1. BEGINNING IN EARLY NOVEMBER, MAJOR REPAIR WORK WAS BEING DONE ON THE PAUL DOUMER BRIDGE OVER THE RED RIVER IN HANOI. IT APPEARED THAT ALL DAMAGED AND TWISTED STEEL PARTS OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE WERE BEING REMOVED ONE BY ONE AND REPLACED. DAMAGED STEEL "I" BEAMS SUPPORTING THE WOODEN PLANKS OF THE ROADWAY WERE BEING REMOVED AND REPLACED. DURING THE LIMITED PERIODS VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WAS ALLOWED TO CROSS THE BRIDGE IT WAS RESTRICTED TO AUTOHOBILIES AND BICYCLES ONLY. TRAINS CROSSING THE BRIDGE LITERALLY INCHED THEIR WAY ALONG.
3. IN ADDITION TO THE PONTOON BRIDGE LOCATEDECOND PONTOON BRIDGE WAS LOCATED UPSTREAMDOUMER BRIDGE WITH ITS HANOI BANK TERMINUS LOCATED ATAND THE OPPOSITE TERMINUS AT THEWAS JUSTIGN ON YEN PHU STREETTRAVEL OF FOREIGNERS FARTHER IT
MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TRUCK TRAFFIC WAS BEING DIVERTED VIA THIS BRIDGE AND THEN UP THEHORT DISTANCE TO ANOTHER STREET WHICH SKIRTS THE WESTERN SIDE OF HANOI, THEREBY AVOIDINGHANOI AND POSSIBLY ACCOUNTING FOR THE RECENT LIMITED TRUCK TRAFFIC OBSERVER PASSING THROUGH HANOI.) THE TRUCK TRAFFIC ACROSS THE PONTOON BRIDGE LOCATED BELOW THE DOUMER BRIDGE WAS LIMITED WHEN OBSERVED ON AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE OCCASIONS DURING THE EARLY EVENING IN NOVEMBER AND EARLY DECEMBER. TRAFFIC ACROSS THIS BRIDGE IS ONE-WAY AND MOVES IN ONE DIRECTION FOR ONE HOUR AND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FOR THE NEXT HOUR. IT WAS NOTED THAI THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF TRUCKS ACCUMULATING ON THE NORTH SHOhL *A5 AS THIS IS THE MAIN ROUTE FOR MOTOR TRAFFIC FROM HAIPHONG TO
SIPKONG CEMENT PLANT WAS WORKING ATERCENT OF ITS CAPACITY. HE DESCRIBED THE VIETNAMESE APPLICATION OF FOREIGN AID AS POOR AND GAVE THE EXAMPLEOULTRY PRODUCTION "COMBINE"
PROVIDED BY THE HUNGARIANS. HE SAID THAT AFTER DELIVERY AND ERECTION, IHE It HUNGARIAN TECHNICIANS DEPARTED AND ONLY AFTER NUMEROUS REQUESTS AND CONSIDERABLE TIME WAS THE HUNGARIAN COMMERCIAL
REPRESENTATIVE PERMITTED TO SEE THE PLANT. WHEN WAS FINALLY ALLOWED TO VISIT THE PLANT IT WAS INOPERABLE ASfi
IHIS HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY FLYING THE HELICOPTERS AT AALTITUDE WHERE THEY HAD BEEN ABLE TO PASS UNDER THE
SEVERAL MONTHS00 HOURS, USUALLY ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAYUMBER OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE LAO DONG PARTY MEETINGS WERE OBSERVED* THE SIZE OF THE GROUPS WAS USUALLY ABOUIM) THE MEETINGS TOOK PLACE IN SMALL HALLS OR CLASSROOMS. USUALLY TWO OR IHREE SUCH MEETINGS WERE SEEN
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AT THE MEETINGS WAS SLIGHTLY GREATER IHAN THE MEN. IGNIFICANT ABSENCE OF YOUNG MEN WAS NOTED, WITH HOST OF THE MALES BEING ABOUTEARS OF AGE AND ABOVE. THE AGES OF THE WOMEN APPEARED TO BE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN IB NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE FREQUENCY OR SIZE OF THESE MEETINGS WAS NOTED DURINGRIOD.
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