CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000500050023-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: February 13, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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PRELIMINARY OAK, MISSION ,
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THIS IS A PREMINARY OAK CABLE BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHY FROM KH-4
MISSION 1~J45-2, DATED 31 JAN-7 FEB 1968. PART ! REPORTS ON HIGH
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INTEREST TARGETS OBSERVED IN THE M119I3LE EAST. PART 2 REPORTS ON
OTHER TARGETS, PRIMARILY IN THE USSR. ANALYSIS IS CONTINUING.
PART I ~~?~
PARTS OF IRAQ, AND ALL BUT THE EASTERN EXT`R~EMLTIES OF JORDAN ARE
COVERED. ALTHOUGH NO COVERAGE WAS OBTAINED FOR THE SUEZ CANAL,
WESTERN SINAI, AND RED SEA COAST AREAS, ALL OTHER SIGNIFICANT
AREAS IN EGYPT ARE COVERED ON 4 PASSES OF FAIR-TO-GOOD INTER-
PRETABILITY. HOWEVER, AN UNUSUALL GERY
OF NOR H ~ EGYPT, NORTHER N SYRIA, 25X1
IS DEGRADED BY CLOUD COVER. 25X1
2. N EGYPT, AIR ORDER OF BATTLE APPEARS NORMAL AT THE 15
PRIORITY AIRFIELDS IMAGED. HANGARETTES ARE OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST
TIME AT QUWEISNA AIRFIELD, WHERE 11 HANGARETTES HAVE BEEN
CONSTRUCTED. THREE ADDITIONAL HANGARETTES HAVE BEEN BUILT
AT EL MANSURA, MAKING A TOTAL OF 6 AT THIS AIRFIELD. THE 20
HANGARETTES AT ALMAZA AIRFIELD APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN EARTH
COVERED. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON DISPERSAL AREAS, HANGARETTES,
AND REVETMENTS AT BENI SUEF, INCHAS, AND CAIRO WEST AIRFIELDS.
THE RUNWAY OF THE NEW AIRFIELD AT AZ ZAGAZIG APPEARS COMPLETE,
AND CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT ABU AL MATAMIR AND BIRMA AIRFIELDS.
THE AIRFIELD AT FAIYUM, 29-32N 030-53E, WITH A 9,300-FT
SERVICEABLE RUNWAY WHICH WAS NEWLY IDENTIFIED ON THE FIRST
IS MISSION IS AGAIN OBSERVED. NO AIRCRAFT ARE VISIBLE
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ALEXANDRIA IS PARTIALLY CLOUD COVERED ON~ AND NO 25.
UNUSUAL NAVAL ACTIVITY IS DISCERNIBLE.
9. OF OWN EGYPTIAN SA-2 SAM SITES, 27 ARE COVERED
ON 1 PASS OF THESE, 19 ARE OCCUPIED, 3 ARE PROBABLY 25X
OCCUPIED, 1 IS UNOCCUPIED, 2 ARE CLOUD COVERED, AND 2 CAN BE
IDENTIFIED ONLY. THREE OF THE 6 KNOWN SAM SUPPORT FACILITIES
ARE OBSERVED. ONE APPEARS OCCUPIED, 1 IS PROBABLY OCCUPIED,
AND 1 IS OF UNDETERMINED OCCUPANCY. THE PROBABLE SAM SUPPORT
FACILITY IS OBSERVED, BUT OCCUPANCY IS UNDETERMINED. THE
3 TRAINING AREAS ARE OBSERVED AND ALL APPEAR INACTIVE. NO NEW
SAM INSTALLATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED.
5. IN SYRIA, ONLY 3 PRIORITY AIRFIELDS ARE IMAGED. TWO NEW
HANGARETTES ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT DUMEIR AIRFIELD. CON-
STRUCTION CONTINUES AT THE NEW AIRFIELDS OF KHALKHALAH, DAMASCUS
EAST, AND JAYRUD. HEAVY CLOUD COVER ALONG THE COAST PRECLUDES
DETERMINATION OF NAVAL ACTIVITY OR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PORT
FACILITIES.
6. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE 9,810 X 200-FT RUNWAY AT
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8. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE i5 NO ~ AIR
ACTIVITY IN ALGERIA ON COVERAGE OF
9. SMALL SCALE PRECLUDES DETERMINATION OF THE LEVEL OF GROUND
FORCES ACTIVITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
PAR T I I
1. TWELVE OF THE 25 KNOWN SOVIET ICBM COMPLEXES ARE COVERED
ON THIS MISSION DOMBAROVSKIY, DROVYANAYA, ITATKA, KARTALY, OMSK,
SHADRINSK, IMENI GASTELLO, NOVOSIBIRSK, AND TATISHCHEVO ARE CLEAR
WITH SNOW COVER. TYUMEN, VERKHNYAYA SALDA, AND ZHANGIZ-TOBE ARE
OBSERVED THROUGH SCATTERED-TO-HEAVY CLOUDS. AT DOMBAROVSKIY,
A SIXTH TYPE IIIC SINGLE SILO LAUNCH SITE IS IDENTIFIED IN LAUNCH
GROUP G. THIS COMPLEX NOW HAS 7 FULL GROUPS, PLUS 1 SINGLE
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SILO SITE AT THE RAIL-TD-ROAD TRANSFER POINT. ONE CONFIRMED
AND 2 POSSIBLE TYPE IIIC LAUNCH SITES ARE NEWLY IDENTIFIED AT
ZHANGIZ-TOBE IN LAUNCH CROUP E. SITE SUPPCli~tT BUILDINGS ARE
PRESENT AT EACH OF THE 2 POSSIBLE SITES, BCJ'~ NO SILO EXCAVATIONS
ARE APPARENT. THE PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE CENTER IS NOT
COVERED.
2. THE TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER IS COMPLET
ON PHOTOGRAPHY OF FAIR-TO-GOOD INTERPR1rTABILITY ON 25X1
THE GANTRY FOR G4 HAS RETURNED TO ITS OSUAL POSITION A
MISSILE EXERCISES ARE OBSERVED AT THE CENTER 25X1
3. ALL OF THE LAUNCH FACILITIES AT THE KAPUSTIN YAR/VLAD-
OVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER ARE COVERED ON pHOTOGRAPHYO 25X1
HOWEVER, INTERPRETATION IS SEVERELY HAMPERED BY SNOW COVER. 25X1
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT LAUNCH AREA 6C.
4. NINE OF THE 46 SA-5 SAM COMPLEXES ARE OBSERVED, INCLUDING
SARY-SHAGAN D10-5 AND B04-5, NIZHNIY TAGIL D07-5, SVERDLOVSK B05-5,
VOLGOGRAD C21-5, TOMSK B3~J-5, KAPUSTIN YAR A18-5, CHELYABINSK B05-5,
AND TYURATAM B23-5. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE OBSERVED.
NONE OF THE MOSCOW ABM FACILITIES ARE COVERED.
5. THE SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER IS COVERED FROM THE
ASAT/SPACE TRACKING RADAR FACILITY IN THE EAST TO TRACKING FACILITY
9 IN THE WEST ON 1 PA ~ RALLY POOR INTERPRETABILITY WITH SNOW
CONDITIONS PREVAILING THE EMBA MISSILE TEST CENTER IS 25X1
COVERED ON CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHY OF FAIR INTERPRETABILITY 25X1
NO NEW MISSILE FACILITIES ARE OBSERVED.
6. AT THE SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA, ONLY THE
INSTRUMENTATION SITES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RANGE ARE COVERED.
ALL OF THE 5 SUSPECT ADVANCED WEAPONS RELATED FACILITIES IN
CHINA ARE OBSERVED ON FAIR-TO-POOR PHOTOGRAPHY. NO SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES ARE OBSERVED AT ANY OF THE INSTALLATIONS.
7. LAN-CHOU SAM SITE BG3-2 CHINA HAS B ONED AND IS BEING
DROPPED FROM NPIC LISTINGS. AS OBSERVED 0 5 OF THE 6 25
LAUNCH POSITIONS HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THEIR NATURAL STATE AND THE
REMAINING LAUNCH POSITION AND THE GUIDANCE AREA APPEAR TO BE
DETERIORATING .
8. AT THE NIZHNYAYA SALDA ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY, U5SR,
BLAST MARKS IN THE SNOW ON 1 FEB INDICATE RECENT TEST ACTIVITY
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11. THREE TROPOSCATTER FACILITIES ARE NEWLY I TI I
USSR. ONE IS A TYPE II ANTENNA 7.5 NM NW OF IRET AT 6~d-06-20N
154-16-00E. THE OTHER 2 ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND OF UNDETERMINED
TYPE. ONE IS 2 NM WEST OF VELKAL AT 65-32-20N I79-2l3-10W
AND THE OTHER IS 1 NM NW OF SIRENIKI AT 64-25-30JN 173-57-30W.
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