FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R12-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 8

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2/G11/VHN/R12-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 8
Report of DRV Comms - Regarding Desoto Location
Document date: 1964-08-04
Department: NSA Headquarters, Ft. Meade, MD (DIRNSDA)
Author: SIGINT; Phu Bai
Document type: Report
pages: 1


Archivist's Notes: This report is based on comms from DRV Navy which, from Hai Phong, gives T142 the position of the Desoto Destroyer's position.

itle: 2/G11/VHN/R64:041143ZAug.

Subject: Sigint, Readiness,Bravo, Lantern, Report 8, Desoto Mission Fixed by DVR Navy

Summary: At 0910Z Haiphong informed vesel T142 of Desoto Destroyers Position.


Archivists Notes: This is an easy to read document but very short .

This document is one of several readiness reports of activity by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, in which the DRV attacked US Naval vessels on Aug. 2nd, 1964.

This message is nothing but a location of a destroyer (presumed the USS Maddox) at “Time 1345(Golf) 106-1930E 19-36-26N”. These are obvious latitude and longitude coordinates.

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: SIGINT Readiness Bravo, Lantern Report Number 1
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R07-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Report Nr 2
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/R13-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 9
FOIA: 2/G11/VHN/R14-64 SIGINT Readiness Bravo Lantern Report Nr. 10

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