CIA • 1973

NORTH VIETNAM: PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENTS IN 1972

Approved For Release 2006/04/19 :CIA-RDP85T00875 00170 05002-2 3- X3 Secret DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE Intelligence Memorandum I North Vietnam: Petroleum Developments in 1972 Secret ER IM 73-23 February 1973 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP85T00875R001700050021-2 25X1 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP85T00875R001700050021-2 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 : CIA-RDP85T00875R001700050021-2 Approved For Release 2006/04/19 SJ- 5T00875R001700050021-2 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Directorate of Intelligence February 1973 INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM NORTH VIETNAM: PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENTS IN 1972 SUMMARY 1. Despite large-scale US bombing beginning in April and the mining of North Vietnamese ports in May, petroleum imports reached at least 390,000 metric tons in 1972, close to the record high set a year earlier. The mining and bombing, however, resulted in increased consumption by North Vietnam's transport sectors, and this caused year-end stocks to fall to their lowest level in recent years...