CABLE TO FICPAC FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B03817A000200260001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 24, 1967
• Content Type: CABLE

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5X1 S E C R E TE:=CITE NPIC 2069
REF (A) : FICPAC DTG 240444Z OCT 67 &&y32-97
REF (B): CIA COLLECTION' SUPPORT BRIEF, CSB 67-1
"SINO-SOVIET ARMS TRAFFIC"
REFERENCE (A) MESSAGE REPORTED DECK CARGO ABOARD POLTAVA
CLASS MERSHIP TO INCLUDE 8 LARGE CRATES AND 6 TRUCKS. CRATES
WERE EVALUATED TO BE SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO KENNEL MISSILE
CRATES DESCRIBED I N REF (B).
NPIC ANALYSIS PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING EVALUATION: THE
5X1 POLTAVA CLASS MERSHIP AS IMAGED ON BX MISSION 6729 OF 18 OCT
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5X1 1967 HAS A DECK CARGO OF 8 LARGE CYLINDRICAL TANKS AND 7 TRUCKS.
5X1 YOUR ATTENTION IS INVITED TO COMPARATIVEE :1
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ISSIONS
WHICH CLEARLY DEFINE THE REPORTED CRATES TO BE FABRICATED
TANKS. THE TANKS ARE APPROXIMATELY 0 IN LENGTH AND
IN DIAMETER, PLUS OR MINUS FIVE PERCENT. NO KENNEL MISSILE
CRATES ARE OBSERVED ON EITHER BX 6729 OF 18 OCTOBER OR OTHER CITED
MISSIONS I N THE HAI PHONG AREA.
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