vang Vieng appears to be highly defensible During fiight there was no sign of General Phount‘s troops north of Vang Viens for a distance of 20 miles 2 orenazzons a Those CDIOPRC forces in Joint Task Force 116 which are earmarked for posstbie action in Los remain aterted in DEFCON 3 The three Navy Mask Groups 70 4 76 5 7 7 which were eariter deployed off Tourane remain An DEFCON 3 and are now ordered to remain n the South chine sen — b CHICPAC has again strongly enphastzed the necessity of stopping the Communist airlift into Lacs to feels that the build—up of Pathet Iao forces must not assume such proportions that defeat of Phount and even the capture of Vientiane and Inang Prabong will result te advocates the use of gasoline drum fire bombs against Pathet Lao supply dumps and aircraft on the ground The concentration of suppiies and troops at Vang Vieng makes that location the first priority target 3 reatszzcs m The following sumanizes recent logistic supply mettons CIIOPA has requented since 29 Dec 1960 emrgency ateiift or surface shipment to BANGKOK of esti come recumen C jor retusa to Forno rarromss TOE—SRGImA‘ 1 TOR—GRGRE‘T wom uniforn items blankets carbines ammunition cargo parachutes madtos telephones awitchbourds batteries and hand grenades ‘ese supplies are to be used to replace womn out clothing and equipment as well as support approximately 10 000 additional troops that have Just been authorzed A11 of these ttens cre being expedittousty handled Of the 18 atroraft assigned to the atelift 5 have aneiwed and 12 are enroute having departed from CONUS or points of origin in PACOH The estimated tine of arrival BANGKOK 1s 96 howe after deperture from CONUS Toz semer— Ho — § 4f M IN A S C AN f bt N VX he y y $p T Ry uses C th — B Al yled B ‘ % ud P € Yorke s f oe — Sul ti I carol y anil _ A k AI Q TNG __ ragmtfcys — $924 _s msy yy» y F nd CS Ay E A ss yp 1 Bee m nea N t ween gA rad ant § 22 Nyle 3 fn — ap hm n—Eg _ _ ho—y ll i fem time Tis ca Stn TH ALLA ND rss br — g $ Jof C—O — y — € 4 AS Cy ccna d §§ § Gs apreas ontcluze fast Cal awsoNt l s yhe e MTS CRV ceadd ss1— mezmmm e C aan Cf sn yy r e R Ce Cp N a 0 7 o 4 t 22A QC e Aal 44 p lVN em K eal _— % w Tom 3 KCC yleZl — N % a 2p P yhutal A Aus Pag Qin mot raged J Gny— a FAQ e vie am o ooh y $x mas A _ $ aas — md s — Frm ran et mea 4 aje eS y £ oS h — e $ ¢ ok ¢ De Linsek Ak 4 _ f —mss —— PP rQpyg ecs — ssm _ — § Laos Situation Report U Transmittal Memorandum Capt C E Nelson Duty Officer to the JCS Dec 30 1960 1 p Encl Same title intelligence estimation of Kong Le and Pathet Lao forces in Vang Vieng area Lao army plan to attack Vang Vieng Operations CINCPAC view that PL buildup must be limited by bombing supply dumps and aircraft at Vang Vieng Logistics CINCPAC request for airlift of supplies to Bangkok for recently-authorized 10 000 additional troops Report 11-60 Operations Directorate Joint Staff 5 p map TOP SECRET to SECRET SPECIAL HANDLING REQUIRED NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS Declassified Dec 18 1979 Eisenhower Library White House Office Office of the Staff Secy Records 1952-61 International File Folder Laos Situation Reports 9 Box 10 Department Of Defense 30 Dec 1960 U S Declassified Documents Online link gale com apps doc CK2349422077 USDD u wash74137 sid USDD xid 25f1ed8f pg 1 Accessed 24 Jan 2021